Jürgen Prochnow
Actor
- Born
- June 10, 1941 (age 85) · 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.
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Known for
The Da Vinci Code
May 17, 2006
Dune
December 14, 1984
Air Force One
July 25, 1997
Hitman: Agent 47
August 20, 2015
Beverly Hills Cop II
May 18, 1987
Judge Dredd
June 30, 1995
Das Boot
September 17, 1981
The English Patient
November 14, 1996
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
June 3, 1992
In the Mouth of Madness
February 3, 1995
A Hidden Life
August 27, 2019
Remember
October 23, 2015
Acting122
- 2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Self
- 2023The Last Rifleman as Friedrich Mueller
- 2023U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' as Self (archive footage)
- 2021The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- 2021Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story as Self - Das Boot Actor
- 2020The old Man and the Pain in the Neck as Wilhelm Schürmann
- 2020A Handful of Water as Konrad
- 2019A Hidden Life as Major Schlegel
- 2019Real Men as Himself - Actor