
Jürgen Prochnow
Department: 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.
Known For

Beverly Hills Cop II
1987

Das Boot
1981

The English Patient
1996

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981

The Da Vinci Code
2006

Body of Evidence
1993

Dune
1984

Schroeder's Wonderful World
2007

In the Mouth of Madness
1995

Esther
1999

Primeval
2007

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975

House of the Dead
2003

La conjura de El Escorial
2008

The Seventh Sign
1988

Ohne einander
2007

The Consequence
1977

The Replacement Killers
1998

Robin Hood
1991

A Dry White Season
1989

Judge Dredd
1995

Air Force One
1997

Kill Cruise
1990

The Keep
1983

Beerfest
2006

Ripper: Letter from Hell
2001

Chain Reaction
2006

Interceptor
1992

Operation Ganymed
1977

Merlin and the War of the Dragons
2008

Sinners and Saints
2010

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004

The Fourth War
1990

On Dangerous Ground
1996

The Poet
2003

The Last Stop
2000

DNA
1997

Terminus
1987

Spear of Destiny
2010

Heart of America
2003

The Elite
2001

Human Bomb
1998

Last Run
2001

Tenderness of the Wolves
1973

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014

Killing Cars
1986

Die Schuld der Erben
2012

The Cry of Love
1997

Company of Heroes
2013

See Arnold Run
2005

One or the Other of Us
1974

Trigger Fast
1994

Gunblast Vodka
2001

The Cop & the Girl
1985

Guns of Honor
1994

Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005

Poison
2000

Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010

Hurricane Smith
1992

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021

The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972

The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974

Shirin's Wedding
1976

Der blonde Affe
1999

Zoff
1972

Dark Asylum
2001

Baltic Storm
2003

Remember
2015

The Other Side of the Law
1994

Davon stirbt man nicht
2002

Tödliche Wahl
1995

Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985

Der Fall Lucona
1993

The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999

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

Auf Befehl erschossen
1972

Heaven's Fire
1999

Blitz
1985

Oko ve zdi
2009

Ein schmaler Grat
2013

War and Peace
1982

Damascus Cover
2017

Love is Forever
1983

Hitman: Agent 47
2015

The Dark Side of the Moon
2016

Lie Down with Lions
1994

Fesseln
1995

Old Agent Men
2017

Die Wildnis
1993

Die Kinder meiner Tochter
2013

The Man Inside
1990

Ohne Gnade
2013

Wing Commander
1999

Final Ascent
2000

Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
2005

Devil's Paradise
1987

A Hidden Life
2019

The Final Journey
2017

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992

The Guardian Angel
—

Kotte
1979

From China with Love
1998

So weit das Auge reicht
1980

Knast
1972

Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995

The Fall
1999

Unternehmer
1970

Half Brothers
2016

Forbidden
1984

The Schoolmaster
1990

The Celestine Prophecy
2006

The Last Border
1993

Real Men
2019

A Handful of Water
2020

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020

The Last Rifleman
2023

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014

Hans in Luck
1976

Jack the Dog
2001

Destination Dune
1983

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025

Nanking
2007

Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996

The Directors
1999

Scene of the Crime
1970

Scene of the Crime
1970

A Case For Two
1981

Nachtschicht
2003

The Fire Next Time
1993

Schaurige Geschichten
1976

Wetten, dass..?
1981

Scene of the Crime
1970

Das Boot
1985

Scene of the Crime
1970

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009

Jewels
1992

Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000

Leute heute
1997

Goldene Kamera
1984

Bambi
1948

Quizduell-Olymp
2015

Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015

Bavarian Film Awards
1979

Volle Kanne
1999

The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998

Kölner Treff
1976

DAS!
1991

NDR Talk Show
1979

Beckmann
1999

Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996

Semperopernball
2006

Tödliche Wahl
1995

24
2001