Years active 1970–present Name Jurgen Prochnow | Role Actor Siblings Dieter Prochnow | |
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Citizenship Germany and United States Education Folkwang University of the Arts Spouse Birgit Stein (m. 2004–2013), Isabel Goslar (m. 1982–1997) Children Roman Prochnow, Mona Prochnow, Johanna Prochnow Movies Das Boot, Dune, In the Mouth of Madness, Judge Dredd, The Da Vinci Code Similar People Wolfgang Petersen, Klaus Wennemann, Birgit Stein, Willem Dafoe, Herbert Gronemeyer | ||
Beverly hills cop 2 4 10 movie clip final confrontation 1987 hd
Jürgen Prochnow ( [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈpʁɔxnoː] listen ; born 10 June 1941) is a German-born American actor. His best-known roles internationally have been as the good-hearted and sympathetic U-Boat captain in Das Boot (1981), Duke Leto Atreides in Dune (1984), the minor but important role of Kazakh dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One (1997), and the antagonist Maxwell Dent in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
Contents
- Beverly hills cop 2 4 10 movie clip final confrontation 1987 hd
- Privateer 2 Clive Owen and Jrgen Prochnow
- Early life and career
- Personal life
- Awards
- Filmography
- References
Privateer 2 - Clive Owen and Jürgen Prochnow
Early life and career
Prochnow was born in Berlin and brought up in Düsseldorf, the son of an engineer. He studied acting at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. Thanks to his on-screen intensity and his fluency in English, he has become one of the most successful German actors in Hollywood. He portrayed Arnold Schwarzenegger in a film about the actor's political career in California, entitled See Arnold Run; coincidentally, Prochnow was one of the actors considered for the title role in The Terminator. He was the main antagonist in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest, which contains a submarine scene that references his role in Das Boot. He played a supporting character in the Wing Commander film, Cmdr. Paul Gerald. In addition, he dubbed Sylvester Stallone's voice in the German version of Rocky and Rocky II.
He was facially scarred following a stunt accident during the filming of Dune. One scene called for Prochnow (as Duke Leto) to be strapped to a black stretcher and drugged. During one take, a high-powered bulb positioned above Prochnow exploded due to heat, raining down molten glass. Remarkably, the actor was able to free himself from the stretcher, moments before glass fused itself to the place he had been strapped to. During the filming of the dream sequence, he had a special apparatus attached to his face so that green smoke (simulating poison gas) would emerge from his cheek when the Baron (Kenneth McMillan) scratched it. Although thoroughly tested, the smoke gave Prochnow first and second-degree burns on his cheek. This sequence appears on film in the released version.
In 1996, he was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Personal life
In the early 1980s, Prochnow was in a relationship with Austrian actress Antonia Reininghaus who fatally poisoned their common seven-year-old daughter Johanna in 1987. In 1982, he married actor Jürgen Goslar′s daughter Isabel Goslar, with whom he has two children: a daughter, Mona, and a son, Roman. The couple divorced in 1997. From 2004 to 2014 he was married to Birgit Stein, a German screenwriter and actress. Since 2015, he has been married to actress Verena Wengler.
His elder brother Dieter Prochnow, born 1939, is also an actor. Together, the brothers appeared in The Man Inside where Jürgen played the leading role and Dieter a small supporting role.
Prochnow used to divide his time between Los Angeles and Munich. In 2017 he announced that he had sold his house in California and would be moving to Berlin.
He received U.S. citizenship in 2003.
Awards
Filmography
Actor
-
The Guardian Angel (announced) as
Albert Klosser
-
The Last Rifleman (post-production)
2020
Opa hat die Schnauze voll (TV Movie) as
Wilhelm
2020
A Handful of Water as
Konrad Hausnick
2019
A Hidden Life as
Major Schlegel (uncredited)
2018
Lore (TV Series documentary) as
Andreas Gruber
- Hinterkaifeck: Ghosts in the Attic (2018) - Andreas Gruber
2017
Dengler (TV Series) as
Dr. Schweikert
- Die schützende Hand (2017) - Dr. Schweikert
2017
Damascus Cover as
Franz Ludin
2017
The Final Journey as
Eduard Leander
2017
Kundschafter des Friedens as
Kern
1973
Tatort (TV Series) as
Kesting / Hans Rodenburg / Klaus Linder / ...
