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.
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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.
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Known for
![The Last Rifleman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/47Qm5qPSq774Fva3TgmjqKrvtQj.jpg)
The Last Rifleman
![U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gHylSjrPIkxLIzJq3LobYdMN7N2.jpg)
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
![Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/us3p0qDIfd6Vb4XHILzFVFhKvtR.jpg)
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
![The old Man and the Pain in the Neck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rrXckUVwxy06daQJQoRMkmJ0kfQ.jpg)
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
![A Handful of Water](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qCUJz72Drzszzpb6yBYu0v27ibw.jpg)
A Handful of Water
![A Hidden Life](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5lGqCKjy766NV7gIpAytd8RQeZG.jpg)
A Hidden Life
![Real Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1TEg0gBO2iFbxrMdvF5r6zm5nxd.jpg)
Real Men
![Dengler - Die schützende Hand](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lctDAUoAS556t6AMi8vCJwWfobQ.jpg)
Dengler - Die schützende Hand
![Damascus Cover](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yu46NpewHno1Lixbtke5pffEN2c.jpg)
Damascus Cover
![The Final Journey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ytne3RyFwSa5uOUuLMirkt0HX6R.jpg)
The Final Journey
![Kundschafter des Friedens](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6F2ZqaQazVc4bhZ1XpfvYpLVFdA.jpg)
Kundschafter des Friedens
![Interference](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9mZW62WxSbGIndbAx0e6vbWBSlk.jpg)
Interference
![The Dark Side of the Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cexWwKvPgFaNTLdZCvNGPuQcBTr.jpg)
The Dark Side of the Moon
![Remember](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x496Ip0weJYfsEX23eNyzG4MjXV.jpg)
Remember
![Hitman: Agent 47](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/52NXkgvzRYjRnqRPpqjpiwsIgRG.jpg)
Hitman: Agent 47
![Wer weiß denn sowas?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/abKjah96esLWObidBcWmvKJv61E.jpg)
Wer weiß denn sowas?
![Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rySKp5esmRPVDMm33mr4szxR6IU.jpg)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
![Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xQevnHeRxlQTfXQ5RxXJE4PnVUO.jpg)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
![Die Kinder meiner Tochter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9iNGefSgCvUSNMAZolHzA1R74Ls.jpg)
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
![Ohne Gnade](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6msyuYLsxS6bYmI5U6GUeF1PvtA.jpg)
Ohne Gnade
![Company of Heroes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mdQqHr070c4mbfwJ6zani0asSDA.jpg)
Company of Heroes
![Ein schmaler Grat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8iY1qKsbXpIJL91Eyu7RnWvWMoa.jpg)
Ein schmaler Grat
![Amigo - Dead on Arrival](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nkgFYUA7Kheh13hbaFHAThBDITa.jpg)
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
![Sinners and Saints](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/UJxJhntlNmceBCxgbXDNi4gG5e.jpg)
Sinners and Saints
![Spear of Destiny](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jtxlqam1vDHsLdtsLV5HOErOOT1.jpg)
Spear of Destiny
![Oko ve zdi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cLHOQa8ijdXmpMc8B3fGpeJ0Rs4.jpg)
Oko ve zdi
![NCIS: Los Angeles](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/TIIgcznwNfNr3KOZvxn26eKV99.jpg)
NCIS: Los Angeles
![Merlin and the War of the Dragons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vQ6DTkuQn4rc1oYlOjcvL6xnCAx.jpg)
Merlin and the War of the Dragons
![La conjura de El Escorial](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tVuWHqaLboafKxU5rSGnwdnyR6f.jpg)
La conjura de El Escorial
![Primeval](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5ou56J8FIxbIFusR9zIA9GW7zwt.jpg)
Primeval
![Schröders wunderbare Welt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zBczd0Y2SmY1hytez9psvJc6voh.jpg)
Schröders wunderbare Welt
![Beerfest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5srGbSv3zhEUjXFOZR9qHkgJO6l.jpg)
Beerfest
![The Celestine Prophecy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6CV3IxFysKGOV8pelE1m7M0F6fX.jpg)
The Celestine Prophecy
![The Da Vinci Code](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tYXOOkDxJ7jSvUX5j1Hbks1GjBZ.jpg)
The Da Vinci Code
![Chain Reaction](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4YJP3tJcMl5LaQRHQTIeOUpSnaI.jpg)
Chain Reaction
![See Arnold Run](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2HDhQKsEk8rQZ9Z2xhwcJkwwEUn.jpg)
See Arnold Run
![Julie, chevalier de Maupin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5p6NZA6Wu7Z9qaojrjkxdImLAxf.jpg)
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
![Los Angeles Plays Itself](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wmzGSQktsLf2JvfkhBaLSdG4G3Z.jpg)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
![The Poet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7TjlLYOZjtqnAQp6lhpdB0Xex6T.jpg)
The Poet
![Baltic Storm](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4CvVl1rEUDFWePwPJYRrEnwf0JK.jpg)
Baltic Storm
![House of the Dead](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z2mDGbV4pLtsvSMNnmnSgoVZSWK.jpg)
