Jürgen Prochnow
Acting • Born 1941-06-10
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.
Filmography
155 credits
Beverly Hills Cop II
Movie • 1987
Maxwell Dent
Das Boot
Movie • 1981
Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
The English Patient
Movie • 1996
Major Muller
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
Movie • 1981
Self
The Da Vinci Code
Movie • 2006
André Vernet
Body of Evidence
Movie • 1993
Dr. Alan Paley
Dune
Movie • 1984
Duke Leto Atreides
Schroeder's Wonderful World
Movie • 2007
John Gregory
In the Mouth of Madness
Movie • 1995
Sutter Cane
Esther
Movie • 1999
Haman
Primeval
Movie • 2007
Jacob Krieg
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Movie • 1975
Ludwig Götten
House of the Dead
Movie • 2003
Kirk
The Seventh Sign
Movie • 1988
David Bannon
La conjura de El Escorial
Movie • 2008
Espinosa
Ohne einander
Movie • 2007
Ernest
The Consequence
Movie • 1977
Martin Kurath
The Replacement Killers
Movie • 1998
Michael Kogan
Robin Hood
Movie • 1991
Sir Miles Folcanet
A Dry White Season
Movie • 1989
Captain Stolz
Judge Dredd
Movie • 1995
Judge Griffin
Air Force One
Movie • 1997
Alexander Radek
Kill Cruise
Movie • 1990
The Skipper
The Keep
Movie • 1983
Captain Klaus Woermann
Beerfest
Movie • 2006
Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
Ripper: Letter from Hell
Movie • 2001
Detective Kelso
Chain Reaction
Movie • 2006
Police Man
Interceptor
Movie • 1992
Phillips
Operation Ganymed
Movie • 1977
Oss
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
Movie • 2008
The Mage
Sinners and Saints
Movie • 2010
Mr. Rhykin
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)
The Fourth War
Movie • 1990
Col. Valachev
On Dangerous Ground
Movie • 1996
Carl Morgan
The Poet
Movie • 2003
Vashon
The Last Stop
Movie • 2000
Fritz
DNA
Movie • 1997
Dr. Carl Wessinger
Terminus
Movie • 1987
Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
Spear of Destiny
Movie • 2010
Baron Von Haan
Heart of America
Movie • 2003
Harold Lewis
The Elite
Movie • 2001
Avi
Human Bomb
Movie • 1998
Gerhardt Dach
Last Run
Movie • 2001
Andrus Bukarin
Tenderness of the Wolves
Movie • 1973
Hehler
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Killing Cars
Movie • 1986
Ralph Korda
Die Schuld der Erben
Movie • 2012
Kurt Hanson
The Cry of Love
Movie • 1997
Holger
Company of Heroes
Movie • 2013
Luca Gruenewald
See Arnold Run
Movie • 2005
Arnold Schwarzenegger
One or the Other of Us
Movie • 1974
Bernd Ziegenhals
Trigger Fast
Movie • 1994
Jack Neumann
Gunblast Vodka
Movie • 2001
Sacha Roublev
The Cop & the Girl
Movie • 1985
Der Bulle
Guns of Honor
Movie • 1994
Jack Neumann
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Movie • 2005
Le baron Hengen
Poison
Movie • 2000
Carl Krieger
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Movie • 2010
Fredo Kovacs
Hurricane Smith
Movie • 1992
Charlie Dowd
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Movie • 2021
Self - Das Boot Actor
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Movie • 1972
Man at the Meeting Table
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
Movie • 1974
Franz Blum
Shirin's Wedding
Movie • 1976
Aida
Der blonde Affe
Movie • 1999
Jan Vleuten
Zoff
Movie • 1972
Joky
Dark Asylum
Movie • 2001
Dr. Fallon
Baltic Storm
Movie • 2003
Erik Westermark
Remember
Movie • 2015
Rudy Kurlander #4
The Other Side of the Law
Movie • 1994
Simon McQuarie
Davon stirbt man nicht
Movie • 2002
Everett Burns
Tödliche Wahl
Movie • 1995
Alex Bronner
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Movie • 1985
Adam Berwid
Der Fall Lucona
Movie • 1993
Jorunalist Strasser
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
