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Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-10 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

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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Known For

Acting

2023

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' as Self (archive footage)
The Last Rifleman as Friedrich Mueller

2021

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2020

2019

A Hidden Life as Major Schlegel
Real Men as Himself - Actor

2017

Damascus Cover as Franz Ludin

2016

Interference as Herr Dryser

2015

Remember as Rudy Kurlander #4

2014

2013

Company of Heroes as Luca Gruenewald
Ein schmaler Grat as Uwe Wolfmann
Die Kinder meiner Tochter as Ernst Blessing
Ohne Gnade as Helmutchen

2012

Die Schuld der Erben as Kurt Hanson

2010

Sinners and Saints as Mr. Rhykin
Spear of Destiny as Baron Von Haan
Amigo - Dead on Arrival as Fredo Kovacs

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Mattias Draeger

2008

2007

Primeval as Jacob Krieg
Ohne einander as Ernest

2006

The Da Vinci Code as André Vernet
Beerfest as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
Chain Reaction as Police Man

2005

See Arnold Run as Arnold Schwarzenegger
Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Le baron Hengen

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

2003

The Poet as Vashon
Heart of America as Harold Lewis
Baltic Storm as Erik Westermark
Nachtschicht as Friedrich Otto Winterstein

2002

Davon stirbt man nicht as Everett Burns

2001

Ripper: Letter from Hell as Detective Kelso
The Elite as Avi
Last Run as Andrus Bukarin
Gunblast Vodka as Sacha Roublev
Dark Asylum as Dr. Fallon
Jack the Dog as Klaus

2000

The Last Stop as Fritz
Poison as Carl Krieger
Final Ascent as Paul

1999

Esther as Haman
Der blonde Affe as Jan Vleuten
Heaven's Fire as Quentin Darby
Wing Commander as Cdr. Paul Gerald
The Fall as József Kovács
Volle Kanne as Self
Beckmann as Self

1998

The Replacement Killers as Michael Kogan
Human Bomb as Gerhardt Dach
From China with Love as Paul Konen

1997

Air Force One as Alexander Radek
DNA as Dr. Carl Wessinger
The Cry of Love as Holger
Leute heute as Self

1996

The English Patient as Major Muller
On Dangerous Ground as Carl Morgan

1995

Judge Dredd as Judge Griffin
Tödliche Wahl as Alex Bronner
Fesseln as Günther
Tödliche Wahl as Alex Bronner

1994

Trigger Fast as Jack Neumann
Guns of Honor as Jack Neumann
The Other Side of the Law as Simon McQuarie

1993

Body of Evidence as Dr. Alan Paley
Der Fall Lucona as Jorunalist Strasser
Die Wildnis as Brenner
The Fire Next Time as Larry Richter

1992

Interceptor as Phillips
Hurricane Smith as Charlie Dowd
Jewels as Joachim von Mannheim

1991

Robin Hood as Sir Miles Folcanet
DAS! as Self

1990

Kill Cruise as The Skipper
The Fourth War as Col. Valachev
The Man Inside as Günter Wallraff
The Schoolmaster as Rozinsky

1989

A Dry White Season as Captain Stolz

1988

The Seventh Sign as David Bannon

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II as Maxwell Dent
Terminus as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

1986

Killing Cars as Ralph Korda

1985

The Cop & the Girl as Der Bulle
Forbidden as Fritz Friedländer
Das Boot as Der Alte

1984

Dune as Duke Leto Atreides

1983

The Keep as Captain Klaus Woermann
Love is Forever as General Siegfried Kaplan

1982

1981

Das Boot as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
A Case For Two as KHK Max Gerber

1980

So weit das Auge reicht as Alexander Späh

1979

Kotte as Günther Kotte

1977

The Consequence as Martin Kurath

1976

Hans in Luck as Hans Schmidtke

1975

1974

One or the Other of Us as Bernd Ziegenhals

1973

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons as Man at the Meeting Table
Zoff as Joky
Auf Befehl erschossen as Franz Sass
Knast as Roloff

1970

Unternehmer as Arnold
Scene of the Crime as Dieter Brodschella
Scene of the Crime as Klaus Linder
Scene of the Crime as Hans Rodenburg

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

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The Guardian Angel as Albert Klosser