
Nils Dörgeloh is a German actor who began his acting career after a successful career in business. He trained at the Schule für Schauspiel Hamburg and the William Esper Studio in New York, before completing classical acting studies at the Michael Chekhov Studio Berlin, with additional courses in Los Angeles.
He started in theater before making his film debut in Marco Kreuzpaintner’s comedy Coming In (2014). He also appeared in the adaptation of Benedict Wells’ novel Becks letzter Sommer (2015) directed by Frieder Wittich, alongside Christian Ulmen.
Dörgeloh gained wider recognition for his recurring role in the award-winning comedy series Jerks (2017), acting alongside Christian Ulmen and Fahri Yardim, for which he received the Quotenmeter Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has taken on dramatic roles in several Tatort productions, including the widely acclaimed Im toten Winkel (2018) directed by Philip Koch.
He played a recurring role in the SWR miniseries Labaule & Erben (2018) (based on an idea by Harald Schmidt, directed by Boris Kunz) alongside Uwe Ochsenknecht, and a lead role in the VOX series Milk & Honey (2018). He most recently appeared in Daniel Brühl’s directorial debut Nebenan (2021) (Next Door), which competed at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.

The Kangaroo Chronicles
2020 · as Polizist

Next Door
2021 · as Nils

Opa wird Papa
2018 · as Christian

Coming In
2014 · as Tybalt

Becks letzter Sommer
2015 · as Unfallfahrer Grabowski

Ihr seid natürlich eingeladen
2018 · as Polizeimeister Bachmann

Camping mit Herz
2019 · as Thorsten

600 PS für zwei
2015 · as Autobahnpolizist

Große Fische, kleine Fische
2015 · as Dr. Martins