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Jürgen Prochnow

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Jürgen Prochnow

EN, FR, DE, CS cinema · 122 credits

Born

10 June 1941 (age 85)

Birthplace

Berlin, Germany

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

Filmography

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' poster

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self

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

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

FR · 20236.5

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Rifleman poster

The Last Rifleman

EN · 20236.6

as Friedrich Mueller

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story poster

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

DE · 20217.5

as Self - Das Boot Actor

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune poster

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

EN · 20214.0

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

A Handful of Water poster

A Handful of Water

DE · 20204.5

as Konrad

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck poster

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck

DE · 20205.0

as Wilhelm Schürmann

A Hidden Life poster

A Hidden Life

EN · 20197.2

as Major Schlegel

Real Men poster

Real Men

EN · 20195.8

as Himself - Actor

The Guardian Angel

2018

The Guardian Angel

EN · 2018Not rated

as Albert Klosser

Damascus Cover poster

Damascus Cover

EN · 20175.4

as Franz Ludin

Old Agent Men poster

Old Agent Men

DE · 20175.9

as Kern

The Final Journey poster

The Final Journey

DE · 20176.6

as Eduard

The Dark Side of the Moon poster

The Dark Side of the Moon

DE · 20165.7

as Pius Ott

Half Brothers poster

Half Brothers

DE · 20165.0

as Herr Dryser

Remember poster

Remember

EN · 20157.3

as Rudy Kurlander #4

Hitman: Agent 47 poster

Hitman: Agent 47

EN · 20155.9

as Tobias

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau poster

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

EN · 20146.7

as Self (archive footage)

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

EN · 20147.2

as Woodsman

Company of Heroes poster

Company of Heroes

EN · 20135.1

as Luca Gruenewald

Ein schmaler Grat poster

Ein schmaler Grat

DE · 20134.0

as Uwe Wolfmann

Die Kinder meiner Tochter poster

Die Kinder meiner Tochter

DE · 20134.6

as Ernst Blessing

Ohne Gnade poster

Ohne Gnade

DE · 20133.5

as Helmutchen

Die Schuld der Erben

2012

Die Schuld der Erben

DE · 20122.0

as Kurt Hanson

Sinners and Saints poster

Sinners and Saints

EN · 20105.6

as Mr. Rhykin

Spear of Destiny poster

Spear of Destiny

DE · 20105.2

as Baron Von Haan

Amigo - Dead on Arrival poster

Amigo - Dead on Arrival

DE · 20103.8

as Fredo Kovacs

Oko ve zdi poster

Oko ve zdi

CS · 20094.2

Actor

La conjura de El Escorial poster

La conjura de El Escorial

ES · 20084.7

as Espinosa

Merlin and the War of the Dragons poster

Merlin and the War of the Dragons

EN · 20084.1

as The Mage

Schroeder's Wonderful World poster

Schroeder's Wonderful World

DE · 20075.7

as John Gregory

Primeval poster

Primeval

EN · 20076.2

as Jacob Krieg

Ohne einander

2007

Ohne einander

EN · 20072.0

as Ernest

Nanking poster

Nanking

EN · 20077.1

as John Rabe

The Da Vinci Code poster

The Da Vinci Code

EN · 20066.7

as André Vernet

Beerfest poster

Beerfest

EN · 20065.9

as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen

Chain Reaction poster

Chain Reaction

EN · 20064.9

as Police Man

The Celestine Prophecy poster

The Celestine Prophecy

EN · 20065.2

as Jensen

See Arnold Run poster

See Arnold Run

EN · 20055.1

as Arnold Schwarzenegger

Julie, chevalier de Maupin poster

Julie, chevalier de Maupin

FR · 20054.5

as Le baron Hengen

Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)

2005

Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)

