Jürgen Prochnow
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 10, 1941 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Biography
Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941) is a German-American actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film Das Boot. He is also known for his roles in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975), Dune (1984), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), The English Patient (1996), Air Force One (1997), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and played Sergei Bazhaev on the eighth season of 24 (2010). He is a Goldene Kamera, Bavarian Film Awards, and Bambi Award winner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jürgen Prochnow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| 2025 | A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'Self | |
| 2023 | U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'Self (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | The Last RiflemanFriedrich Mueller | |
| 2021 | Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success StorySelf - Das Boot Actor | |
| 2021 | The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making DuneSelf (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | A Handful of WaterKonrad | |
| 2020 | The old Man and the Pain in the NeckWilhelm Schürmann | |
| 2019 | A Hidden LifeMajor Schlegel | |
| 2019 | Real MenHimself - Actor | |
| 2017 | Damascus CoverFranz Ludin | |
| 2017 | Old Agent MenKern | |
| 2017 | The Final JourneyEduard | |
| 2017 | LoreAndreas Gruber | |
| 2016 | The Dark Side of the MoonPius Ott | |
| 2016 | Half BrothersHerr Dryser | |
| 2015 | RememberRudy Kurlander #4 | |
| 2015 | Hitman: Agent 47Tobias | |
| 2015 | Quizduell-OlympSelf | |
| 2015 | Wer weiß denn sowas?Self | |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. MoreauSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesWoodsman | |
| 2013 | Company of HeroesLuca Gruenewald | |
| 2013 | Ein schmaler GratUwe Wolfmann | |
| 2013 | Die Kinder meiner TochterErnst Blessing | |
| 2013 | Ohne GnadeHelmutchen | |
| 2012 | Die Schuld der ErbenKurt Hanson | |
| 2010 | Sinners and SaintsMr. Rhykin | |
| 2010 | Spear of DestinyBaron Von Haan | |
| 2010 | Amigo - Dead on ArrivalFredo Kovacs | |
| 2009 | Oko ve zdi | |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los AngelesMattias Draeger | |
| 2008 | La conjura de El EscorialEspinosa | |
| 2008 | Merlin and the War of the DragonsThe Mage | |
| 2008 | Europas Erbe - Die großen DramatikerSelf | |
| 2007 | Schroeder's Wonderful WorldJohn Gregory | |
| 2007 | PrimevalJacob Krieg | |
| 2007 | Ohne einanderErnest | |
| 2007 | NankingJohn Rabe | |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci CodeAndré Vernet | |
| 2006 | BeerfestBaron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen | |
| 2006 | Chain ReactionPolice Man | |
| 2006 | The Celestine ProphecyJensen | |
| 2006 | SemperopernballSelf | |
| 2005 | See Arnold RunArnold Schwarzenegger | |
| 2005 | Julie, chevalier de MaupinLe baron Hengen | |
| 2005 | Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)Self | |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays ItselfMichael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | House of the DeadKirk | |
| 2003 | The PoetVashon | |
| 2003 | Heart of AmericaHarold Lewis | |
| 2003 | Baltic StormErik Westermark | |
| 2003 | NachtschichtFriedrich Otto Winterstein | |
| 2002 | Davon stirbt man nichtEverett Burns | |
| 2001 | Ripper: Letter from HellDetective Kelso | |
| 2001 | The EliteAvi | |
| 2001 | Last RunAndrus Bukarin | |
| 2001 | Gunblast VodkaSacha Roublev | |
| 2001 | Dark AsylumDr. Fallon | |
| 2001 | Jack the DogKlaus | |
| 2001 | 24Sergei Bazhaev | |
| 2000 | The Last StopFritz | |
| 2000 | PoisonCarl Krieger | |
| 2000 | Final AscentPaul | |
| 2000 | Padre Pio: Miracle ManVisitatore | |
| 1999 | EstherHaman | |
| 1999 | Der blonde AffeJan Vleuten | |