Movie • 1999
Hans Hagemann
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Auf Befehl erschossen
Movie • 1972
Franz Sass
Heaven's Fire
Movie • 1999
Quentin Darby
Blitz
Movie • 1985
Ralph Korda
Oko ve zdi
Movie • 2009
Ein schmaler Grat
Movie • 2013
Uwe Wolfmann
War and Peace
Movie • 1982
Kevin
Damascus Cover
Movie • 2017
Franz Ludin
Love is Forever
Movie • 1983
General Siegfried Kaplan
Hitman: Agent 47
Movie • 2015
Tobias
The Dark Side of the Moon
Movie • 2016
Pius Ott
Lie Down with Lions
Movie • 1994
Marteau
Fesseln
Movie • 1995
Günther
Old Agent Men
Movie • 2017
Kern
Die Wildnis
Movie • 1993
Brenner
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
Movie • 2013
Ernst Blessing
The Man Inside
Movie • 1990
Günter Wallraff
Ohne Gnade
Movie • 2013
Helmutchen
Wing Commander
Movie • 1999
Cdr. Paul Gerald
Final Ascent
Movie • 2000
Paul
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
Movie • 2005
Self
Devil's Paradise
Movie • 1987
Escher
A Hidden Life
Movie • 2019
Major Schlegel
The Final Journey
Movie • 2017
Eduard
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Movie • 1992
Woodsman
The Guardian Angel
Movie
Albert Klosser
Kotte
Movie • 1979
Günther Kotte
From China with Love
Movie • 1998
Paul Konen
So weit das Auge reicht
Movie • 1980
Alexander Späh
Knast
Movie • 1972
Roloff
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Movie • 1995
Himself
The Fall
Movie • 1999
József Kovács
Unternehmer
Movie • 1970
Arnold
Half Brothers
Movie • 2016
Herr Dryser
Forbidden
Movie • 1984
Fritz Friedländer
The Schoolmaster
Movie • 1990
Rozinsky
The Celestine Prophecy
Movie • 2006
Jensen
The Last Border
Movie • 1993
Duke
Real Men
Movie • 2019
Himself - Actor
A Handful of Water
Movie • 2020
Konrad
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
Movie • 2020
Wilhelm Schürmann
The Last Rifleman
Movie • 2023
Friedrich Mueller
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Movie • 2014
Woodsman
Hans in Luck
Movie • 1976
Hans Schmidtke
Jack the Dog
Movie • 2001
Klaus
Destination Dune
Movie • 1983
Self
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
Movie • 2021
Self (voice) (archive footage)
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
Movie • 2025
Self
Nanking
Movie • 2007
John Rabe
Alisea and the Dream Prince
TV • 1996
Kurdok
The Directors
TV • 1999
Self
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Dieter Brodschella
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Klaus Linder
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
KHK Max Gerber
Nachtschicht
TV • 2003
Friedrich Otto Winterstein
The Fire Next Time
TV • 1993
Larry Richter
Schaurige Geschichten
TV • 1976
Piet
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Hans Rodenburg
Das Boot
TV • 1985
Der Alte
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Kesting
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Mattias Draeger
Jewels
TV • 1992
Joachim von Mannheim
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
TV • 2000
Visitatore
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Quizduell-Olymp
TV • 2015
Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV • 2015
Self
Bavarian Film Awards
TV • 1979
Self
Volle Kanne
TV • 1999
Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV • 1998
Self
Kölner Treff
TV • 1976
Self
DAS!
TV • 1991
Self
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self
Beckmann
TV • 1999
Self
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
TV • 2008
Self
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
TV • 1996
Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
Semperopernball
TV • 2006
Self
Tödliche Wahl
TV • 1995
Alex Bronner
24
TV • 2001
Sergei Bazhaev