Jens Harzer (born 14 March 1972) is a German stage, film, and television actor.

Born in Wiesbaden, he was trained as an actor at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich.

[2] He played the title roles of Roberto Zucco [fr] by Bernard-Marie Koltès, staged by Christian Stückl [de], Goethe's Urfaust and Torquato Tasso, Kleist's Amphitryon [de] and Büchner's Woyzeck, staged by Martin Kušej.

In 2011, he played the role of Ich in the world premiere of Peter Handke's Immer noch Sturm at the Festival.

[3][7][8][9] Harzer was awarded the ring in a ceremony at the Burgtheater in June 2019, four months after Ganz's death.