| 1999 | The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000Hans Hagemann | |
| 1999 | Heaven's FireQuentin Darby | |
| 1999 | Wing CommanderCdr. Paul Gerald | |
| 1999 | The FallJózsef Kovács | |
| 1999 | The DirectorsSelf | |
| 1999 | Volle KanneSelf | |
| 1999 | BeckmannSelf | |
| 1998 | The Replacement KillersMichael Kogan | |
| 1998 | Human BombGerhardt Dach | |
| 1998 | From China with LovePaul Konen | |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf | |
| 1997 | Air Force OneAlexander Radek | |
| 1997 | DNADr. Carl Wessinger | |
| 1997 | The Cry of LoveHolger | |
| 1997 | Leute heuteSelf | |
| 1996 | The English PatientMajor Muller | |
| 1996 | On Dangerous GroundCarl Morgan | |
| 1996 | Alisea and the Dream PrinceKurdok | |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th CenturyKaiser Wilhelm II (voice) | |
| 1995 | In the Mouth of MadnessSutter Cane | |
| 1995 | Judge DreddJudge Griffin | |
| 1995 | Tödliche WahlAlex Bronner | |
| 1995 | FesselnGünther | |
| 1995 | Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'Himself | |
| 1995 | Tödliche WahlAlex Bronner | |
| 1994 | Trigger FastJack Neumann | |
| 1994 | Guns of HonorJack Neumann | |
| 1994 | The Other Side of the LawSimon McQuarie | |
| 1994 | Lie Down with LionsMarteau | |
| 1993 | Body of EvidenceDr. Alan Paley | |
| 1993 | Der Fall LuconaJorunalist Strasser | |
| 1993 | Die WildnisBrenner | |
| 1993 | The Last BorderDuke | |
| 1993 | The Fire Next TimeLarry Richter | |
| 1992 | InterceptorPhillips | |
| 1992 | Hurricane SmithCharlie Dowd | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeWoodsman | |
| 1992 | JewelsJoachim von Mannheim | |
| 1991 | Robin HoodSir Miles Folcanet | |
| 1991 | DAS!Self | |
| 1990 | Kill CruiseThe Skipper | |
| 1990 | The Fourth WarCol. Valachev | |
| 1990 | The Man InsideGünter Wallraff | |
| 1990 | The SchoolmasterRozinsky | |
| 1989 | A Dry White SeasonCaptain Stolz | |
| 1988 | The Seventh SignDavid Bannon | |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop IIMaxwell Dent | |
| 1987 | TerminusSir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver | |
| 1987 | Devil's ParadiseEscher | |
| 1986 | Killing CarsRalph Korda | |
| 1985 | The Cop & the GirlDer Bulle | |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of InsanityAdam Berwid | |
| 1985 | BlitzRalph Korda | |
| 1985 | Das BootDer Alte | |
| 1984 | DuneDuke Leto Atreides | |
| 1984 | ForbiddenFritz Friedländer | |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSelf | |
| 1983 | The KeepCaptain Klaus Woermann | |
| 1983 | Love is ForeverGeneral Siegfried Kaplan | |
| 1983 | Destination DuneSelf | |
| 1982 | War and PeaceKevin | |
| 1981 | Das BootCaptain Lieutenant 'Der Alte' | |
| 1981 | Das Boot: Behind The ScenesSelf | |
| 1981 | A Case For TwoKHK Max Gerber | |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..?Self | |
| 1980 | So weit das Auge reichtAlexander Späh | |
| 1979 | KotteGünther Kotte | |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film AwardsSelf | |
| 1979 | NDR Talk ShowSelf | |
| 1977 | The ConsequenceMartin Kurath | |
| 1977 | Operation GanymedOss | |
| 1976 | Shirin's WeddingAida | |
| 1976 | Hans in LuckHans Schmidtke | |
| 1976 | Schaurige GeschichtenPiet | |
| 1976 | Kölner TreffSelf | |
| 1975 | The Lost Honor of Katharina BlumLudwig Götten | |
| 1974 | One or the Other of UsBernd Ziegenhals | |
| 1974 | The Brutalization of Franz BlumFranz Blum | |
| 1973 | Tenderness of the WolvesHehler | |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Four SeasonsMan at the Meeting Table | |
| 1972 | ZoffJoky | |
| 1972 | Auf Befehl erschossenFranz Sass | |
| 1972 | KnastRoloff | |
| 1970 | UnternehmerArnold | |
| 1970 | Scene of the CrimeDieter Brodschella | |
| 1970 | Scene of the CrimeKlaus Linder | |
| 1970 | Scene of the CrimeHans Rodenburg | |
| 1970 | Scene of the CrimeKesting | |
| 1948 | BambiSelf | |
| - | The Guardian AngelAlbert Klosser |