Acting credits
129
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jürgen Prochnow
Acting
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Movies: 109Series: 20
TMDB ID: 920
IMDb ID: nm0001638
Known for: Acting
Born: June 10, 1941
Age: 84
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.09
Wikidata: Q61356
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Jürgen Prochnow.
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'
as Himself
2025 Movie
6.6
The Last Rifleman
as Friedrich Mueller
2023 Movie
6.3
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
4.0
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2021 Movie
7.2
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self - Das Boot Actor
2021 Movie
5.0
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
as Wilhelm Schürmann
2020 Movie
4.5
A Handful of Water
as Konrad
2020 Movie
7.2
A Hidden Life
as Major Schlegel
2019 Movie
5.8
Real Men
as Himself - Actor
2019 Movie
5.6
Damascus Cover
as Franz Ludin
2017 Movie
6.6
The Final Journey
as Eduard
2017 Movie
5.9
Old Agent Men
as Kern
2017 Movie
5.0
Half Brothers
as Herr Dryser
2016 Movie
5.7
The Dark Side of the Moon
as Pius Ott
2016 Movie
7.3
Remember
as Rudy Kurlander #4
2015 Movie
5.9
Hitman: Agent 47
as Tobias
2015 Movie
6.7
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Woodsman
2014 Movie
4.6
Die Kinder meiner Tochter
as Ernst Blessing
2013 Movie
3.5
Ohne Gnade
as Helmutchen
2013 Movie
5.1
Company of Heroes
as Luca Gruenewald
2013 Movie
4.0
Ein schmaler Grat
as Uwe Wolfmann
2013 Movie
3.8
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
as Fredo Kovacs
2010 Movie
5.6
Sinners and Saints
as Mr. Rhykin
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jürgen Prochnow.
7.6
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Mattias Draeger • 3 eps
2009 Series
6.2
Nachtschicht
as Friedrich Otto Winterstein • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.8
24
as Sergei Bazhaev • 7 eps
2001 Series
6.7
Padre Pio: Miracle Man
as Visitatore • 2 eps
2000 Series
3.8
Volle Kanne
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
2.0
Beckmann
as Self • 3 eps
1999 Series
5.8
The Directors
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice) • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.2
Alisea and the Dream Prince
as Kurdok • 2 eps
1996 Series
5.9
The Fire Next Time
as Larry Richter • 2 eps
1993 Series
6.0
Jewels
as Joachim von Mannheim • 2 eps
1992 Series
4.2
DAS!
as Self • 1 eps
1991 Series
8.6
Das Boot
as Der Alte • 6 eps
1985 Series
5.3
A Case For Two
as KHK Max Gerber • 1 eps
1981 Series
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
as Self • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.5
NDR Talk Show
as Self • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.0
Kölner Treff
as Self • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.2
Scene of the Crime
as Dieter Brodschella • 1 eps
1970 Series
9.0
Bambi
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series