DE · 20055.5

as Self

House of the Dead poster

House of the Dead

EN · 20033.1

as Kirk

The Poet poster

The Poet

EN · 20034.7

as Vashon

Heart of America poster

Heart of America

EN · 20035.0

as Harold Lewis

Baltic Storm poster

Baltic Storm

EN · 20035.1

as Erik Westermark

Davon stirbt man nicht poster

Davon stirbt man nicht

DE · 20024.1

as Everett Burns

Ripper: Letter from Hell poster

Ripper: Letter from Hell

EN · 20014.7

as Detective Kelso

The Elite poster

The Elite

EN · 20014.0

as Avi

Last Run poster

Last Run

EN · 20014.0

as Andrus Bukarin

Gunblast Vodka poster

Gunblast Vodka

EN · 20014.0

as Sacha Roublev

Dark Asylum poster

Dark Asylum

EN · 20014.1

as Dr. Fallon

Jack the Dog poster

Jack the Dog

EN · 20013.8

as Klaus

The Last Stop poster

The Last Stop

EN · 20004.9

as Fritz

Poison poster

Poison

EN · 20003.4

as Carl Krieger

Final Ascent poster

Final Ascent

EN · 20004.0

as Paul

Esther poster

Esther

EN · 19996.8

as Haman

Der blonde Affe poster

Der blonde Affe

DE · 19994.8

as Jan Vleuten

The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000 poster

The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000

DE · 19994.3

as Hans Hagemann

Heaven's Fire poster

Heaven's Fire

EN · 19994.4

as Quentin Darby

Wing Commander poster

Wing Commander

EN · 19994.8

as Cdr. Paul Gerald

The Fall poster

The Fall

EN · 19994.2

as József Kovács

The Replacement Killers poster

The Replacement Killers

EN · 19986.3

as Michael Kogan

Human Bomb poster

Human Bomb

EN · 19984.5

as Gerhardt Dach

From China with Love poster

From China with Love

DE · 19986.0

as Paul Konen

Air Force One poster

Air Force One

EN · 19976.5

as Alexander Radek

DNA poster

DNA

EN · 19974.1

as Dr. Carl Wessinger

Der Schrei der Liebe

1997

The Cry of Love

DE · 19974.7

as Holger

The English Patient poster

The English Patient

EN · 19967.1

as Major Muller

On Dangerous Ground poster

On Dangerous Ground

EN · 19965.1

as Carl Morgan

In the Mouth of Madness poster

In the Mouth of Madness

EN · 19957.2

as Sutter Cane

Judge Dredd poster

Judge Dredd

EN · 19955.9

as Judge Griffin

Tödliche Wahl poster

Tödliche Wahl

DE · 19955.0

as Alex Bronner

Fesseln poster

Fesseln

DE · 19953.6

as Günther

Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'

1995

Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'

EN · 19951.5

as Himself

Trigger Fast poster

Trigger Fast

EN · 19943.0

as Jack Neumann

Guns of Honor poster

Guns of Honor

EN · 19944.2

as Jack Neumann

The Other Side of the Law poster

The Other Side of the Law

EN · 19945.3

as Simon McQuarie

Lie Down with Lions poster

Lie Down with Lions

EN · 19944.1

as Marteau

Body of Evidence poster

Body of Evidence

EN · 19935.0

as Dr. Alan Paley

Der Fall Lucona poster

Der Fall Lucona

DE · 19936.0

as Jorunalist Strasser

Die Wildnis

1993

Die Wildnis

DE · 19935.5

as Brenner

The Last Border poster

The Last Border

EN · 19934.4

as Duke

Interceptor poster

Interceptor

EN · 19925.9

as Phillips

Hurricane Smith poster

Hurricane Smith

EN · 19924.5

as Charlie Dowd

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

EN · 19927.4

as Woodsman

Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

EN · 19915.7

as Sir Miles Folcanet

Kill Cruise poster

Kill Cruise

DE · 19903.7

as The Skipper

The Fourth War poster

The Fourth War

EN · 19905.3

as Col. Valachev

The Man Inside poster

The Man Inside

EN · 19906.0

as Günter Wallraff

The Schoolmaster

1990

The Schoolmaster

EN · 19902.0

as Rozinsky

A Dry White Season poster

A Dry White Season

EN · 19896.7

as Captain Stolz

The Seventh Sign poster

The Seventh Sign

EN · 19886.0

as David Bannon

Beverly Hills Cop II poster

Beverly Hills Cop II

EN · 19876.5

as Maxwell Dent

Terminus poster

Terminus

FR · 19874.1

as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

Devil's Paradise poster

Devil's Paradise

DE · 19875.7

as Escher

Killing Cars poster

Killing Cars

DE · 19863.7

as Ralph Korda

The Cop & the Girl poster

The Cop & the Girl

DE · 19854.8

as Der Bulle

Murder: By Reason of Insanity poster

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

EN · 19855.7

as Adam Berwid

Blitz

1985

Blitz

EN · 19852.0

as Ralph Korda

Dune poster

Dune

EN · 19846.2

as Duke Leto Atreides

Forbidden poster

Forbidden

EN · 19845.7

as Fritz Friedländer

The Keep poster

The Keep

EN · 19835.6

as Captain Klaus Woermann

Love is Forever poster

Love is Forever

EN · 19834.9

as General Siegfried Kaplan

Destination Dune poster

Destination Dune

EN · 19836.5

as Self

War and Peace poster

War and Peace

DE · 19824.5

as Kevin

Das Boot poster

Das Boot

DE · 19818.1

as Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes poster

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

DE · 19815.5

as Self

So weit das Auge reicht poster

So weit das Auge reicht

DE · 19805.0

as Alexander Späh

Kotte

1979

Kotte

DE · 19795.0

as Günther Kotte

The Consequence poster

The Consequence

DE · 19776.2

as Martin Kurath

Operation Ganymed poster

Operation Ganymed

DE · 19775.1

as Oss

Shirin's Wedding poster

Shirin's Wedding

DE · 19763.8

as Aida

Hans im Glück

1976

Hans in Luck

EN · 19764.5

as Hans Schmidtke

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum poster

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

DE · 19757.0

as Ludwig Götten

One or the Other of Us poster

One or the Other of Us

DE · 19744.8

as Bernd Ziegenhals

The Brutalization of Franz Blum poster

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

DE · 19745.3

as Franz Blum

Tenderness of the Wolves poster

Tenderness of the Wolves

DE · 19735.7

as Hehler

The Merchant of Four Seasons poster

The Merchant of Four Seasons

DE · 19726.8

as Man at the Meeting Table

Zoff

1972

Zoff

DE · 19726.8

as Joky

Auf Befehl erschossen poster

Auf Befehl erschossen

DE · 19724.5

as Franz Sass

Knast

1972

Knast

DE · 19725.0

as Roloff

Unternehmer

1970

Unternehmer

DE · 19704.5

as Arnold