Jürgen Prochnow
Known for Acting · 152 credits
- Born
- 1941-06-10 (age 85)
- 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
DAS!
1991
as Self
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Dieter Brodschella / Klaus Linder / Hans Rodenburg / Kesting
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Mattias Draeger
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as KHK Max Gerber
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Quizduell-Olymp
2015
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Lore
2017
as Andreas Gruber
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
The Directors
1999
as Self
Nachtschicht
2003
as Friedrich Otto Winterstein
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
Das Boot
1985
as Der Alte
Schaurige Geschichten
1976
as Piet
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Visitatore
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
as Kurdok
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
The Fire Next Time
1993
as Larry Richter
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008
as Self
Jewels
1992
as Joachim von Mannheim
Movies (122)
Das Boot
1981
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Sutter Cane
The Da Vinci Code
2006
as André Vernet
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Tobias
Dune
1984
as Duke Leto Atreides
Judge Dredd
1995
as Judge Griffin
Devil's Paradise
1987
as Escher
Air Force One
1997
as Alexander Radek
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Woodsman
The English Patient
1996
as Major Muller
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
as Maxwell Dent
Final Ascent
2000
as Paul
Beerfest
2006
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
Company of Heroes
2013
as Luca Gruenewald
Primeval
2007
as Jacob Krieg
Shirin's Wedding
1976
as Aida
A Hidden Life
2019
as Major Schlegel
The Final Journey
2017
as Eduard
The Replacement Killers
1998
as Michael Kogan
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Woodsman
Body of Evidence
1993
as Dr. Alan Paley
Poison
2000
as Carl Krieger
The Guardian Angel
as Albert Klosser
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #4
The Celestine Prophecy
2006
as Jensen
Wing Commander
1999
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
Forbidden
1984
as Fritz Friedländer
The Cry of Love
1997
as Holger
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
2013
as Ernst Blessing
House of the Dead
2003
as Kirk
Sinners and Saints
2010
as Mr. Rhykin
Half Brothers
2016
as Herr Dryser
Jack the Dog
2001
as Klaus
The Seventh Sign
1988
as David Bannon
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Valachev
See Arnold Run
2005
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
Real Men
2019
as Himself - Actor
A Handful of Water
2020
as Konrad
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Unternehmer
1970
as Arnold
Blitz
1985
as Ralph Korda
DNA
1997
as Dr. Carl Wessinger
A Dry White Season
1989
as Captain Stolz
Guns of Honor
1994
as Jack Neumann
Terminus
1987
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
The Keep
1983
as Captain Klaus Woermann
Nanking
2007
as John Rabe
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
Heart of America
2003
as Harold Lewis
Spear of Destiny
2010
as Baron Von Haan
Der blonde Affe
1999
as Jan Vleuten
The Cop & the Girl
1985
as Der Bulle
Heaven's Fire
1999
as Quentin Darby
Hurricane Smith
1992
as Charlie Dowd
The Last Rifleman
2023
as Friedrich Mueller
The Elite
2001
as Avi
Damascus Cover
2017
as Franz Ludin
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Hehler
Esther
1999
as Haman
One or the Other of Us
1974
as Bernd Ziegenhals
Knast
1972
as Roloff
Gunblast Vodka
2001
as Sacha Roublev
On Dangerous Ground
1996
as Carl Morgan
The Poet
2003
as Vashon
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Kurt Hanson
Chain Reaction
2006
as Police Man
The Last Border
1993
as Duke
Baltic Storm
2003
as Erik Westermark
Operation Ganymed
1977
as Oss
Lie Down with Lions
1994
as Marteau
Fesseln
1995
as Günther
The Man Inside
1990
as Günter Wallraff
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975
as Ludwig Götten
Killing Cars
1986
as Ralph Korda
Robin Hood
1991
as Sir Miles Folcanet
Last Run
2001
as Andrus Bukarin
Old Agent Men
2017
as Kern
Schroeder's Wonderful World
2007
as John Gregory
Ohne Gnade
2013
as Helmutchen
The Last Stop
2000
as Fritz
The Dark Side of the Moon
2016
as Pius Ott
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010
as Fredo Kovacs
Love is Forever
1983
as General Siegfried Kaplan
The Other Side of the Law
1994
as Simon McQuarie
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Man at the Meeting Table
Trigger Fast
1994
as Jack Neumann
Kill Cruise
1990
as The Skipper
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
Ripper: Letter from Hell
2001
as Detective Kelso
La conjura de El Escorial
2008
as Espinosa
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
2008
as The Mage
Human Bomb
1998
as Gerhardt Dach
Die Wildnis
1993
as Brenner
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
as Le baron Hengen
Kotte
1979
as Günther Kotte
War and Peace
1982
as Kevin
The Fall
1999
as József Kovács
Interceptor
1992
as Phillips
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974
as Franz Blum
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Adam Berwid
The Consequence
1977
as Martin Kurath
Auf Befehl erschossen
1972
as Franz Sass
Davon stirbt man nicht
2002
as Everett Burns
Der Fall Lucona
1993
as Jorunalist Strasser
Hans in Luck
1976
as Hans Schmidtke
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self - Das Boot Actor
Dark Asylum
2001
as Dr. Fallon
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The Schoolmaster
1990
as Rozinsky
So weit das Auge reicht
1980
as Alexander Späh
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
Ohne einander
2007
as Ernest
From China with Love
1998
as Paul Konen
Ein schmaler Grat
2013
as Uwe Wolfmann
Zoff
1972
as Joky
Oko ve zdi
2009
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
as Self
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
2005
as Self
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999
as Hans Hagemann
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
as Self (archive footage)
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 152 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Jürgen Prochnow has appeared in 122 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jürgen Prochnow Movies
- Das Boot (1981) — as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995) — as Sutter Cane
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) — as André Vernet
- Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) — as Tobias
- Dune (1984) — as Duke Leto Atreides
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