Jürgen Prochnow

Born

June 10, 1941 (84 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

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.

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Known For

6.7

Beverly Hills Cop II

The Last Rifleman

Friedrich Mueller

6.6

2023

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck

Wilhelm Schürmann

5.0

2020

A Handful of Water

Konrad

4.5

2020

A Hidden Life

Major Schlegel

7.2

2019

Real Men

Himself - Actor

5.8

2019

Damascus Cover

Franz Ludin

5.6

2017

The Final Journey

Eduard

6.7

2017

Old Agent Men

Kern

5.9

2017

Interference

Herr Dryser

5.0

2016

The Dark Side of the Moon

Pius Ott

5.8

2016

Hitman: Agent 47

Tobias

5.9

2015

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Woodsman

7.3

2014

Die Kinder meiner Tochter

Ernst Blessing

4.7

2013

Ohne Gnade

Helmutchen

3.5

2013

Ein schmaler Grat

Uwe Wolfmann

4.0

2013

Oko ve zdi

4.2

2009

The Celestine Prophecy

Jensen

5.1

2006

Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)

Self

5.5

2005

Final Ascent

Paul

3.0

2000

Wing Commander

Cdr. Paul Gerald

4.8

1999

The Fall

József Kovács

4.2

1999

From China with Love

Paul Konen

2.0

1998

Fesseln

Günther

3.0

1995

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

Himself

1.5

1995

Lie Down with Lions

Marteau

3.7

1994

Die Wildnis

Brenner

2.0

1993

The Last Border

Duke

4.2

1993

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Woodsman

7.4

1992

The Man Inside

Günter Wallraff

2.0

1990

The Schoolmaster

Rozinsky

2.0

1990

Devil's Paradise

Escher

3.5

1987

Forbidden

Fritz Friedländer

5.0

1984

Love is Forever

General Siegfried Kaplan

4.6

1983

Krieg und Frieden

Kevin

2.0

1982

The Guardian Angel

Albert Klosser

0.0

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

Self

0.0

2025

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

Self (archive footage)

5.5

2023

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

Self (voice) (archive footage)

4.0

2021

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

Self - Das Boot Actor

6.6

2021

Quizduell-Olymp

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2015

Remember

Rudy Kurlander #4

7.4

2015

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Self · (1 episode)

7.6

2015

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

Self (archive footage)

6.7

2014

Company of Heroes

Luca Gruenewald

5.2

2013

Die Schuld der Erben

Kurt Hanson

2.0

2012

Amigo - Dead on Arrival

Fredo Kovacs

3.8

2010

Sinners and Saints

Mr. Rhykin

5.6

2010

Spear of Destiny

Baron Von Haan

5.3

2010

NCIS: Los Angeles

Mattias Draeger · (3 episodes)

7.5

2009

Merlin and the War of the Dragons

The Mage

4.0

2008

Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2008

La conjura de El Escorial

Espinosa

5.0

2008

Ohne einander

Ernest

2.0

2007

Primeval

Jacob Krieg

6.1

2007

Schröders wunderbare Welt

John Gregory

3.5

2006

Beerfest

Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen

5.9

2006

The Da Vinci Code

André Vernet

6.7

2006

Chain Reaction

Police Man

4.9

2006

Semperopernball

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

2006

See Arnold Run

Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.5

2005

Julie, chevalier de Maupin

Le baron Hengen

4.0

2005

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

7.6

2004

The Poet

Vashon

4.1

2003

Baltic Storm

Erik Westermark

4.7

2003

House of the Dead

Kirk

3.1

2003

Nachtschicht

Friedrich Otto Winterstein · (1 episode)

6.6

2003

Heart of America

Harold Lewis

4.7

2003

Davon stirbt man nicht

Everett Burns

3.5

2002

Dark Asylum

Dr. Fallon

3.6

2001

Ripper: Letter from Hell

Detective Kelso

4.4

2001

Gunblast Vodka

Sacha Roublev

3.5

2001

Last Run

Andrus Bukarin

3.4

2001

The Elite

Avi

3.2

2001

Jack the Dog

Klaus

3.5

2001

The Last Stop

Fritz

4.7

2000

Padre Pio: Miracle Man

Visitatore · (2 episodes)

