Jürgen Prochnow

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-10 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jürgen Prochnow, licensed ...

Acting

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II

as Maxwell Dent

1981

Das Boot

as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

1996

The English Patient

as Major Muller

2006

The Da Vinci Code

as André Vernet

1993

Body of Evidence

as Dr. Alan Paley

1984

Dune

as Duke Leto Atreides

2006

1995

1999

Esther

as Haman

2007

Primeval

as Jacob Krieg

1988

The Seventh Sign

as David Bannon

2007

Ohne einander

as Ernest

1977

The Consequence

as Martin Kurath

1998

The Replacement Killers

as Michael Kogan

1991

Robin Hood

as Sir Miles Folcanet

1989

A Dry White Season

as Captain Stolz

1995

Judge Dredd

as Judge Griffin

1997

Air Force One

as Alexander Radek

1990

Kill Cruise

as The Skipper

1983

The Keep

as Captain Klaus Woermann

2006

Beerfest

as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen

2001

Ripper: Letter from Hell

as Detective Kelso

2006

Chain Reaction

as Police Man

1992

Interceptor

as Phillips

2010

Sinners and Saints

as Mr. Rhykin

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

1990

The Fourth War

as Col. Valachev

1996

On Dangerous Ground

as Carl Morgan

2003

The Poet

as Vashon

2000

1997

DNA

as Dr. Carl Wessinger

1987

Terminus

as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

2010

Spear of Destiny

as Baron Von Haan

2003

Heart of America

as Harold Lewis

2001

The Elite

as Avi

1998

Human Bomb

as Gerhardt Dach

2001

Last Run

as Andrus Bukarin

1986

Killing Cars

as Ralph Korda

2012

Die Schuld der Erben

as Kurt Hanson

1997

2013

Company of Heroes

as Luca Gruenewald

2005

See Arnold Run

as Arnold Schwarzenegger

1974

One or the Other of Us

as Bernd Ziegenhals

1994

Trigger Fast

as Jack Neumann

2001

Gunblast Vodka

as Sacha Roublev

1985

The Cop & the Girl

as Der Bulle

1994

Guns of Honor

as Jack Neumann

2005

Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Le baron Hengen

2000

Poison

as Carl Krieger

2010

1992

Hurricane Smith

as Charlie Dowd

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Man at the Meeting Table

1976

1999

Der blonde Affe

as Jan Vleuten

1972

Zoff

as Joky

2001

Dark Asylum

as Dr. Fallon

2003

Baltic Storm

as Erik Westermark

2015

Remember

as Rudy Kurlander #4

1994

The Other Side of the Law

as Simon McQuarie

2002

Davon stirbt man nicht

as Everett Burns

1995

Tödliche Wahl

as Alex Bronner

1993

Der Fall Lucona

as Jorunalist Strasser

2023

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

as Self (archive footage)

1972

1999

Heaven's Fire

as Quentin Darby

1985

2013

Ein schmaler Grat

as Uwe Wolfmann

1982

2017

Damascus Cover

as Franz Ludin

1983

Love is Forever

as General Siegfried Kaplan

2015

1994

1995

Fesseln

as Günther

2017

1993

Die Wildnis

as Brenner

2013

Die Kinder meiner Tochter

as Ernst Blessing

1990

The Man Inside

as Günter Wallraff

2013

Ohne Gnade

as Helmutchen

1999

Wing Commander

as Cdr. Paul Gerald

2000

1987

2019

A Hidden Life

as Major Schlegel

2017

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The Guardian Angel

as Albert Klosser

1979

Kotte

as Günther Kotte

1998

1980

So weit das Auge reicht

as Alexander Späh

1972

Knast

as Roloff

1999

The Fall

as József Kovács

1970

Unternehmer

as Arnold

2016

Half Brothers

as Herr Dryser

1984

Forbidden

as Fritz Friedländer

1990

The Schoolmaster

as Rozinsky

1993

2019

Real Men

as Himself - Actor

2020

2020

2023

The Last Rifleman

as Friedrich Mueller

1976

Hans in Luck

as Hans Schmidtke

2001

Jack the Dog

as Klaus

1983

2021

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

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