- Borowski und das verlorene Mädchen (2016) - Kesting
- Schlafende Hunde (2010) - Hans Rodenburg
- Das Mädchen von gegenüber (1977) - Klaus Linder
- Jagdrevier (1973) - Dieter Brodschella
2016
Half Brothers as
Herr Ryser
2015
The Dark Side of the Moon as
Pius Ott
2015
Remember as
Rudy Kurlander #4
2015
Hitman: Agent 47 as
Tobias
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) as
Mattias Draeger
- The 3rd Choir (2014) - Mattias Draeger
- Deliverance (2010) - Mattias Draeger
- Absolution (2010) - Mattias Draeger
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as
Woodsman
2013
Die Kinder meiner Tochter (TV Movie) as
Ernst Blessing
2013
Ohne Gnade! as
Helmutchen
2013
Company of Heroes (Video) as
Luca Gruenewald
2013
Ein schmaler Grat as
Uwe Wolfmann
2012
Luck (TV Series) as
Racetrack Owner
- Ace Counters Smythe's Move with His Own (2012) - Racetrack Owner (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Ace Pitches a Deal (2012) - Racetrack Owner (as Juergen Prochnow)
2012
Die Schuld der Erben (TV Movie) as
Kurt Hanson
2010
Nachtschicht (TV Series) as
Friedrich Otto Winterstein
- Das tote Mädchen (2010) - Friedrich Otto Winterstein
2010
Amigo (TV Movie) as
Fredo Kovacs
2010
Sinners and Saints as
Mr. Rhykin
2010
24 (TV Series) as
Sergei Bazhaev
- Day 8: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Day 8: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Day 8: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Day 8: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Day 8: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Day 8: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
- Day 8: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. (2010) - Sergei Bazhaev (as Juergen Prochnow)
2010
Spear of Destiny (TV Movie) as
Von Hahn
2009
Oko as
Mr. Hooked
2008
Merlin and the War of the Dragons (Video) as
The Mage
2008
The Conspiracy as
Espinosa
2008
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (Video Game) as
Herman von Klempt (voice)
2008
Dark Sector (Video Game) as
Yargo Mensik (voice)
2007
A Case for Two (TV Series) as
KHK Max Gerber
- Schmutzige Hände (2007) - KHK Max Gerber
2007
Ohne einander (TV Movie) as
Ernest
2007
Nanking as
John Rabe
2007
Primeval as
Jacob Krieg
2006
Schröders wunderbare Welt as
John Gregory
2006
Beerfest as
Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen (as Juergen Prochnow)
2006
The Da Vinci Code as
Andre Vernet
2006
The Celestine Prophecy as
Jensen (as Jurgen Prochnow)
2006
Chain Reaction (Video) as
Police Officer
2005
See Arnold Run (TV Movie) as
Arnold Schwarzenegger
2004
Julie, chevalier de Maupin (TV Mini Series) as
Le baron de Hengen
- Episode #1.2 (2004) - Le baron de Hengen (as Jurgen Prochnow)
2003
Baltic Storm as
Erik Westermark
2003
The Poet as
Vashon
2003
House of the Dead as
Kirk (as Jurgen Prochnow)
2002
Checkpoint
2002
Davon stirbt man nicht (TV Movie) as
Everett Burns
2002
Heart of America as
Harold Lewis
2001
Dark Asylum as
Dr. Fallon
2001
Ripper as
Detective Kelso
2001
Last Run as
Andrus Bukarin
2001
The Elite as
Avi
2001
Jack the Dog as
Klaus (as Juergen Prochnow)
2000
Final Ascent (TV Movie) as
Paul
2000
The Last Stop as
Fritz (as Jurgen Prochnow)
2000
Padre Pio (TV Movie) as
Visitatore / The Inquisitor
2000
Poison (TV Movie) as
Carl Krieger
2000
Gunblast Vodka as
Sacha Roublev
1999
Youri
1999
Die Millennium-Katastrophe - Computer-Crash 2000 (TV Movie) as
Hans Hagemann
1999
Heaven's Fire (TV Movie) as
Quentin Darby
1999
Der blonde Affe (TV Movie) as
Jan Vleuten
1999
The Bible Collection: Esther (TV Movie) as
Haman
1999
Wing Commander as
Cdr. Paul Gerald
1999
The Fall as
József Kovács
1998
Schuldig
1998
From China with Love as
Paul Konen
1998
Human Bomb (TV Movie) as
Gerhardt Dach
1998
The Replacement Killers as
Michael Kogan (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1997
Air Force One as
General Alexander Radek (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1997
Der Schrei der Liebe (TV Movie) as
Holger
1996