6.9

2000

Poison

Carl Krieger

3.0

2000

The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000

Hans Hagemann

4.0

1999

Volle Kanne

Self · (1 episode)

4.4

1999

Heaven's Fire

Quentin Darby

4.1

1999

Der blonde Affe

Jan Vleuten

3.5

1999

Esther

Haman

6.8

1999

Beckmann

Self · (3 episodes)

2.0

1999

The Directors

Self · (1 episode)

5.8

1999

Human Bomb

Gerhardt Dach

3.3

1998

The Replacement Killers

Michael Kogan

6.2

1998

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

1998

Air Force One

Alexander Radek

6.5

1997

Leute heute

Self · (1 episode)

4.8

1997

DNA

Dr. Carl Wessinger

4.0

1997

The Cry of Love

Holger

4.0

1997

The English Patient

Major Muller

7.2

1996

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) · (1 episode)

8.3

1996

On Dangerous Ground

Carl Morgan

4.8

1996

Alisea and the Dream Prince

Kurdok · (2 episodes)

6.7

1996

Tödliche Wahl

Alex Bronner

2.0

1995

Tödliche Wahl

Alex Bronner · (3 episodes)

0.0

1995

Judge Dredd

Judge Griffin

5.8

1995

In the Mouth of Madness

Sutter Cane

7.2

1995

The Other Side of the Law

Simon McQuarie

4.0

1994

Guns of Honor

Jack Neumann

3.1

1994

Trigger Fast

Jack Neumann

2.0

1994

Der Fall Lucona

Jorunalist Strasser

5.0

1993

The Fire Next Time

Larry Richter · (2 episodes)

5.9

1993

Body of Evidence

Dr. Alan Paley

5.0

1993

Jewels

Joachim von Mannheim · (2 episodes)

6.0

1992

Interceptor

Phillips

5.9

1992

Hurricane Smith

Charlie Dowd

4.4

1992

Robin Hood

Sir Miles Folcanet

5.7

1991

DAS!

Self · (1 episode)

4.2

1991

Kill Cruise

The Skipper

3.6

1990

The Fourth War

Col. Valachev

5.1

1990

A Dry White Season

Captain Stolz

6.7

1989

The Seventh Sign

David Bannon

6.0

1988

Beverly Hills Cop II

Maxwell Dent

6.5

1987

Terminus

Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

3.8

1987

Killing Cars

Ralph Korda

3.2

1986

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

Adam Berwid

3.5

1985

The Cop & the Girl

Der Bulle

4.5

1985

Blitz

2.0

1985

Das Boot

Der Alte · (6 episodes)

8.6

1985

Dune

Duke Leto Atreides

6.2

1984

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Self · (3 episodes)

3.5

1984

The Keep

Captain Klaus Woermann

5.6

1983

Destination Dune

Self

5.0

1983

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

Self

2.0

1981

Das Boot

Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

8.1

1981

A Case For Two

KHK Max Gerber · (1 episode)

5.2

1981

Wetten, dass..?

Self · (1 episode)

5.3

1981

So weit das Auge reicht

Alexander Späh

0.0

1980

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1979

Kotte

Günther Kotte

2.0

1979

NDR Talk Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

1979

Operation Ganymed

Oss

4.5

1977

The Consequence

Martin Kurath

6.4

1977

Hans in Luck

Hans Schmidtke

2.0

1976

Schaurige Geschichten

Piet · (1 episode)

0.0

1976

Kölner Treff

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

1976

Shirin's Wedding

Aida

3.3

1976

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Ludwig Götten

7.0

1975

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

Franz Blum

5.5

1974

One or the Other of Us

Bernd Ziegenhals

4.8

1974

Tenderness of the Wolves

Hehler

5.7

1973

Auf Befehl erschossen

Franz Sass

2.0

1972

Knast

Roloff

2.0

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons

Man at the Meeting Table

6.7

1972

Zoff

Joky

5.3

1972

Unternehmer

Arnold

2.0

1970

Scene of the Crime

Dieter Brodschella · (1 episode)

6.1

1970

Scene of the Crime

Klaus Linder · (1 episode)

6.1

1970

Scene of the Crime

Hans Rodenburg · (1 episode)

6.1

1970

Scene of the Crime

Kesting · (1 episode)

6.1

1970

Bambi-Verleihung

Self · (1 episode)

9.0

1948