Jochen Nickel is a German actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1990.
The trained road builder came to the stage in 1981 and was a member of the theater group Theaterpathologisches Institut in Hattingen and Lünen until 1987 under the direction of Roland Reber.
He made his television debut in 1988. Numerous roles in film and television followed, often with the role of villain, rauhbein or distinctive Ruhrpott characters, but comedic roles are not uncommon.
From 2001 to 2012 he was in a relationship with Sonja Kirchberger and lives in Witten.
