Jürgen Prochnow
Date of birth: 1941-06-10
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987-05-18
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of
Das Boot
1981-09-17
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. T
The English Patient
1996-11-14
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to ch
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
1981-09-20
Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie, told with a strong, wel
The Da Vinci Code
2006-05-17
A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painti
Body of Evidence
1993-01-15
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to
Dune
1984-12-14
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice exte
Schröders wunderbare Welt
2006-11-17
A gigantic investment project brings assistant Frank Schröder back to his home, the border triangle.
In the Mouth of Madness
1995-02-03
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the disappearance of a popular horr
Esther
1999-03-29
Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.
Primeval
2007-01-12
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their diffic
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975-01-10
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she ta
House of the Dead
2003-04-11
Set on an island off the coast, a techno rave party attracts a diverse group of college coeds and a
La conjura de El Escorial
2008-09-05
16th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal
The Seventh Sign
1988-04-01
Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's
Ohne einander
2007-03-19
The Consequence
1977-12-02
Thomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for Martin, one of the prison inmates. After Martin is rel
The Replacement Killers
1998-02-06
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of poli
Robin Hood
1991-05-13
The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled Eng
A Dry White Season
1989-09-20
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he ask
Judge Dredd
1995-06-30
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is c
Air Force One
1997-07-25
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircra
Kill Cruise
1990-04-05
Two British beauties go to Barbados with a yacht captain who does not know what he's in for.
The Keep
1983-12-16
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Rom
Beerfest
2006-08-25
During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan
Ripper: Letter from Hell
2001-08-08
A massacre survivor studies serial killers under a famous expert, but her classmates soon start dyin
Chain Reaction
2006-03-18
A prison bus with over a dozen criminals on board has an accident and rams another car, in which Dr.
Interceptor
1992-10-13
A U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists who are trying to steal two t
Operation Ganymed
1977-12-11
A spaceship returns to Earth after several years of space exploration and finds it desolate. Landing
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
2008-11-25
In 5th Century Britian, a young Merlin struggles for his place in his known land under the tutelage
Sinners and Saints
2010-06-30
In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, eleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the dea
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to
The Fourth War
1990-03-08
Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on
On Dangerous Ground
1996-05-13
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against
The Poet
2003-11-20
A contract killer sees a chance to free himself from a tragic past.
The Last Stop
2000-05-16
A group of snowbound strangers discover there are killers amongst them.
DNA
1997-03-07
A mad scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous
Terminus
1987-01-28
An established dystopian sport has drivers of a computerized truck driving cross-country to a termin
Spear of Destiny
2010-04-01
When a museum professor disappears, his colleagues must solve riddles and avoid traps to find the my
Heart of America
2003-02-13
It is the last day of high school and the unthinkable is about to happen. Distraught at the constant
The Elite
2001-02-28
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech,
Human Bomb
1998-05-26
An unhappy male takes a classroom of children and their teacher (Patsy Kensit) hostage with a set of
Last Run
2001-07-01
Frank Banner used to specialize in helping Soviet spies defect safely to the West. Banner's wife was
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973-07-12
A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014-08-24
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel
Killing Cars
1986-02-13
In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance, and international villainy
Die Schuld der Erben
2012-01-05
The Cry of Love
1997-03-05
The story The Cry of Love is about the love between two men. Lara brings her first boyfriend, the go
Company of Heroes
2013-02-25
American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a su
See Arnold Run
2005-01-30
This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzen
One or the Other of Us
1974-04-22
Psychological thriller that focuses on the intense conflict between a university professor and a bla
Trigger Fast
1994-07-06
A feisty woman struggles to keep her ranch from being stolen by a greedy and unscrupulous land-baron
Gunblast Vodka
2001-08-08
Supermodel Everhart is kidnapped by bad guy Prochnow and rescued by good guy Otto in technopop actio
The Cop & the Girl
1985-04-18
A tough cop but his life in ruins. His superiors are only looking for a reason to sack him. The girl
Guns of Honor
1994-10-27
In 1867, an ex-Confederate general, Jackson Hardin, still holds a grudge against the Union. He and h
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
2005-01-10
Agnès Dormes, a famous opera singer, saves Julie, a baby girl who was about to be sacrificed during
Poison
2000-04-04
Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother,
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010-10-02
Two BKA investigators fly to Italy to arrest the ex-RAF terrorist Amigo Steiger, who has gone into h
Hurricane Smith
1992-01-31
An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister, and his search
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
2021-01-10
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almo
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972-03-10
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, cau
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974-08-09
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating f
Shirin's Wedding
1976-01-20
In order to be reunited with Mahmood (Ören), a man she was promised to as a young girl, 20-year-old
Der blonde Affe
1999-04-04
The wealthy Hamburg gallery owner Elaine Troost dies mysteriously on a stormy fall night and her bod
Zoff
1972-01-21
Dark Asylum
2001-11-08
Asylum is a taut psychological thriller about a deranged fearsome killer running lose in an abandone
Baltic Storm
2003-09-01
A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the
Remember
2015-10-23
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia
The Other Side of the Law
1994-12-24
With two shots from a rifle, the life of a man and his young son are forever changed. Jurgen Prochno
Davon stirbt man nicht
2002-10-31
A little deception with big consequences: Because boarding school student Dorian, the daughter of a
Tödliche Wahl
1995-11-20
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
1985-10-01
A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had i
Der Fall Lucona
1993-06-10
Based on a true story. The Lucona was a ship that sank in the Indian Ocean in 1977. Allegedly, the s
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
1999-12-28
A convicted murderer holds the world hostage with a year 2000 virus in all the world's major compute
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
2023-08-24
The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous
Auf Befehl erschossen
1972-12-01
The Sass brothers commit a bank robbery through a tunnel.
