Personal Info
Birth date
1941-06-10 (84 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Also known as
یورگن پروچنو
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.
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TBAThe Guardian Angel as Albert Klosser
2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Self
2023The Last Rifleman as Friedrich Mueller
2023U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' as Self (archive footage)
2021The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story as Self - Das Boot Actor
2020The old Man and the Pain in the Neck as Wilhelm Schürmann
2020A Handful of Water as Konrad
2019A Hidden Life as Major Schlegel
2019Real Men as Himself - Actor
2017Damascus Cover as Franz Ludin
2017The Final Journey as Eduard
2017Old Agent Men as Kern
2016Half Brothers as Herr Dryser
2016The Dark Side of the Moon as Pius Ott
2015Quizduell-Olymp (1 Episode) as Self
2015Remember as Rudy Kurlander #4
2015Hitman: Agent 47 as Tobias
2015Wer weiß denn sowas? (1 Episode) as Self
2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
2014Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Woodsman
2013Die Kinder meiner Tochter as Ernst Blessing
2013Ohne Gnade as Helmutchen
2013Company of Heroes as Luca Gruenewald
2013Ein schmaler Grat as Uwe Wolfmann
2012Die Schuld der Erben as Kurt Hanson
2010Amigo - Dead on Arrival as Fredo Kovacs
2010Sinners and Saints as Mr. Rhykin
2010Spear of Destiny as Baron Von Haan
2009Oko ve zdi as Unknown
2009NCIS: Los Angeles (3 Episodes) as Mattias Draeger
2008Merlin and the War of the Dragons as The Mage
2008Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker (1 Episode) as Self
2008La conjura de El Escorial as Espinosa
2007Ohne einander as Ernest
2007Primeval as Jacob Krieg
2006Schröders wunderbare Welt as John Gregory
2006Beerfest as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
2006The Celestine Prophecy as Jensen
2006The Da Vinci Code as André Vernet
2006Chain Reaction as Police Man
2006Semperopernball (1 Episode) as Self
2005Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005) as Self
2005See Arnold Run as Arnold Schwarzenegger
2005Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Le baron Hengen
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
2003The Poet as Vashon
2003Baltic Storm as Erik Westermark
2003House of the Dead as Kirk
2003Nachtschicht (1 Episode) as Friedrich Otto Winterstein
2003Heart of America as Harold Lewis
2002Davon stirbt man nicht as Everett Burns
2001Dark Asylum as Dr. Fallon
2001Ripper: Letter from Hell as Detective Kelso
2001Gunblast Vodka as Sacha Roublev
2001Last Run as Andrus Bukarin
2001The Elite as Avi
2001Jack the Dog as Klaus
2000Final Ascent as Paul
2000The Last Stop as Fritz
2000Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2 Episodes) as Visitatore
2000Poison as Carl Krieger
1999The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000 as Hans Hagemann
1999Volle Kanne (1 Episode) as Self
1999Heaven's Fire as Quentin Darby
1999Der blonde Affe as Jan Vleuten
1999Esther as Haman
1999Wing Commander as Cdr. Paul Gerald
1999The Fall as József Kovács
1999Beckmann (3 Episodes) as Self
1999The Directors (1 Episode) as Self
1998From China with Love as Paul Konen
1998Human Bomb as Gerhardt Dach
1998The Replacement Killers as Michael Kogan
1998The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1 Episode) as Self
1997Air Force One as Alexander Radek
1997Leute heute (1 Episode) as Self
1997DNA as Dr. Carl Wessinger
1997The Cry of Love as Holger
1996The English Patient as Major Muller
1996The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1 Episode) as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
1996On Dangerous Ground as Carl Morgan
1996Alisea and the Dream Prince (2 Episodes) as Kurdok
1995Fesseln as Günther
1995Tödliche Wahl as Alex Bronner
1995Tödliche Wahl (3 Episodes) as Alex Bronner
1995Judge Dredd as Judge Griffin
1995Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' as Himself
1995In the Mouth of Madness as Sutter Cane
1994The Other Side of the Law as Simon McQuarie
1994Guns of Honor as Jack Neumann
1994Trigger Fast as Jack Neumann
1994Lie Down with Lions as Marteau
1993Die Wildnis as Brenner
1993The Last Border as Duke
1993Der Fall Lucona as Jorunalist Strasser
1993The Fire Next Time (2 Episodes) as Larry Richter
1993Body of Evidence as Dr. Alan Paley
1992Jewels (2 Episodes) as Joachim von Mannheim
1992Interceptor as Phillips
1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Woodsman
1992Hurricane Smith as Charlie Dowd
1991Robin Hood as Sir Miles Folcanet
1991DAS! (1 Episode) as Self
1990The Man Inside as Günter Wallraff
1990The Schoolmaster as Rozinsky
1990Kill Cruise as The Skipper
1990The Fourth War as Col. Valachev
1989A Dry White Season as Captain Stolz
1988The Seventh Sign as David Bannon
1987Beverly Hills Cop II as Maxwell Dent
1987Devil's Paradise as Escher
1987Terminus as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
1986Killing Cars as Ralph Korda
1985Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Adam Berwid
1985The Cop & the Girl as Der Bulle
1985Blitz as Unknown
1985Das Boot (6 Episodes) as Der Alte
1984Dune as Duke Leto Atreides
1984Forbidden as Fritz Friedländer
1984Goldene Kamera Verleihung (3 Episodes) as Self
1983The Keep as Captain Klaus Woermann
1983Love is Forever as General Siegfried Kaplan
1983Destination Dune as Self
1982Krieg und Frieden as Kevin
1981Das Boot: Behind The Scenes as Self
1981Das Boot as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
1981A Case For Two (1 Episode) as KHK Max Gerber
1981Wetten, dass..? (1 Episode) as Self
1980So weit das Auge reicht as Alexander Späh
1979Bayerischer Filmpreis (1 Episode) as Self
1979Kotte as Günther Kotte
1979NDR Talk Show (1 Episode) as Self
1977Operation Ganymed as Oss
1977The Consequence as Martin Kurath
1976Hans in Luck as Hans Schmidtke
1976Schaurige Geschichten (1 Episode) as Piet
1976Kölner Treff (1 Episode) as Self
1976Shirin's Wedding as Aida
1975The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum as Ludwig Götten
1974The Brutalization of Franz Blum as Franz Blum
1974One or the Other of Us as Bernd Ziegenhals
1973Tenderness of the Wolves as Hehler
1972Auf Befehl erschossen as Franz Sass
1972Knast as Roloff
1972The Merchant of Four Seasons as Man at the Meeting Table
1972Zoff as Joky
1970Unternehmer as Arnold
1970Scene of the Crime (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Dieter Brodschella, Klaus Linder, Hans Rodenburg, Kesting
1948Bambi-Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self