
Jürgen Prochnow
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.
Known for

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025 • Self

The Last Rifleman
2023 • Friedrich Mueller

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023 • Self (archive footage)

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021 • Self (voice) (archive footage)

Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021 • Self - Das Boot Actor

The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020 • Wilhelm Schürmann

A Handful of Water
2020 • Konrad

A Hidden Life
2019 • Major Schlegel
Full filmography

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
View movie2014 • Self (archive footage)
Die Schuld der Erben
View movie2012 • Kurt Hanson
Ohne einander
View movie2007 • Ernest
The Cry of Love
View movie1997 • Holger
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
View movie1995 • Himself
Die Wildnis
View movie1993 • Brenner
The Schoolmaster
View movie1990 • Rozinsky
Blitz
View movie1985 • Ralph Korda
Kotte
View movie1979 • Günther Kotte
Hans in Luck
View movie1976 • Hans Schmidtke
Knast
View movie1972 • Roloff
Zoff
View movie1972 • Joky
Unternehmer
View movie1970 • Arnold
The Guardian Angel
View movieUnknown year • Albert Klosser



































































