Privateer 2: The Darkening (Video Game) as
Xavier Shondi (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1996
DNA (Video) as
Dr. Carl Wessinger
1996
The Great War: 1914-1918 (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Kaiser Wilhelm II
- War Without End (1996) - Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
- Slaughter (1996) - Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
- Total War (1996) - Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
- Stalemate (1996) - Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
- Explosion (1996) - Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
1996
The English Patient as
Major Muller
1996
Alisea and the Dream Prince (TV Series) as
Kurdok
- Part 2 (1996) - Kurdok (as Jurgen Prochnow)
- Part 1 (1996) - Kurdok (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1996
On Dangerous Ground (TV Movie) as
Carl Morgan
1995
Tödliche Wahl (TV Series) as
Alex Bronner
- Die Feindin (1995) - Alex Bronner
- Das Opfer (1995) - Alex Bronner
- Der Gegner (1995) - Alex Bronner
1995
Fesseln (TV Movie) as
Guenther
1995
Judge Dredd as
Judge Griffin (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1994
Tales of the Wild (TV Series) as
Simon McQuarie
- L'honneur des grandes neiges (1994) - Simon McQuarie
1994
Guns of Honor (TV Movie) as
Jack Neumann
1994
In the Mouth of Madness as
Sutter Cane (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1994
Trigger Fast as
Jack Neumann
1994
Red Eagle (TV Movie) as
Marteau
1993
Die Wildnis as
Brenner
1993
Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben (TV Series)
- Camping
1993
The Last Border : viimeisellä rajalla as
Duke
1993
Der Fall Lucona as
Hans Strasser
1993
The Fire Next Time (TV Mini Series) as
Larry Richter
- Episode #1.2 (1993) - Larry Richter
- Episode #1.1 (1993) - Larry Richter
1992
Jewels (TV Mini Series) as
Joachim von Mannheim
- Episode #1.2 (1992) - Joachim von Mannheim
- Episode #1.1 (1992) - Joachim von Mannheim
1992
Body of Evidence as
Doctor Alan Paley (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1992
Interceptor as
Phillips
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as
Woodsman (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1992
Hurricane Smith as
Charlie Dowd
1991
Robin Hood as
Sir Miles Folcanet (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1990
The Schoolmaster as
Rozinsky
1990
The Man Inside as
Gunter Wallraff (as Jurgen Prochnov)
1990
Kill Cruise as
The Skipper
1990
The Fourth War as
Col. Valachev
1989
A Dry White Season as
Captain Stolz (as Jurgen Prochnow)
1988
The Seventh Sign as
David Bannon
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II as
Maxwell Dent
1987
Devil's Paradise as
Escher
1987
Stan Ridgway: End of the Line (Music Video short) as
Jürgen Prochnow
1987
Terminus as
Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
1986
Killing Cars as
Ralph Korda
1985
Murder: By Reason of Insanity (TV Movie) as
Adam Berwid
1985
Der Bulle & das Mädchen as
The Cop
1985
Das Boot (TV Mini Series) as
Der Alte
- Part 3 (1985) - Der Alte
- Part 2 (1985) - Der Alte
- Part 1 (1985) - Der Alte
1984
Forbidden as
Fritz Friedländer
1984
Dune as
Duke Leto Atreides
1983
The Keep as
Woermann
1983
Love Is Forever (TV Movie) as
General Siegfried Kaplan
1982
Krieg und Frieden as
Kevin
1981
Das Boot as
Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte
1980
So weit das Auge reicht as
Alexander Späh
1980
Unter Verschluß (TV Movie)
1979
Kotte (TV Movie) as
Günther Kotte
1977
Operation Ganymed (TV Movie) as
Oss
1977
The Consequence as
Martin Kurath
1976
Frauensiedlung (TV Movie) as
Rolf
1976
Erinnerungen an die Leidenschaft (TV Movie)
1976
Hans im Glück (TV Movie) as
Hans Schmidtke
1976
Schaurige Geschichten (TV Series) as
Piet
- Taxi nach Hamburg (1976) - Piet
1976
Shirins Hochzeit (TV Movie) as
Aida
1975
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum as
Ludwig Götten
1974
Macbeth (TV Movie) as
Macduff
1974
One or the Other as
Bernd Ziegenhals
1974
