10 Facts About Jens Harzer

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

Jens Harzer began his career at the Munich Kammerspiele, and has been a member of the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg since 2009.

Jens Harzer has appeared at the Salzburg Festival regularly since 2000.

Jens Harzer has been the bearer of the Iffland-Ring since March 2019.

Jens Harzer has been a member of the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg since 2009.

Since 2000, Jens Harzer has been a regular guest at the Salzburg Festival.

In 2008 there, Jens Harzer played the leading role in a staged version of Dostoevsky's Verbrechen und Strafe, staged by Andrea Breth.

Jens Harzer won the Silver George for Best Actor at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival for the latter film.

Jens Harzer was named by Bruno Ganz to be his successor as bearer of the Republic of Austria's Iffland-Ring, traditionally bestowed upon the "most significant and most worthy actor of the German-speaking theatre" in the opinion of the previous bearer.

Jens Harzer was awarded the ring in a ceremony at the Burgtheater in June 2019, four months after Ganz's death.