Jürgen Prochnow

Known for: Acting

Born: 1941-06-10 (age 85)

From: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jürgen Prochnow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (152)

MOVIE
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Last Rifleman
2023
as Friedrich Mueller
MOVIE★ 6.5
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self - Das Boot Actor
MOVIE★ 5.0
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020
as Wilhelm Schürmann
MOVIE★ 4.5
A Handful of Water
2020
as Konrad
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Hidden Life
2019
as Major Schlegel
MOVIE★ 5.8
Real Men
2019
as Himself - Actor
MOVIE★ 5.6
Damascus Cover
2017
as Franz Ludin
TV★ 6.9
Lore
2017
as Andreas Gruber
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Final Journey
2017
as Eduard
MOVIE★ 5.9
Old Agent Men
2017
as Kern
MOVIE★ 5.0
Half Brothers
2016
as Herr Dryser
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Dark Side of the Moon
2016
as Pius Ott
TV
Quizduell-Olymp
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Remember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #4
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
as Tobias
TV★ 7.6
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Woodsman
MOVIE★ 4.6
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
2013
as Ernst Blessing
MOVIE★ 3.5
Ohne Gnade
2013
as Helmutchen
MOVIE★ 5.1
Company of Heroes
2013
as Luca Gruenewald
MOVIE★ 4.0
Ein schmaler Grat
2013
as Uwe Wolfmann
MOVIE★ 2.0
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Kurt Hanson
MOVIE★ 3.8
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010
as Fredo Kovacs
MOVIE★ 5.6
Sinners and Saints
2010
as Mr. Rhykin
MOVIE★ 5.2
Spear of Destiny
2010
as Baron Von Haan
MOVIE★ 4.2
Oko ve zdi
2009
TV★ 7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Mattias Draeger
MOVIE★ 4.0
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
2008
as The Mage
TV
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
La conjura de El Escorial
2008
as Espinosa
MOVIE★ 5.7
Schroeder's Wonderful World
2007
as John Gregory
MOVIE★ 2.0
Ohne einander
2007
as Ernest
MOVIE★ 7.1
Nanking
2007
as John Rabe
MOVIE★ 6.1
Primeval
2007
as Jacob Krieg
MOVIE★ 5.8
Beerfest
2006
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Celestine Prophecy
2006
as Jensen
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Da Vinci Code
2006
as André Vernet
MOVIE★ 4.9
Chain Reaction
2006
as Police Man
TV
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
See Arnold Run
2005
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
MOVIE★ 4.5
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
as Le baron Hengen
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Poet
2003
as Vashon
MOVIE★ 5.1
Baltic Storm
2003
as Erik Westermark
MOVIE★ 3.2
House of the Dead
2003
as Kirk
TV★ 6.3
Nachtschicht
2003
as Friedrich Otto Winterstein
MOVIE★ 5.2
Heart of America
2003
as Harold Lewis
MOVIE★ 4.1
Davon stirbt man nicht
2002
as Everett Burns
MOVIE★ 4.0
Dark Asylum
2001
as Dr. Fallon
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Sergei Bazhaev
MOVIE★ 4.6
Ripper: Letter from Hell
2001
as Detective Kelso
MOVIE★ 4.0
Gunblast Vodka
2001
as Sacha Roublev
MOVIE★ 4.0
Last Run
2001
as Andrus Bukarin
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Elite
2001
as Avi
MOVIE★ 3.8
Jack the Dog
2001
as Klaus
MOVIE★ 4.0
Final Ascent
2000
as Paul
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Last Stop
2000
as Fritz
TV★ 6.8
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Visitatore
MOVIE★ 3.4
Poison
2000
as Carl Krieger
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999
as Hans Hagemann
TV★ 4.4
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.4
Heaven's Fire
1999
as Quentin Darby
MOVIE★ 4.8
Der blonde Affe
1999
as Jan Vleuten
MOVIE★ 6.8
Esther
1999
as Haman
MOVIE★ 4.8
Wing Commander
1999
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Fall
1999
as József Kovács
TV★ 4.3
Beckmann
1999
as Self
TV★ 6.1
The Directors
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
From China with Love
1998
as Paul Konen
MOVIE★ 4.5
Human Bomb
1998
as Gerhardt Dach
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Replacement Killers
1998
as Michael Kogan
TV★ 7.7
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Air Force One
