Jürgen Prochnow

Actor

Born: June 10, 1941 (age 85)
From: 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),…

Filmography (122)

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
Real Men (2019)
Himself - Actor
Damascus Cover (2017)
Franz Ludin
The Final Journey (2017)
Eduard
Old Agent Men (2017)
Kern
Half Brothers (2016)
Herr Dryser
The Dark Side of the Moon (2016)
Pius Ott
Remember (2015)
Rudy Kurlander #4
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Tobias
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
Self (archive footage)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
Woodsman
Die Kinder meiner Tochter (2013)
Ernst Blessing
Ohne Gnade (2013)
Helmutchen
Company of Heroes (2013)
Luca Gruenewald
Ein schmaler Grat (2013)
Uwe Wolfmann
Die Schuld der Erben
Die Schuld der Erben (2012)
Kurt Hanson
Amigo - Dead on Arrival (2010)
Fredo Kovacs
Sinners and Saints (2010)
Mr. Rhykin
Spear of Destiny (2010)
Baron Von Haan
Oko ve zdi (2009)
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008)
The Mage
La conjura de El Escorial (2008)
Espinosa
Schroeder's Wonderful World (2007)
John Gregory