Daniel Sträßer (born 18 July 1987)[1] is a German actor and member of the ensemble of the Burgtheater in Vienna.

During his training he was engaged by Klang 21 for the Pocket Opera Festival Salzburg 2009 in a music theater production (Mahlzeit by Hans-Peter Jahn) directed by Thierry Bruehl.

In a university production in 2011, he was discovered by the chief dramaturge of the Burgtheater at the Hamburg Young Talent Competition and made his successful debut there as Romeo.

Sträßer, who names his university mentors Uwe Berend, the former head of drama, and the then guest lecturer (now professor there) Kai Ohrem, has worked on roles from Goethe to Martin Krimp.

[3] In March 2019 it was announced that Sträßer, together with Vladimir Burlakov, would embody the new chief inspectors Adam Schürk and Leo Bäumer in the crime serie Tatort set in Saarland for Saarländischer Rundfunk.