ACTOR

Jürgen Prochnow

1941 - Today

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Jürgen Prochnow (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈpʁɔxnoː] ; born 10 June 1941) is a German 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 for playing Sergei Bazhaev on the eighth season of 24 (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jürgen Prochnow has received more than 2,137,352 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Jürgen Prochnow is the 511th most popular actor (down from 367th in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from Germany (down from 609th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Actor.

Jürgen Prochnow is most famous for his role as Captain Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock in the film Das Boot.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jürgen Prochnow ranks 511 out of 13,578. Before him are Charles Laughton, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Baxter, Edward Norton, Faten Hamama, and Harry Dean Stanton. After him are Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Franco Columbu, Jonathan Banks, and Jane Wyman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jürgen Prochnow ranks 66. Before him are Claudine Auger, Jacques Perrin, Ray Tomlinson, Ivica Osim, Theodor W. Hänsch, and Roberto Carlos. After him are Chick Corea, Franco Columbu, Milan Kučan, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ritchie Valens, and Karl Barry Sharpless.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jürgen Prochnow ranks 800 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Eduard Dietl (1890), Johannes Peter Müller (1801), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925). After him are Max Schmeling (1905), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Frank Wedekind (1864), and Herschel Grynszpan (1921).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Jürgen Prochnow ranks 7. Before him are Marlene Dietrich (1901), Bruce Willis (1955), Simone Signoret (1921), Curd Jürgens (1915), Magda Schneider (1909), and Udo Kier (1944). After him are Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hildegard Knef (1925), Luise Rainer (1910), Horst Buchholz (1933), and Hardy Krüger (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

Das Boot
Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Sep 17th 19818.1 / 10
The Da Vinci Code
André Vernet
A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very foundations of Christianity.
May 17th 20066.728 / 10
Beverly Hills Cop II
Maxwell Dent
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.
May 18th 19876.5 / 10