Jürgen Prochnow
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-06-10 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Jürgen Prochnow
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.
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Known For
Acting
The Guardian Angel
as Albert Klosser
(2025)
(2023)
The Last Rifleman
as Friedrich Mueller
(2023)
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2021)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Actor
(2020)
A Handful of Water
as Konrad
(2020)
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
as Wilhelm Schürmann
(2019)
A Hidden Life
as Major Schlegel
(2019)
Real Men
as Himself - Actor
(2017)
Old Agent Men
as Kern
(2017)
Damascus Cover
as Franz Ludin
(2017)
The Final Journey
as Eduard
(2016)
The Dark Side of the Moon
as Pius Ott
(2016)
Half Brothers
as Herr Dryser
(2015)
Hitman: Agent 47
as Tobias
(2015)
Remember
as Rudy Kurlander #4
(2014)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Woodsman
(2013)
Company of Heroes
as Luca Gruenewald
(2013)
Ohne Gnade
as Helmutchen
(2013)
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
as Ernst Blessing
(2013)
Ein schmaler Grat
as Uwe Wolfmann
(2012)
Die Schuld der Erben
as Kurt Hanson
(2010)
Sinners and Saints
as Mr. Rhykin
(2010)
Spear of Destiny
as Baron Von Haan
(2010)
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
as Fredo Kovacs
(2009)
(2008)
La conjura de El Escorial
as Espinosa
(2008)
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
as The Mage
(2007)
Primeval
as Jacob Krieg
(2007)
Ohne einander
as Ernest
(2007)
Nanking
as John Rabe
(2006)
The Da Vinci Code
as André Vernet
(2006)
Beerfest
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
(2006)
The Celestine Prophecy
as Jensen
(2006)
Chain Reaction
as Police Man
(2006)
Schröders wunderbare Welt
as John Gregory
(2005)
See Arnold Run
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
(2005)
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Le baron Hengen
(2005)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
(2003)
Baltic Storm
as Erik Westermark
(2003)
The Poet
as Vashon
(2003)
House of the Dead
as Kirk
(2003)
Heart of America
as Harold Lewis
(2002)
Davon stirbt man nicht
as Everett Burns
(2001)
Ripper: Letter from Hell
as Detective Kelso
(2001)
The Elite
as Avi
(2001)
Dark Asylum
as Dr. Fallon
(2001)
Jack the Dog
as Klaus
(2001)
Gunblast Vodka
as Sacha Roublev
(2001)
Last Run
as Andrus Bukarin
(2000)
The Last Stop
as Fritz
(2000)
Poison
as Carl Krieger
(2000)
Final Ascent
as Paul
(1999)
The Fall
as József Kovács
(1999)
Heaven's Fire
as Quentin Darby
(1999)
Wing Commander
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
(1999)
Esther
as Haman
(1999)
Der blonde Affe
as Jan Vleuten
(1999)
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
as Hans Hagemann
(1998)
Human Bomb
as Gerhardt Dach
(1998)
The Replacement Killers
as Michael Kogan
(1998)
From China with Love
as Paul Konen
(1997)
Air Force One
as Alexander Radek
(1997)
DNA
as Dr. Carl Wessinger
(1997)
The Cry of Love
as Holger
(1996)
The English Patient
as Major Muller
(1996)
On Dangerous Ground
as Carl Morgan
(1995)
Tödliche Wahl
as Alex Bronner
(1995)
Judge Dredd
as Judge Griffin
(1995)
In the Mouth of Madness
as Sutter Cane
(1995)
(1995)
Fesseln
as Günther
(1994)
Trigger Fast
as Jack Neumann
(1994)
Guns of Honor
as Jack Neumann
(1994)
Lie Down with Lions
as Marteau
(1994)
The Other Side of the Law
as Simon McQuarie
(1993)
Body of Evidence
as Dr. Alan Paley
(1993)
Die Wildnis
as Brenner
(1993)
The Last Border
as Duke
(1993)
Der Fall Lucona
as Jorunalist Strasser
(1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Woodsman
(1992)
Hurricane Smith
as Charlie Dowd
(1992)
Interceptor
as Phillips
(1991)
Robin Hood
as Sir Miles Folcanet
(1990)
The Fourth War
as Col. Valachev
(1990)
Kill Cruise
as The Skipper
(1990)
The Man Inside
as Günter Wallraff
(1990)
The Schoolmaster
as Rozinsky
(1989)
A Dry White Season
as Captain Stolz
(1988)
The Seventh Sign
as David Bannon
(1987)
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Maxwell Dent
(1987)
Devil's Paradise
as Escher
(1987)
Terminus
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
(1986)
Killing Cars
as Ralph Korda
(1985)
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Adam Berwid
(1985)
(1985)
The Cop & the Girl
as Der Bulle
(1984)
Dune
as Duke Leto Atreides
(1984)
Forbidden
as Fritz Friedländer
(1983)
The Keep
as Captain Klaus Woermann
(1983)
Love is Forever
as General Siegfried Kaplan
(1983)
Destination Dune
as Self
(1982)
War and Peace
as Kevin
(1981)
Das Boot
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
(1981)
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
as Self
(1980)
So weit das Auge reicht
as Alexander Späh
(1979)
Kotte
as Günther Kotte
(1977)
Operation Ganymed
as Oss
(1977)
The Consequence
as Martin Kurath
(1976)
Hans in Luck
as Hans Schmidtke
(1976)
Shirin's Wedding
as Aida
(1975)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
as Ludwig Götten
(1974)
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
as Franz Blum
(1974)
One or the Other of Us
as Bernd Ziegenhals
(1973)
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Hehler
(1972)
Knast
as Roloff
(1972)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Man at the Meeting Table
(1972)
Zoff
as Joky
(1972)
Auf Befehl erschossen
as Franz Sass
(1970)
Unternehmer
as Arnold