Acting · Berlin, Germany · Born June 10, 1941
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.
MovieA World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025
as Self
MovieThe Last Rifleman
2023
as Friedrich Mueller
MovieU-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
MovieDas Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021
as Self - Das Boot Actor
MovieThe old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020
as Wilhelm Schürmann
MovieA Handful of Water
2020
as Konrad
MovieA Hidden Life
2019
as Major Schlegel
MovieReal Men
2019
as Himself - Actor
MovieDamascus Cover
2017
as Franz Ludin
TVLore
2017
as Andreas Gruber
MovieThe Final Journey
2017
as Eduard
MovieOld Agent Men
2017
as Kern
MovieHalf Brothers
2016
as Herr Dryser
MovieThe Dark Side of the Moon
2016
as Pius Ott
Quizduell-Olymp
2015
as Self
MovieRemember
2015
as Rudy Kurlander #4
MovieHitman: Agent 47
2015
as Tobias
TVWer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
MovieLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
MovieTwin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Woodsman
MovieDie Kinder meiner Tochter
2013
as Ernst Blessing
MovieOhne Gnade
2013
as Helmutchen
MovieCompany of Heroes
2013
as Luca Gruenewald
MovieEin schmaler Grat
2013
as Uwe Wolfmann
Die Schuld der Erben
2012
as Kurt Hanson
MovieAmigo - Dead on Arrival
2010
as Fredo Kovacs
MovieSinners and Saints
2010
as Mr. Rhykin
MovieSpear of Destiny
2010
as Baron Von Haan
MovieOko ve zdi
2009
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Mattias Draeger
MovieMerlin and the War of the Dragons
2008
as The Mage
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008
as Self
MovieLa conjura de El Escorial
2008
as Espinosa
MovieSchroeder's Wonderful World
2007
as John Gregory
Ohne einander
2007
as Ernest
MovieNanking
2007
as John Rabe
MoviePrimeval
2007
as Jacob Krieg
MovieBeerfest
2006
as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
MovieThe Celestine Prophecy
2006
as Jensen
MovieThe Da Vinci Code
2006
as André Vernet
MovieChain Reaction
2006
as Police Man
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
2005
as Self
MovieSee Arnold Run
2005
as Arnold Schwarzenegger
MovieJulie, chevalier de Maupin
2005
as Le baron Hengen
MovieThe Poet
2003
as Vashon
MovieBaltic Storm
2003
as Erik Westermark
MovieHouse of the Dead
2003
as Kirk
TVNachtschicht
2003
as Friedrich Otto Winterstein
MovieHeart of America
2003
as Harold Lewis
MovieDavon stirbt man nicht
2002
as Everett Burns
MovieDark Asylum
2001
as Dr. Fallon
TV24
2001
as Sergei Bazhaev
MovieRipper: Letter from Hell
2001
as Detective Kelso
MovieGunblast Vodka
2001
as Sacha Roublev
MovieLast Run
2001
as Andrus Bukarin
MovieThe Elite
2001
as Avi
MovieJack the Dog
2001
as Klaus
MovieFinal Ascent
2000
as Paul
MovieThe Last Stop
2000
as Fritz
TVPadre Pio: Miracle Man
2000
as Visitatore
MoviePoison
2000
as Carl Krieger
MovieThe Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999
as Hans Hagemann
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
MovieHeaven's Fire
1999
as Quentin Darby
MovieDer blonde Affe
1999
as Jan Vleuten
MovieEsther
1999
as Haman
MovieWing Commander
1999
as Cdr. Paul Gerald
MovieThe Fall
1999
as József Kovács
TVBeckmann
1999
as Self
TVThe Directors
1999
as Self
MovieFrom China with Love
1998
as Paul Konen
MovieHuman Bomb
1998
as Gerhardt Dach
MovieThe Replacement Killers
1998
as Michael Kogan
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
MovieAir Force One
1997
as Alexander Radek
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
MovieDNA
1997
as Dr. Carl Wessinger
The Cry of Love
1997
as Holger
MovieThe English Patient
1996
as Major Muller
TVThe Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
MovieOn Dangerous Ground
1996
as Carl Morgan
TVAlisea and the Dream Prince
1996
as Kurdok
MovieFesseln
1995
as Günther
MovieTödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
Tödliche Wahl
1995
as Alex Bronner
MovieJudge Dredd
1995
as Judge Griffin
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995
as Himself
MovieIn the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Sutter Cane
MovieThe Other Side of the Law
1994
as Simon McQuarie
MovieGuns of Honor
1994
as Jack Neumann
MovieTrigger Fast
1994
as Jack Neumann
MovieLie Down with Lions
1994
as Marteau
Die Wildnis
1993
as Brenner
MovieThe Last Border
1993
as Duke
MovieDer Fall Lucona
1993
as Jorunalist Strasser
TVThe Fire Next Time
1993
as Larry Richter
MovieBody of Evidence
1993
as Dr. Alan Paley
TVJewels
1992
as Joachim von Mannheim
MovieInterceptor
1992
as Phillips
MovieTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Woodsman
MovieHurricane Smith
1992
as Charlie Dowd
MovieRobin Hood
1991
as Sir Miles Folcanet
TVDAS!
1991
as Self
MovieThe Man Inside
1990
as Günter Wallraff
The Schoolmaster
1990
as Rozinsky
MovieKill Cruise
1990
as The Skipper
MovieThe Fourth War
1990
as Col. Valachev
MovieA Dry White Season
1989
as Captain Stolz
MovieThe Seventh Sign
1988
as David Bannon
MovieBeverly Hills Cop II
1987
as Maxwell Dent
MovieDevil's Paradise
1987
as Escher
MovieTerminus
1987
as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
MovieKilling Cars
1986
as Ralph Korda
MovieMurder: By Reason of Insanity
1985
as Adam Berwid
MovieThe Cop & the Girl
1985
as Der Bulle
Blitz
1985
as Ralph Korda
TVDas Boot
1985
as Der Alte
MovieDune
1984
as Duke Leto Atreides
MovieForbidden
1984
as Fritz Friedländer
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MovieThe Keep
1983
as Captain Klaus Woermann
MovieLove is Forever
1983
as General Siegfried Kaplan
MovieDestination Dune
1983
as Self
MovieWar and Peace
1982
as Kevin
MovieDas Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981
as Self
MovieDas Boot
1981
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
TVA Case For Two
1981
as KHK Max Gerber
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieSo weit das Auge reicht
1980
as Alexander Späh
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Kotte
1979
as Günther Kotte
TVNDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
MovieOperation Ganymed
1977
as Oss
MovieThe Consequence
1977
as Martin Kurath
Hans in Luck
1976
as Hans Schmidtke
TVSchaurige Geschichten
1976
as Piet
TVKölner Treff
1976
as Self
MovieShirin's Wedding
1976
as Aida
MovieThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975
as Ludwig Götten
MovieThe Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974
as Franz Blum
MovieOne or the Other of Us
1974
as Bernd Ziegenhals
MovieTenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Hehler
MovieAuf Befehl erschossen
1972
as Franz Sass
Knast
1972
as Roloff
MovieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Man at the Meeting Table
Zoff
1972
as Joky
Unternehmer
1970
as Arnold
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Dieter Brodschella
TVBambi
1948
as Self
The Guardian Angel
as Albert Klosser