House of the Dead
![Nachtschicht](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ujQBNHMo3lMqXLf2f9XqX6R8Nky.jpg)
Nachtschicht
![Davon stirbt man nicht](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xwkhDbvTBoAgfQE4F3Ruy5Y8SEo.jpg)
Davon stirbt man nicht
![Heart of America](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nDz2bQ60rbxLKuxgIKHucCsqWib.jpg)
Heart of America
![Dark Asylum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1bwJJkA2YZjo2x0Wjh2ApnDb8oO.jpg)
Dark Asylum
![Gunblast Vodka](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/f5LlN01c49QJSA20RAOEG0eZcPI.jpg)
Gunblast Vodka
![Last Run](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4orMWVYs4lIir7cMGhlpjJ2WqL1.jpg)
Last Run
![The Elite](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oE9d05QeomiTOyDlBvTjibu7Rfe.jpg)
The Elite
![Jack the Dog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/icZFNydnh1y9u2bf8J5oMDk5I2F.jpg)
Jack the Dog
![Final Ascent](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1WKzGY1iYN7QWfnfjuwW0VfwekH.jpg)
Final Ascent
![The Last Stop](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A3TSuFYTXesZHZqUidkcDqC4AL6.jpg)
The Last Stop
![Padre Pio: Miracle Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tRVzB7IFd1L4ePjo7YfsPQIIosK.jpg)
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
![Poison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cmCTuSFHzA5LBbJmDGTo4gl4pAS.jpg)
Poison
![The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hKW4FRZgdWncM7CqBs2mBWR8gCT.jpg)
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000
![Heaven's Fire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tQTgmB8LphOV7hgY5GzkTM6j5Uw.jpg)
Heaven's Fire
![Der blonde Affe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g3zQYeulKkVTM1uYk9vtE1USmKb.jpg)
Der blonde Affe
![Esther](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hbDYOr8rc6kDL0l3P2xRcDEDcrH.jpg)
Esther
![Wing Commander](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e3p2vkA4mnFaBlyAIntkZWkzOJW.jpg)
Wing Commander
![The Fall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/awmJwhCQRDhAv09y0fuIfbcXvbF.jpg)
The Fall
![Beckmann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wKt8hNtotZhhWqbBdRk1doIDwkx.jpg)
Beckmann
![The Directors](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tFbnlmwJsvvQU57nAJMnwoP6S7S.jpg)
The Directors
![From China with Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ino323DwGqqfvaUiDZPeYmTBmo5.jpg)
From China with Love
![Human Bomb](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5Orhw2RwVTpokGNEbzaXq4ZAush.jpg)
Human Bomb
![The Replacement Killers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5JAVd0lYhkB2dsDtt84Qt6grNIn.jpg)
The Replacement Killers
![Air Force One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vE0Yl8oc4bfFuoGH30IORxQ6e9A.jpg)
Air Force One
![DNA](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xfjUQech7UoIbJnYo1HdGL0Cvv6.jpg)
DNA
![The Cry Of Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3wuxYwsgr9coDA6kZzgtCr4rEoe.jpg)
The Cry Of Love
![The English Patient](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8eHHqMg8qEYtVw8LQLygsHXSR2q.jpg)
The English Patient
![The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Y1vuJWS7n8OdHDAlI8cS51chNg.jpg)
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
![On Dangerous Ground](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bH4BuXxiFrUXNgF21RQvg6myW0u.jpg)
On Dangerous Ground
![Alisea and the Dream Prince](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xPJa3BVCEQzuhP7FCCWG9AenhEN.jpg)
Alisea and the Dream Prince
![Fesseln](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i9VHlxxWJDNTiuK0RrzTVemfvYa.jpg)
Fesseln
![Tödliche Wahl](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ud8h4kpbfv1j3lg0xqX4UxTNsIg.jpg)
Tödliche Wahl
![In the Mouth of Madness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/msh4tEUzbnEqlHcFOUH4O0Zti8r.jpg)
In the Mouth of Madness
![The Other Side of the Law](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zKfzQOODtZeswVYQpCmS8JuienN.jpg)
The Other Side of the Law
![Trigger Fast](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rcTkiKucJE8rgWUk43C1D1DMbPJ.jpg)
Trigger Fast
![Lie Down with Lions](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yxq9KOFYhuJRMVc1z0bkMNAAy7N.jpg)
Lie Down with Lions
![The Last Border](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/97xhlpNK8CQxcDlVmaMBHiPxUEK.jpg)
The Last Border
![Der Fall Lucona](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q5P4cTwfABfXi0F5H2sByAh0CaS.jpg)
Der Fall Lucona
![The Fire Next Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rUNxC3PheJ2do7krzxHz60DqCjD.jpg)
The Fire Next Time
![Body of Evidence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rGDfwZHRMpY5R0ZkmaiHHvpYQKB.jpg)
Body of Evidence
![Jewels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4UilvBN44fycYlJvfteE60IgBBo.jpg)
Jewels
![Interceptor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jCorLP59tBPmm8c4cBJhyzV1azo.jpg)
Interceptor
![Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mxsGXqetGnirf99qapYd5MMY1VL.jpg)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
![Hurricane Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/76gimHOGwBlOEHGx85BZBq00rXk.jpg)
Hurricane Smith
![Robin Hood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3wvHxskniqALjqFBjHn6xPbUvzj.jpg)
Robin Hood
![DAS!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yMg0l6hxCnR94Fcl1F1IEkmG26V.jpg)
DAS!