1997
as Alexander Radek
TV★ 5.2
Leute heute
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.1
DNA
1997
as Dr. Carl Wessinger
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Cry of Love
1997
as Holger
MOVIE★ 7.1
The English Patient
1996
as Major Muller
TV★ 8.4
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.1
On Dangerous Ground
1996
as Carl Morgan
TV★ 6.3
Alisea and the Dream Prince
1996
as Kurdok
MOVIE★ 3.6
Fesseln
1995
as Günther
MOVIE★ 5.0
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
TV
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
MOVIE★ 5.9
Judge Dredd
1995
as Judge Griffin
MOVIE★ 1.5
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.2
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Sutter Cane
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Other Side of the Law
1994
as Simon McQuarie
MOVIE★ 4.3
Guns of Honor
1994
as Jack Neumann
MOVIE★ 3.0
Trigger Fast
1994
as Jack Neumann
MOVIE★ 4.1
Lie Down with Lions
1994
as Marteau
MOVIE★ 5.5
Die Wildnis
1993
as Brenner
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Last Border
1993
as Duke
MOVIE★ 6.0
Der Fall Lucona
1993
as Jorunalist Strasser
TV★ 6.1
The Fire Next Time
1993
as Larry Richter
MOVIE★ 5.0
Body of Evidence
1993
as Dr. Alan Paley
TV★ 6.1
Jewels
1992
as Joachim von Mannheim
MOVIE★ 5.9
Interceptor
1992
as Phillips
MOVIE★ 7.4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Woodsman
MOVIE★ 4.5
Hurricane Smith
1992
as Charlie Dowd
MOVIE★ 5.8
Robin Hood
1991
as Sir Miles Folcanet
TV★ 4.7
DAS!
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Man Inside
1990
as Günter Wallraff
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Schoolmaster
1990
as Rozinsky
MOVIE★ 3.7
Kill Cruise
1990
as The Skipper
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Fourth War
1990
as Col. Valachev
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Dry White Season
1989
as Captain Stolz
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Seventh Sign
1988
as David Bannon
MOVIE★ 6.5
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
as Maxwell Dent
MOVIE★ 5.7
Devil's Paradise
1987
as Escher
MOVIE★ 4.1
Terminus
1987
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
MOVIE★ 3.7
Killing Cars
1986
as Ralph Korda
MOVIE★ 5.7
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Adam Berwid
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Cop & the Girl
1985
as Der Bulle
MOVIE★ 2.0
Blitz
1985
as Ralph Korda
TV★ 8.6
Das Boot
1985
as Der Alte
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dune
1984
as Duke Leto Atreides
MOVIE★ 5.7
Forbidden
1984
as Fritz Friedländer
TV★ 5.7
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Keep
1983
as Captain Klaus Woermann
MOVIE★ 4.9
Love is Forever
1983
as General Siegfried Kaplan
MOVIE★ 6.5
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
War and Peace
1982
as Kevin
MOVIE★ 5.5
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.1
Das Boot
1981
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
TV★ 5.6
A Case For Two
1981
as KHK Max Gerber
TV★ 5.4
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
So weit das Auge reicht
1980
as Alexander Späh
TV
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Kotte
1979
as Günther Kotte
TV★ 6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.9
Operation Ganymed
1977
as Oss
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Consequence
1977
as Martin Kurath
MOVIE★ 4.5
Hans in Luck
1976
as Hans Schmidtke
TV★ 7.0
Schaurige Geschichten
1976
as Piet
TV★ 6.8
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.8
Shirin's Wedding
1976
as Aida
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975
as Ludwig Götten
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974
as Franz Blum
MOVIE★ 4.7
One or the Other of Us
1974
as Bernd Ziegenhals
MOVIE★ 5.7
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Hehler
MOVIE★ 4.5
Auf Befehl erschossen
1972
as Franz Sass
MOVIE★ 5.0
Knast
1972
as Roloff
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Man at the Meeting Table
MOVIE★ 6.8
Zoff
1972
as Joky
MOVIE★ 4.5
Unternehmer
1970
as Arnold
TV★ 6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Dieter Brodschella
TV★ 9.0
Bambi
1948
as Self
MOVIE
The Guardian Angel
—
as Albert Klosser