The Brutalization of Franz Blum as
Franz Blum
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves as
Hehler
1972
Auf Befehl erschossen - Die Brüder Sass, einst Berlins große Ganoven (TV Movie) as
Franz Sass (as Juergen Prochnow)
1972
Knast (TV Movie) as
Roloff
1972
Alarm (TV Series)
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons as
Mann Am Stammtisch (uncredited)
1972
Zoff as
Joky
1971
Leb wohl, Judas (TV Movie) as
Jan
1970
Unternehmer (TV Movie) as
Arnold
Producer
1990
The Schoolmaster (producer)
Soundtrack
1972
Auf Befehl erschossen - Die Brüder Sass, einst Berlins große Ganoven (TV Movie) (performer: "Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben" - uncredited)
Thanks
2013
Company of Heroes: Fabricating World War 2 (Video short) (special thanks)
2013
In the Trenches: Filming Company of Heroes (Video short) (special thanks)
Self
2022
Jürgen Prochnow: Das Siebte Zeichen (Video documentary short) as
Self
2021
Maintower (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 November 2021 (2021) - Self
2021
Brisant (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 June 2021 (2021) - Self
2020
A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' (Documentary) as
Self
2019
Wer weiß denn sowas? (TV Series) as
Self - Team Hoëcker
- Folge 381 (2019) - Self - Team Hoëcker
2018
Kölner Treff (TV Series) as
Self
- Ausgabe 475 (2018) - Self
2017
Volle Kanne (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 September 2017 (2017) - Self
2017
DAS! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 19 September 2017 (2017) - Self
2016
Die goldene Kamera (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2008
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker (TV Series) as
Self
- Schiller (2008) - Self
2007
Cartelera (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 27 October 2007 (2007) - Self
2006
The Da Vinci Code: Unusual Suspects (Video short) as
Self
2006
Deleted 'Dune' (Video documentary short) as
Duke Leto Atreides (uncredited)
2005
The 100 Greatest War Films (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2004
The Making of: House of the Dead (Video documentary short) as
Self
2002
Beckmann (TV Series) as
Self
- Das Boot Spezial (2004) - Self
- Episode dated 28 October 2002 (2002) - Self
1988
Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) as
Self
- Wetten, dass..? aus Karlsruhe (2003) - Self
- Wetten, dass..? aus Stuttgart (1988) - Self
2003
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 April 2003 (2003) - Self
2002
Ein Abend mit Evelyn Hamann (TV Special) as
Guest
2002
Film Genre (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- World War Two (2002) - Self (as Jurgen Prochnow)
2002
Beverly Hills Cop II: The Phenomenon Continues (Video documentary short) as
Self
2000
The Directors (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Films of Wolfgang Petersen (2000) - Self
1995
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' (TV Short documentary) as
Self
1991
NDR Talk Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 7 June 1991 (1991) - Self
1984
Destination Dune (TV Short documentary) as
Self / Duke Leto Atreides (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Archive Footage
2021
Das U-Boot (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Gefahr aus der Tiefe (2021) - Self
2021
Das Boot: Welterfolg aus der Tiefe (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Actor
2019
Minty Comedic Arts (TV Series) as
Self
- 10 Things You Didn't Know About In The Mouth of Madness (2019) - Self
2015
Elstree 1976 (Documentary) as
Judge Griffin (uncredited)
2014
NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) as
Mattias Draeger
- Praesidium (2014) - Mattias Draeger (uncredited)
2007
Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (Documentary) as
Martin Kurath (uncredited)
2003
Los Angeles Plays Itself (Documentary) as
Michael Kogan in The Replacement Killers (uncredited)
References
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