![Kill Cruise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3JeW4tHcLrrft8Fxtm45c8GjQyl.jpg)
Kill Cruise
![The Fourth War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sxSLCQQ37QP0YZxUITtB18bynHS.jpg)
The Fourth War
![A Dry White Season](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6Wx9oZ7WUoootNLv70EDq6nyDqW.jpg)
A Dry White Season
![The Seventh Sign](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vAgVzkPmfe2pcgzkpoz8cZ9i9wm.jpg)
The Seventh Sign
![Beverly Hills Cop II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/egDakU8O5yUwpUJP9IMAUVtIDll.jpg)
Beverly Hills Cop II
![Devil's Paradise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bMWe8YsmgeLF0IkmnDDb5BcEFBJ.jpg)
Devil's Paradise
![Terminus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xBDAGp8GyT6P0Z2FWt0IoHr1RzK.jpg)
Terminus
![Killing Cars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bm8zHlVOlYwJu7GOYgKc9QZLRS2.jpg)
Killing Cars
![Murder: By Reason of Insanity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/thmIjJm4P2ty31DLCEs5AUOM9f2.jpg)
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
![The Cop & the Girl](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3KlILRY7WbNatpvJFJvYfyaOkqF.jpg)
The Cop & the Girl
![Forbidden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bleLq1OWoCotyrs3mce77petuuT.jpg)
Forbidden
![Das Boot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lWBQ1Z6MBuiPAfubWjxytKirQco.jpg)
Das Boot
![Dune](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lyP3eKSEgZkChb77cKMIbydbPSq.jpg)
Dune
![The Keep](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yd9wU3oajNxwaFHQ02rtTBuSFJD.jpg)
The Keep
![Love is Forever](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xdL3AXlnD6TLVSvZvVsrLjsORD9.jpg)
Love is Forever
![Krieg und Frieden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cvIhYtUh6LcvCX4KxDOgzqTXbXn.jpg)
Krieg und Frieden
![Das Boot: Behind The Scenes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uzLlxk7j51kWdyd4ycWVD8JEgSD.jpg)
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes
![Das Boot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/spE9nbdqhoKoTaCNp4H9Tj6Xcrm.jpg)
Das Boot
![A Case For Two](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7cztFGBj6xmJLS39UlhRDRWoEAq.jpg)
A Case For Two
![Wetten, dass..?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4i8719B3j4z5U5EI1mjw3sOjBWe.jpg)
Wetten, dass..?
![So weit das Auge reicht](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zNyMmAxt64bUJox3XGxx2hMndN7.jpg)
So weit das Auge reicht
![NDR Talk Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iDyRo1jkDP17uvZfUcw44WRWudc.jpg)
NDR Talk Show
![Operation Ganymed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gW9skCsnvRlHiEw0BUyFgBSjpoj.jpg)
Operation Ganymed
![The Consequence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5b2rC6cgglPMab6LbQauTfBJmv2.jpg)
The Consequence
![Kölner Treff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9U9XqUp41DjwCvolAgqSXhowPyB.jpg)
Kölner Treff
![Shirin's Wedding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fVZnb9GFQjj487pnM2eJoXQobDN.jpg)
Shirin's Wedding
![The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d7Z1gzPkHm29jmiqnjvzXZg2koI.jpg)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
![One or the Other of Us](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/htPpTe7ONEVSiy41dyc3IEswttd.jpg)
One or the Other of Us
![The Brutalization of Franz Blum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AkzzfIbOh62kAkopUBUFoGPwvvb.jpg)
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
![Tenderness of the Wolves](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hArRqqGnyoHERNzKnbrOJGLKoKq.jpg)
Tenderness of the Wolves
![Auf Befehl erschossen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6xOEI96Ufe0GRH7RNZN7QO2aAoz.jpg)
Auf Befehl erschossen
![The Merchant of Four Seasons](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6SoPBvDdx3WoG1t86XHWyfV6JQm.jpg)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
![Scene of the Crime](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b6kIWHHifuc8qH0IpzVzUeXBnvq.jpg)
Scene of the Crime
![Bambi Awards](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7Bc1fE5mKIYmhhgl0fVcw3nvDra.jpg)
Bambi Awards
Acting
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”
—
Self (archive footage)