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