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Jürgen Prochnow

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/06/1941

Age

84 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), Dun... Read More

Known For

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

The Last Rifleman

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck

A Handful of Water

A Hidden Life

Real Men

Damascus Cover

Filmography

Cast

2025

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of...

as Self

2023

The Last Rifleman

as Friedrich Mueller

2023

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

as Self (archive footage)

2021

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2021

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Succes...

as Self - Das Boot Actor

2020

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck

as Wilhelm Schürmann

2020

A Handful of Water

as Konrad

2019

A Hidden Life

as Major Schlegel

2019

Real Men

as Himself - Actor

2017

Damascus Cover

as Franz Ludin

2017

The Final Journey

as Eduard

2017

Old Agent Men

as Kern

2016

Half Brothers

as Herr Dryser

2016

The Dark Side of the Moon

as Pius Ott

2015

Remember

as Rudy Kurlander #4

2015

Hitman: Agent 47

as Tobias

2014

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

as Woodsman

2013

Die Kinder meiner Tochter

as Ernst Blessing

2013

Ohne Gnade

as Helmutchen

2013

Company of Heroes

as Luca Gruenewald

2013

Ein schmaler Grat

as Uwe Wolfmann

2012

Die Schuld der Erben

as Kurt Hanson

2010

Amigo - Dead on Arrival

as Fredo Kovacs

2010

Sinners and Saints

as Mr. Rhykin

2010

Spear of Destiny

as Baron Von Haan

2009

Oko ve zdi

2008

Merlin and the War of the Dragons

as The Mage

2008

La conjura de El Escorial

as Espinosa

2007

Ohne einander

as Ernest

2007

Primeval

as Jacob Krieg

2006

Schröders wunderbare Welt

as John Gregory

2006

Beerfest

as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen

2006

The Celestine Prophecy

as Jensen

2006

The Da Vinci Code

as André Vernet

2006

Chain Reaction

as Police Man

2005

Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (L...

as Self

2005

See Arnold Run

as Arnold Schwarzenegger

2005

Julie, chevalier de Maupin

as Le baron Hengen

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers...

2003

The Poet

as Vashon

2003

Baltic Storm

as Erik Westermark

2003

House of the Dead

as Kirk

2003

Heart of America

as Harold Lewis

2002

Davon stirbt man nicht

as Everett Burns

2001

Dark Asylum

as Dr. Fallon

2001

Ripper: Letter from Hell

as Detective Kelso

2001

Gunblast Vodka

as Sacha Roublev

2001

Last Run

as Andrus Bukarin

2001

The Elite

as Avi

2001

Jack the Dog

as Klaus

2000

Final Ascent

as Paul

2000

The Last Stop

as Fritz

2000

Poison

as Carl Krieger

1999

The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash...

as Hans Hagemann

1999

Heaven's Fire

as Quentin Darby

1999

Der blonde Affe

as Jan Vleuten

1999

Esther

as Haman

1999

Wing Commander

as Cdr. Paul Gerald

1999

The Fall

as József Kovács

1998

From China with Love

as Paul Konen

1998

Human Bomb

as Gerhardt Dach

1998

The Replacement Killers

as Michael Kogan

1997

Air Force One

as Alexander Radek

1997

DNA

as Dr. Carl Wessinger

1997

The Cry of Love

as Holger

1996

The English Patient

as Major Muller

1996

On Dangerous Ground

as Carl Morgan

1995

Fesseln

as Günther

1995

Tödliche Wahl

as Alex Bronner

1995

Judge Dredd

as Judge Griffin

1995

Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dre...

as Himself

1995

In the Mouth of Madness

as Sutter Cane

1994

The Other Side of the Law

as Simon McQuarie

1994

Guns of Honor

as Jack Neumann

1994

Trigger Fast

as Jack Neumann

1994

Lie Down with Lions

as Marteau

1993

Die Wildnis

as Brenner

1993

The Last Border

as Duke

1993

Der Fall Lucona

as Jorunalist Strasser

1993

Body of Evidence

as Dr. Alan Paley

1992

Interceptor

as Phillips

1992

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

as Woodsman

1992

Hurricane Smith

as Charlie Dowd

1991

Robin Hood

as Sir Miles Folcanet

1990

The Man Inside

as Günter Wallraff

1990

The Schoolmaster

as Rozinsky

1990

Kill Cruise

as The Skipper

1990

The Fourth War

as Col. Valachev

1989

A Dry White Season

as Captain Stolz

1988

The Seventh Sign

as David Bannon

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II

as Maxwell Dent

1987

Devil's Paradise

as Escher

1987

Terminus

as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

1986

Killing Cars

as Ralph Korda

1985

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

as Adam Berwid

1985

The Cop & the Girl

as Der Bulle

1985

Blitz

1984

Dune

as Duke Leto Atreides

1984

Forbidden

as Fritz Friedländer

1983

The Keep

as Captain Klaus Woermann

1983

Love is Forever

as General Siegfried Kaplan

1983

Destination Dune

as Self

1982

Krieg und Frieden

as Kevin

1981

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

as Self

1981

Das Boot

as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

1980

So weit das Auge reicht

as Alexander Späh

1979

Kotte

as Günther Kotte

1977

Operation Ganymed

as Oss

1977

The Consequence

as Martin Kurath

1976

Hans in Luck

as Hans Schmidtke

1976

Shirin's Wedding

as Aida

1975

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

as Ludwig Götten

1974

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

as Franz Blum

1974

One or the Other of Us

as Bernd Ziegenhals

1973

Tenderness of the Wolves

as Hehler

1972

Auf Befehl erschossen

as Franz Sass

1972

Knast

as Roloff

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Man at the Meeting Table

1972

Zoff

as Joky

1970

Unternehmer

as Arnold