Portrait of Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

Acting

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 under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: June 10, 1941

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Filmography

2023
The Last Rifleman

as Friedrich Mueller

2023
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2020
2020
2019
A Hidden Life

as Major Schlegel

2019
Real Men

as Himself - Actor

2017
Damascus Cover

as Franz Ludin

2017
2017
2016
Half Brothers

as Herr Dryser

2015
Remember

as Rudy Kurlander #4

2015
2013
Die Kinder meiner Tochter

as Ernst Blessing

2013
Ohne Gnade

as Helmutchen

2013
Company of Heroes

as Luca Gruenewald

2013
Ein schmaler Grat

as Uwe Wolfmann

2010
2010
Sinners and Saints

as Mr. Rhykin

2010
Spear of Destiny

as Baron Von Haan

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Mattias Draeger

2007
Nanking

as John Rabe

2007
Primeval

as Jacob Krieg

2006
2006
Beerfest

as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen

2006
The Da Vinci Code

as André Vernet

2006
Chain Reaction

as Police Man

2005
See Arnold Run

as Arnold Schwarzenegger

2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Le baron Hengen

2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

2003
The Poet

as Vashon

2003
Baltic Storm

as Erik Westermark

2003
Nachtschicht

as Friedrich Otto Winterstein

2003
Heart of America

as Harold Lewis

2002
Davon stirbt man nicht

as Everett Burns

2001
Dark Asylum

as Dr. Fallon

2001
24

as Sergei Bazhaev

2001
Ripper: Letter from Hell

as Detective Kelso

2001
Gunblast Vodka

as Sacha Roublev

2001
Last Run

as Andrus Bukarin

2001
The Elite

as Avi

2001
Jack the Dog

as Klaus

2000
2000
2000
2000
Poison

as Carl Krieger

1999
1999
Heaven's Fire

as Quentin Darby

1999
Der blonde Affe

as Jan Vleuten

1999
Esther

as Haman

1999
Wing Commander

as Cdr. Paul Gerald

1999
The Fall

as József Kovács

1999
Beckmann

as Self

1999
1998
1998
Human Bomb

as Gerhardt Dach

1998
The Replacement Killers

as Michael Kogan

1997
Air Force One

as Alexander Radek

1997
DNA

as Dr. Carl Wessinger

1997
1996
The English Patient

as Major Muller

1996
On Dangerous Ground

as Carl Morgan

1995
Fesseln

as Günther

1995
Tödliche Wahl

as Alex Bronner

1995
Judge Dredd

as Judge Griffin

1995
1994
The Other Side of the Law

as Simon McQuarie

1994
Guns of Honor

as Jack Neumann

1994
Trigger Fast

as Jack Neumann

1994
1993
1993
Der Fall Lucona

as Jorunalist Strasser

1993
The Fire Next Time

as Larry Richter

1993
Body of Evidence

as Dr. Alan Paley

1992
Jewels

as Joachim von Mannheim

1992
Interceptor

as Phillips

1992
Hurricane Smith

as Charlie Dowd

1991
Robin Hood

as Sir Miles Folcanet

1991
DAS!

as Self

1990
Kill Cruise

as The Skipper

1990
The Fourth War

as Col. Valachev

1989
A Dry White Season

as Captain Stolz

1988
The Seventh Sign

as David Bannon

1987
Beverly Hills Cop II

as Maxwell Dent

1987
1987
Terminus

as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

1986
Killing Cars

as Ralph Korda

1985
The Cop & the Girl

as Der Bulle

1985
Das Boot

as Der Alte

1984
Dune

as Duke Leto Atreides

1984
Forbidden

as Fritz Friedländer

1983
The Keep

as Captain Klaus Woermann

1983
Love Is Forever

as General Siegfried Kaplan

1983
1982
1981
Das Boot

as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

1981
A Case For Two

as KHK Max Gerber

1981
1980
So weit das Auge reicht

as Alexander Späh

1979
1977
The Consequence

as Martin Kurath

1976
1976
1974
One or the Other of Us

as Bernd Ziegenhals

1972
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Man at the Meeting Table

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Dieter Brodschella

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Klaus Linder

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Hans Rodenburg

1970
1948
Bambi

as Self