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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Filmography
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
The Last Rifleman
2023
as Friedrich Mueller
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self - Das Boot Actor
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020
as Wilhelm Schürmann
A Handful of Water
2020
as Konrad
A Hidden Life
2019
as Major Schlegel
Real Men
2019
as Himself - Actor
Damascus Cover
2017
as Franz Ludin
The Final Journey
2017
as Eduard
Old Agent Men
2017
as Kern
Half Brothers
2016
as Herr Dryser
The Dark Side of the Moon
2016
as Pius Ott
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #4
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Tobias
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Woodsman
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
2013
as Ernst Blessing
Ohne Gnade
2013
as Helmutchen
Company of Heroes
2013
as Luca Gruenewald
Ein schmaler Grat
2013
as Uwe Wolfmann
- No poster
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Kurt Hanson
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010
as Fredo Kovacs