Heaven's Fire
1999-08-07
Terrorists seize a building with intent to blow it up. However, one of the men trapped in the buildi
Blitz
1985-03-13
In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance and international villainy,
Oko ve zdi
2009-12-03
The aging couple might have been enjoying a gracious autumn of their lives had it not been for a cra
Ein schmaler Grat
2013-01-22
Psychothriller by facts. A lightly labile journalist (Felicitas Woll) wants to explore the motives o
War and Peace
1982-09-30
The third episodic film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German filmm
Damascus Cover
2017-10-23
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
Love Is Forever
1983-10-20
Michael Landon stars in this real life story about a journalist in Laos, and the extent to which he
Hitman: Agent 47
2015-08-20
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ances
The Dark Side of the Moon
2016-01-14
A psychedelic mushroom trip turns a successful lawyer into a wanted man.
Lie Down with Lions
1994-06-12
Doctor Peter Husak introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love on f
Fesseln
1995-11-28
A couple travel to the mountains to talk about their marital crisis. When the wife falls during the
Old Agent Men
2017-01-26
Four very retired, ex-GDR spies, or "Kundschafter des Friedens" as they were officially named, led b
Die Wildnis
1993-10-01
The son of a farmer is bathed in his blood in front of an isolated mountain hut. There is no record
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
2013-05-04
Grim, recently retired 'iron judge' Ernst Blessing lives alone with his dog since his only daughter
The Man Inside
1990-10-26
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard
Ohne Gnade
2013-05-02
The crunchy sisters Biene and Püppi decide that there must finally be an end to the emotional and fi
Wing Commander
1999-03-11
In the mid-27th century, the Terran Confederation is at war with the vicious alien Kilrathi Empire.
Final Ascent
2000-11-05
A man leading an expedition into the Rocky Mountains becomes entangled with a deadly band of thieves
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005)
2005-04-18
Devil's Paradise
1987-05-07
At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he
A Hidden Life
2019-08-27
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis
The Final Journey
2017-09-21
A former German Army officer, accompanied by his granddaughter, journeys to Ukraine to find the woma
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992-06-03
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while
The Guardian Angel
In July 1944, with the Allies landed at Normandy but unable to push past German forces, a young Germ
Kotte
1979-02-12
From China with Love
1998-10-09
So weit das Auge reicht
1980-08-08
Robert, a masseur who is hard of hearing, is unaware that he has inherited millions. Four people wan
Knast
1972-11-22
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995-06-30
Documentary on the making of the 1995 film 'Judge Dredd.'
The Fall
1999-02-01
In Budapest, two Americans live together. Adam, a former Manhattan prosecutor at work on his first n
Unternehmer
1970-12-29
Half Brothers
2016-02-16
Two estranged, American half brothers with opposing political views and their significant others mee
Forbidden
1984-12-07
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veteri
The Schoolmaster
1990-08-10
In 1948 a new schoolmaster with a Polish background arrives in a small South-African town and is con
The Celestine Prophecy
2006-06-01
A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru.
The Last Border
1993-08-20
One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world
Real Men
2019-07-18
An investigation into the myth of the screen hero and its importance to men, mainly in the Western w
A Handful of Water
2020-10-24
Jürgen Prochnow (Das Boot, Dune) stars as Konrad, an old man still mourning his wife's death, living
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
2020-12-11
Shortly before his 75th birthday, Wilhelm Schürmann has no desire to adapt his lifestyle even a litt
The Last Rifleman
2023-12-07
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014-07-16
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David
Hans in Luck
1976-10-05
When Hans wakes up one morning, he realizes that he is longer than his bed, his feet sticking out ov
Jack the Dog
2001-01-22
Jack is a dog. When he's not photographing women, as a profession, he's seducing them. Until now. Ho
Destination Dune
1983-01-01
A short documentary that was originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity ev
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
2021-10-14
A brand new feature-length documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring the making of the film,
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
2025-09-10
Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact.
Nanking
2007-02-10
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Ja