Jürgen Prochnow
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1941-06-10 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- یورگن پروچنو
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
TV Shows (30)
24
2001
as Sergei Bazhaev
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Dieter Brodschella / Klaus Linder / Hans Rodenburg / Kesting
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Mattias Draeger
DAS!
1991
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as KHK Max Gerber
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Quizduell-Olymp
2015
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
The Directors
1999
as Self
Lore
2017
as Andreas Gruber
Nachtschicht
2003
as Friedrich Otto Winterstein
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
Das Boot
1985
as Der Alte
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008
as Self
Jewels
1992
as Joachim von Mannheim
The Fire Next Time
1993
as Larry Richter
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Visitatore
Schaurige Geschichten
1976
as Piet
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
as Kurdok
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
Movies (123)
The Da Vinci Code
2006
as André Vernet
Dune
1984
as Duke Leto Atreides
Judge Dredd
1995
as Judge Griffin
Das Boot
1981
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Woodsman
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Tobias
Air Force One
1997
as Alexander Radek
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
as Maxwell Dent
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Sutter Cane
The English Patient
1996
as Major Muller
Beerfest
2006
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
The Replacement Killers
1998
as Michael Kogan
Body of Evidence
1993
as Dr. Alan Paley
Primeval
2007
as Jacob Krieg
A Hidden Life
2019
as Major Schlegel
Wing Commander
1999
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Woodsman
The Keep
1983
as Captain Klaus Woermann
Company of Heroes
2013
as Luca Gruenewald
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #4
House of the Dead
2003
as Kirk
The Celestine Prophecy
2006
as Jensen
The Seventh Sign
1988
as David Bannon
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
Robin Hood
1991
as Sir Miles Folcanet
The Last Rifleman
2023
as Friedrich Mueller
A Dry White Season
1989
as Captain Stolz
The Poet
2003
as Vashon
DNA
1997
as Dr. Carl Wessinger
Nanking
2007
as John Rabe
Terminus
1987
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
Esther
1999
as Haman
Dark Asylum
2001
as Dr. Fallon
Damascus Cover
2017
as Franz Ludin
Chain Reaction
2006
as Police Man
The Elite
2001
as Avi
Baltic Storm
2003
as Erik Westermark
Interceptor
1992
as Phillips
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975
as Ludwig Götten
Sinners and Saints
2010
as Mr. Rhykin
The Guardian Angel
as Albert Klosser
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Valachev
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
2008
as The Mage
Gunblast Vodka
2001
as Sacha Roublev
The Fall
1999
as József Kovács
Poison
2000
as Carl Krieger
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Man at the Meeting Table
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Adam Berwid
Ripper: Letter from Hell
2001
as Detective Kelso
The Cry of Love
1997
as Holger
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Hehler
Last Run
2001
as Andrus Bukarin
Kill Cruise
1990
as The Skipper
Spear of Destiny
2010
as Baron Von Haan
Der Fall Lucona
1993
as Jorunalist Strasser
Hurricane Smith
1992
as Charlie Dowd
Trigger Fast
1994
as Jack Neumann
Heart of America
2003
as Harold Lewis
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
The Dark Side of the Moon
2016
as Pius Ott
Jack the Dog
2001
as Klaus
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974
as Franz Blum
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999
as Hans Hagemann
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self - Das Boot Actor
Love is Forever
1983
as General Siegfried Kaplan
On Dangerous Ground
1996
as Carl Morgan
Real Men
2019
as Himself - Actor
Heaven's Fire
1999
as Quentin Darby
La conjura de El Escorial
2008
as Espinosa
Human Bomb
1998
as Gerhardt Dach
The Man Inside
1990
as Günter Wallraff
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995
as Himself
Final Ascent
2000
as Paul
One or the Other of Us
1974
as Bernd Ziegenhals
The Consequence
1977
as Martin Kurath
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010
as Fredo Kovacs
The Last Stop
2000
as Fritz
Killing Cars
1986
as Ralph Korda
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
as Le baron Hengen
Blitz
1985
as Ralph Korda
From China with Love
1998
as Paul Konen
Die Wildnis
1993
as Brenner
Old Agent Men
2017
as Kern
Operation Ganymed
1977
as Oss
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
2013
as Ernst Blessing
Ohne Gnade
2013
as Helmutchen
See Arnold Run
2005
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
Der blonde Affe
1999
as Jan Vleuten
Davon stirbt man nicht
2002
as Everett Burns
Forbidden
1984
as Fritz Friedländer
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020
as Wilhelm Schürmann
Devil's Paradise
1987
as Escher
The Last Border
1993
as Duke
Oko ve zdi
2009
The Cop & the Girl
1985
as Der Bulle
Shirin's Wedding
1976
as Aida
Knast
1972
as Roloff
Schroeder's Wonderful World
2007
as John Gregory
War and Peace
1982
as Kevin
The Final Journey
2017
as Eduard
Unternehmer
1970
as Arnold
Ein schmaler Grat
2013
as Uwe Wolfmann
Zoff
1972
as Joky
Guns of Honor
1994
as Jack Neumann
So weit das Auge reicht
1980
as Alexander Späh
Fesseln
1995
as Günther
Lie Down with Lions
1994
as Marteau
Hans in Luck
1976
as Hans Schmidtke
Auf Befehl erschossen
1972
as Franz Sass
The Other Side of the Law
1994
as Simon McQuarie
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
as Self
The Schoolmaster
1990
as Rozinsky
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
2005
as Self
A Handful of Water
2020
as Konrad
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Kurt Hanson
About Jürgen Prochnow
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 Awar… With 153 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Jürgen Prochnow has appeared in 123 films and 30 TV shows.
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- The Da Vinci Code (2006) — as André Vernet
- Dune (1984) — as Duke Leto Atreides
- Judge Dredd (1995) — as Judge Griffin
- Das Boot (1981) — as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) — as Woodsman
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