Nick Hein (born April 24, 1984) is a German retired mixed martial artist and actor, who is best known for appearing in the German television show Diese Kaminskis.^[6][7] Before Hein became an actor, he was also a national judo champion and police officer.^[8][9] Hein is the author of the book titled "Polizei am Limit",^[10] and competed in the UFC, and competes in the Lightweight division.^[11]

Hein was born in Elsdorf and became interested in martial arts after watching a Bruce Lee movie. Instead of joining a Kung Fu class he signed up Judo, when he was six years old,^[12] because there were no Kung Fu clubs in Elsdorf. He started boxing training in 2000 after he watched a UFC event on VHS. He attended his first MMA class in 2009 and fought his first amateur MMA competition in the same year while he was still in the Judo National team for Germany where skipped his training in Berlin for the Judo World Championship.^[13] After a failed bid for 2008 Olympics and a leg injury, Hein decided to transition to MMA.^[14]

Quick Facts Medal record, Men's judo ...

Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Germany
European U23 Championships
	2006 Moscow	–81 kg
European Junior Championships
	2003 Sarajevo	–81 kg
European Cadet Championships
	2000 Oradea	–66 kg

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Hein started training judo when he was six years old^[4] and he was a judoka for 20 years, and in the German team for a decade. He was the U-23 European Judo champion in 2006 and German national champion in 2006 and 2007.^[13][14] He has won more than 35 national and international judo medals.^[11]

Hein worked as a police officer for more than 11 years in the Federal Police in Cologne, Germany.^[13] He is known as 'Judge Dredd' by his colleagues in the police force.^[39] He was also an actor, appearing in a German television show, Diese Kaminskis, in which he played as an undertaker.^[39][14]

Hein is married to his Japanese wife, Marie Suzuki, and they have a son.^[39] His sister was married to UFC fighter Drew Dober who he fought against at UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi.^[40]

Hein is the author of the book titled "Polizei am Limit" - Police at the Limit" where he detailed the lack of resources and training in the Police force in Germany.^[10]

In 2016, Hein wrote an article on the 2015 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany, where there were widespread reports of sexual assault across the country, with over 600 being reported in Cologne alone.^[41] A majority of the perpetrators were found to be from North Africa, primarily Morocco and Algeria, with half of the suspects arriving in Germany within the year. Hein criticized the political and legal system in Germany, feeling it did not do enough to prevent such crimes. He was invited to appear on CNN, Russia Today (RT) and other TV stations to discuss the events,^[42][43] where he voiced his condemnation of the attacks, but additionally voiced his belief that help should be given to refugees who needed it.^[44][4][45]

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