Jochen Nickel (born 10 April 1959) is a German actor.

Nickel, a 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.

He gave his television debut in 1988 in the Breakfast for Enemies by Norbert Kerkhey and Jochen Baier.

In 1993 he was seen in Joseph Vilsmaiers anti-war film Stalingrad as Unteroffizier Rohleder.

In the same year, Nickel had a supporting role in Schindler's List as Hauptscharführer Wilhelm Kunde.