Jürgen Prochnow

Acting · Born 1941-06-10 in Berlin, Germany

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.

Filmography

• Beverly Hills Cop II as Maxwell Dent
• Das Boot as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
• The English Patient as Major Muller
• Das Boot: Behind The Scenes as Self
• The Da Vinci Code as André Vernet
• Body of Evidence as Dr. Alan Paley
• Dune as Duke Leto Atreides
• Schroeder's Wonderful World as John Gregory
• In the Mouth of Madness as Sutter Cane
• Esther as Haman