Kurt Gerron ( May 11, 1897 - October 28, 1944 ) was a Jewish actor and director during Nazi Germany period.

Born Kurt Gerso to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany he studied medicine but became a stage actor in 1920. He appeared in such films as The Blue Angel opposite Marlene Dietrich and was offered a trip to Hollywood but refused and stayed behind in Germany where he was interred in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. There he was used by the National Socialists to make a Propoganda film showing how 'nice' Concentration Camps were. He was sent to Auschwitz near the end of World War II where he was gassed.

A documentary called Prisoner in Paradise sole focus was Gerron.