Overview
Jürgen Prochnow
Known For
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
A brand new feature-length documentary by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures exploring...
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German...
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck
Shortly before his 75th birthday, Wilhelm Schürmann has no desire...
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.