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Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

Birthday: 1941-06-10 | Place of Birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jürgen Prochnow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
The Last Rifleman

as    Friedrich Mueller

2023
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

as    Self (archive footage)

2021
2021
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

as    Self - Das Boot Actor

2020
A Handful of Water

as    Konrad

2020
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck

as    Wilhelm Schürmann

2019
Real Men

as    Himself - Actor

2018
Damascus Cover

as    Franz Ludin

2017
Dengler - Die schützende Hand

as    Dr. Schweikert

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

2016
Remember

as    Rudy Kurlander #4

2013
Die Kinder meiner Tochter

as    Ernst Blessing

2013
Company of Heroes

as    Luca Gruenewald

2010
Spear of Destiny

as    Baron Von Haan

2010
Sinners and Saints

as    Mr. Rhykin

2008
La conjura de El Escorial

as    Espinosa

2008
2007
Primeval

as    Jacob Krieg

2007
Schroeder's Wonderful World

as    John Gregory

2007
Nanking

as    John Rabe

2006
The Da Vinci Code

as    André Vernet

2006
Beerfest

as    Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen