Jürgen Prochnow
Acting1941Berlin, 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.
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Known For
Acting History
Future
The Guardian Angel
as Albert Klosser
2023
The Last Rifleman
as Friedrich Mueller
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
Quizduell-Olymp
TVas Self• 1 eps
2021
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Actor
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2020
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
as Wilhelm Schürmann
A Handful of Water
as Konrad
2019
Real Men
as Himself - Actor
A Hidden Life
as Major Schlegel
2018
Kölner Treff
TVas Self• 1 eps
Leute heute
TVas Self• 1 eps
2017
2016
The Dark Side of the Moon
as Pius Ott
Half Brothers
as Herr Dryser
2015
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Woodsman
2013
Company of Heroes
as Luca Gruenewald
Ohne Gnade
as Helmutchen
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
as Ernst Blessing
Ein schmaler Grat
as Uwe Wolfmann
2012
Die Schuld der Erben
as Kurt Hanson
2010
Spear of Destiny
as Baron Von Haan
Sinners and Saints
as Mr. Rhykin
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
as Fredo Kovacs
24
TVas Sergei Bazhaev• 7 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
TVas Mattias Draeger• 3 eps
Nachtschicht
TVas Friedrich Otto Winterstein• 1 eps
2009
2008
La conjura de El Escorial
as Espinosa
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
as The Mage
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
TVas Self
2007
Primeval
as Jacob Krieg
Schroeder's Wonderful World
as John Gregory
Nanking
as John Rabe
Ohne einander
as Ernest
A Case For Two
TVas KHK Max Gerber• 1 eps
2006
The Celestine Prophecy
as Jensen
Beerfest
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
The Da Vinci Code
as André Vernet
Chain Reaction
as Police Man
Semperopernball
TVas Self
2005
See Arnold Run
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
as Le baron Hengen
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
2003
Heart of America
as Harold Lewis
House of the Dead
as Kirk
The Poet
as Vashon
Baltic Storm
as Erik Westermark
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2002
Davon stirbt man nicht
as Everett Burns
Beckmann
TVas Self• 3 eps
2001
Dark Asylum
as Dr. Fallon
Ripper: Letter from Hell
as Detective Kelso
Jack the Dog
as Klaus
The Elite
as Avi
Last Run
as Andrus Bukarin
Gunblast Vodka
as Sacha Roublev
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self• 3 eps
2000
1999
Der blonde Affe
as Jan Vleuten
Wing Commander
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
Esther
as Haman
Heaven's Fire
as Quentin Darby
The Fall
as József Kovács
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
as Hans Hagemann
Volle Kanne
TVas Self
The Directors
TVas Self• 1 eps
1998
1997
1996
On Dangerous Ground
as Carl Morgan
The English Patient
as Major Muller
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TVas Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Alisea and the Dream Prince
TVas Kurdok
1995
In the Mouth of Madness
as Sutter Cane
Judge Dredd
as Judge Griffin
Tödliche Wahl
as Alex Bronner
Fesseln
as Günther
Tödliche Wahl
TVas Alex Bronner
1994
Lie Down with Lions
as Marteau
Guns of Honor
as Jack Neumann
Trigger Fast
as Jack Neumann
The Other Side of the Law
as Simon McQuarie
1993
Body of Evidence
as Dr. Alan Paley
Der Fall Lucona
as Jorunalist Strasser
The Last Border
as Duke
Die Wildnis
as Brenner
The Fire Next Time
TVas Larry Richter
1992
Interceptor
as Phillips
Hurricane Smith
as Charlie Dowd
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
as Woodsman
Jewels
TVas Joachim von Mannheim
1991
1990
Kill Cruise
as The Skipper
The Fourth War
as Col. Valachev
The Man Inside
as Günter Wallraff
The Schoolmaster
as Rozinsky
1989
A Dry White Season
as Captain Stolz
1988
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Maxwell Dent
Devil's Paradise
as Escher
Terminus
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
1986
Killing Cars
as Ralph Korda
Bavarian Film Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
1985
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Adam Berwid
The Cop & the Girl
as Der Bulle
Blitz
as Ralph Korda
Das Boot
TVas Der Alte• 6 eps
1983
1982
War and Peace
as Kevin
1981
Das Boot
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
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
The Consequence
as Martin Kurath
1976
1975
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
as Ludwig Götten
1974
One or the Other of Us
as Bernd Ziegenhals
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
as Franz Blum
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Hehler
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Man at the Meeting Table
Zoff
as Joky
Auf Befehl erschossen
as Franz Sass
Knast
as Roloff
1970
Unternehmer
as Arnold
Scene of the Crime
TVas Klaus Linder / Hans Rodenburg / Dieter Brodschella / Kesting