Jan Georg Schütte (born December 6, 1962, in Oldenburg) is a German actor, director, and screenwriter. Best known as an actor for playing Inspector Thierry Kadeg in the crime series Kommissar Dupin, he is widely acclaimed as a pioneer of German television improvisation (*Altersglühen*, Für immer Sommer 90, Kranitz), earning multiple Grimme Awards and the German Television Award.