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