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Jürgen Prochnow

Acting

Born June 10, 1941 · Berlin, Germany

Also known as یورگن پروچنو

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

Awards & recognition

  • Steiger Award

Filmography50+ titles

Das Boot

1981as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

24

2001as Sergei Bazhaev

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (archive footage)

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009as Mattias Draeger

Remember

2015as Rudy Kurlander #4

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992as Woodsman

A Hidden Life

2019as Major Schlegel

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014as Woodsman

In the Mouth of Madness

1994as Sutter Cane

Nanking

2007as John Rabe

The English Patient

1996as Major Muller

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

1975as Ludwig Götten

Lore

2017as Andreas Gruber

Esther

1999as Haman

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014as Self (archive footage)

The Da Vinci Code

2006as André Vernet

A Dry White Season

1989as Captain Stolz

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1972as Man at the Meeting Table

The Last Rifleman

2023as Friedrich Mueller

Air Force One

1997as Alexander Radek

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987as Maxwell Dent

The Replacement Killers

1998as Michael Kogan

The Consequence

1977as Martin Kurath

Dune

1984as Duke Leto Atreides

Scene of the Crime

1970as Dieter Brodschella

Primeval

2007as Jacob Krieg

The Fire Next Time

as Larry Richter

The Seventh Sign

1988as David Bannon

Hitman: Agent 47

2015as Tobias

Judge Dredd

1995as Judge Griffin

Beerfest

2006as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen

Robin Hood

1991as Sir Miles Folcanet

Murder: By Reason of Insanity

1985as Adam Berwid

Damascus Cover

2017as Franz Ludin

Sinners and Saints

2010as Mr. Rhykin

The Keep

1983as Captain Klaus Woermann

The Fourth War

1990as Col. Valachev

The Celestine Prophecy

2006as Jensen

Heart of America

2002as Harold Lewis

Love is Forever

1983as General Siegfried Kaplan

Company of Heroes

2013as Luca Gruenewald

On Dangerous Ground

1996as Carl Morgan

Body of Evidence

1993as Dr. Alan Paley

Wing Commander

1999as Cdr. Paul Gerald

Ripper

2001as Detective Kelso

A Handful of Water

2020as Konrad

DNA

1997as Dr. Carl Wessinger

Lie Down with Lions

1994as Marteau

Terminus

1987as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver

Merlin and the War of the Dragons

2008as The Mage