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.

Filmography

• 2023The Last Rifleman — Friedrich Mueller
• 2020A Handful of Water — Konrad
• 2020The old Man and the Pain in the Neck — Wilhelm Schürmann
• 2019A Hidden Life — Major Schlegel
• 2018The Guardian Angel — Albert Klosser
• 2017Damascus Cover — Franz Ludin
• Lore — Andreas Gruber
• 2017Old Agent Men — Kern
• 2017The Final Journey — Eduard
• 2016Half Brothers — Herr Dryser
• 2016The Dark Side of the Moon — Pius Ott
• 2015Hitman: Agent 47 — Tobias
• 2015Remember — Rudy Kurlander #4
• 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces — Woodsman
• 2013Company of Heroes — Luca Gruenewald
• 2013Die Kinder meiner Tochter — Ernst Blessing
• 2013Ein schmaler Grat — Uwe Wolfmann
• 2013Ohne Gnade — Helmutchen
• 2012Die Schuld der Erben — Kurt Hanson
• 2010Amigo - Dead on Arrival — Fredo Kovacs
• 2010Sinners and Saints — Mr. Rhykin
• 2010Spear of Destiny — Baron Von Haan
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Mattias Draeger
• 2009Oko ve zdi
• 2008La conjura de El Escorial — Espinosa
• 2008Merlin and the War of the Dragons — The Mage
• 2007Nanking — John Rabe
• 2007Ohne einander — Ernest
• 2007Primeval — Jacob Krieg
• 2007Schroeder's Wonderful World — John Gregory
• 2006Beerfest — Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
• 2006Chain Reaction — Police Man
• 2006The Celestine Prophecy — Jensen
• 2006The Da Vinci Code — André Vernet
• 2005Julie, chevalier de Maupin — Le baron Hengen
• 2005See Arnold Run — Arnold Schwarzenegger
• 2003Baltic Storm — Erik Westermark
• 2003Heart of America — Harold Lewis
• 2003House of the Dead — Kirk
• Nachtschicht — Friedrich Otto Winterstein
• 2003The Poet — Vashon
• 2002Davon stirbt man nicht — Everett Burns
• 24 — Sergei Bazhaev
• 2001Dark Asylum — Dr. Fallon
• 2001Gunblast Vodka — Sacha Roublev
• 2001Jack the Dog — Klaus
• 2001Last Run — Andrus Bukarin
• 2001Ripper: Letter from Hell — Detective Kelso
• 2001The Elite — Avi
• 2000Final Ascent — Paul
• Padre Pio: Miracle Man — Visitatore
• 2000Poison — Carl Krieger
• 2000The Last Stop — Fritz
• 1999Der blonde Affe — Jan Vleuten
• 1999Esther — Haman
• 1999Heaven's Fire — Quentin Darby
• 1999The Fall — József Kovács
• 1999The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000 — Hans Hagemann
• 1999Wing Commander — Cdr. Paul Gerald
• 1998From China with Love — Paul Konen
• 1998Human Bomb — Gerhardt Dach
• 1998The Replacement Killers — Michael Kogan
• 1997Air Force One — Alexander Radek
• 1997DNA — Dr. Carl Wessinger
• 1997The Cry of Love — Holger
• Alisea and the Dream Prince — Kurdok
• 1996On Dangerous Ground — Carl Morgan
• 1996The English Patient — Major Muller
• The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century — Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
• 1995Fesseln — Günther
• 1995In the Mouth of Madness — Sutter Cane
• 1995Judge Dredd — Judge Griffin
• 1995Tödliche Wahl — Alex Bronner
• Tödliche Wahl — Alex Bronner
• 1994Guns of Honor — Jack Neumann
• 1994Lie Down with Lions — Marteau
• 1994The Other Side of the Law — Simon McQuarie
• 1994Trigger Fast — Jack Neumann
• 1993Body of Evidence — Dr. Alan Paley
• 1993Der Fall Lucona — Jorunalist Strasser
• 1993Die Wildnis — Brenner
• The Fire Next Time — Larry Richter
• 1993The Last Border — Duke
• 1992Hurricane Smith — Charlie Dowd
• 1992Interceptor — Phillips
• Jewels — Joachim von Mannheim
• 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me — Woodsman
• 1991Robin Hood — Sir Miles Folcanet
• 1990Kill Cruise — The Skipper
• 1990The Fourth War — Col. Valachev
• 1990The Man Inside — Günter Wallraff
• 1990The Schoolmaster — Rozinsky
• 1989A Dry White Season — Captain Stolz
• 1988The Seventh Sign — David Bannon
• 1987Beverly Hills Cop II — Maxwell Dent
• 1987Devil's Paradise — Escher
• 1987Terminus — Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
• 1986Killing Cars — Ralph Korda
• 1985Blitz — Ralph Korda
• Das Boot — Der Alte
• EL SUBMARINO Mini Serie TV — Capitán Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
• 1985Murder: By Reason of Insanity — Adam Berwid
• 1985The Cop & the Girl — Der Bulle
• 1984Dune — Duke Leto Atreides
• 1984Forbidden — Fritz Friedländer
• 1983Love is Forever — General Siegfried Kaplan
• 1983The Keep — Captain Klaus Woermann
• 1982War and Peace — Kevin
• A Case For Two — KHK Max Gerber
• 1981Das Boot — Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
• 1980So weit das Auge reicht — Alexander Späh
• 1979Kotte — Günther Kotte
• 1977Operation Ganymed — Oss
• 1977The Consequence — Martin Kurath
• 1976Hans in Luck — Hans Schmidtke
• Schaurige Geschichten — Piet
• 1976Shirin's Wedding — Aida
• 1975The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum — Ludwig Götten
• 1974One or the Other of Us — Bernd Ziegenhals
• 1974The Brutalization of Franz Blum — Franz Blum
• 1973Tenderness of the Wolves — Hehler
• 1972Auf Befehl erschossen — Franz Sass
• 1972Knast — Roloff
• 1972The Merchant of Four Seasons — Man at the Meeting Table
• 1972Zoff — Joky
• Scene of the Crime — Dieter Brodschella, Klaus Linder, Hans Rodenburg, Kesting
• 1970Unternehmer — Arnold

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2025A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' — Self
• 2023U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story — Self - Das Boot Actor
• 2021The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune — Self (voice) (archive footage)
• 2019Real Men — Himself - Actor
• Quizduell-Olymp — Self
• Wer weiß denn sowas? — Self
• 2014Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau — Self (archive footage)
• Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker — Self
• Semperopernball — Self
• 2005Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005) — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• The Directors — Self
• Volle Kanne — Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• 1995Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' — Himself
• DAS! — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• 1983Destination Dune — Self
• 1981Das Boot: Behind The Scenes — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Kölner Treff — Self
• Bambi — Self