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Jürgen Prochnow
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Jürgen Prochnow

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Born 1941 · Berlin, Germany · Active 1948–2025

Jürgen Prochnow, born in 1941 in Berlin, Germany, has carved a niche in cult cinema with his compelling performances. He appears in the darkly atmospheric Tenderness of the Wolves (1973), where he embodies the complexities of his character. Prochnow also stars in Dune (1984), a film that showcases his ability to navigate richly imaginative narratives. His role in Hurricane Smith (1992) further demonstrates his versatility, cementing his status as a key figure in the realm of giallo and exploitation films.

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Hurricane Smith

Hurricane Smith

1992 ★ 3.8
as Charlie Dowd

An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister, and his search winds up getting him involved with a violent drug-smuggling gang.

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Tenderness of the Wolves (1973) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Tenderness of the Wolves
Tenderness of the Wolves
5.0 1973 NR
In war-torn Germany, a string of violent murders of young men and boys plagues a small town. The cul...
Dune (1984) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Dune
Dune
6.0 1984 PG
In the far future, the known universe is ruled by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. The most valuable sub...
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Da Vinci Code
2006
Dune (1984)
Dune
1984
Air Force One (1997)
Air Force One
1997
Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)
Hitman: Agent 47
2015
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Judge Dredd (1995)
Judge Dredd
1995

Filmography

155 credits
2020s 7 credits
2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' as Self
Movie
2023
U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot' as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.5
2023
The Last Rifleman as Friedrich Mueller
Movie ★ 6.6
2021
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story as Self - Das Boot Actor
Movie ★ 7.2
2021
The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Movie ★ 4.0
2020
A Handful of Water as Konrad
Movie ★ 4.5
2020
The old Man and the Pain in the Neck as Wilhelm Schürmann
Movie ★ 5.0
2010s 22 credits
2019
A Hidden Life as Major Schlegel
Movie ★ 7.2
2019
Real Men as Himself - Actor
Movie ★ 5.8
2017
Damascus Cover as Franz Ludin
Movie ★ 5.6
2017
Old Agent Men as Kern
Movie ★ 5.9
2017
The Final Journey as Eduard
Movie ★ 6.6
2017
Lore as Andreas Gruber
TV ★ 6.9
2016
The Dark Side of the Moon as Pius Ott
Movie ★ 5.7
2016
Half Brothers as Herr Dryser
Movie ★ 5.0
2015
Remember as Rudy Kurlander #4
Movie ★ 7.4
2015
Hitman: Agent 47 as Tobias
Movie ★ 5.9
2015
Quizduell-Olymp as Self
TV
2015
Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
TV ★ 7.6
2014
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.7
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Woodsman
Movie ★ 7.2
2013
Company of Heroes as Luca Gruenewald
Movie ★ 5.1
2013
Ein schmaler Grat as Uwe Wolfmann
Movie ★ 4.0
2013
Die Kinder meiner Tochter as Ernst Blessing
Movie ★ 4.6
2013
Ohne Gnade as Helmutchen
Movie ★ 3.5
2012
Die Schuld der Erben as Kurt Hanson
Movie ★ 2.0
2010
Sinners and Saints as Mr. Rhykin
Movie ★ 5.6
2010
Spear of Destiny as Baron Von Haan
Movie ★ 5.2
2010
Amigo - Dead on Arrival as Fredo Kovacs
Movie ★ 3.8
2000s 34 credits
2009
Oko ve zdi
Movie ★ 4.2
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles as Mattias Draeger
TV ★ 7.5
2008
La conjura de El Escorial as Espinosa
Movie ★ 4.7
2008
Merlin and the War of the Dragons as The Mage
Movie ★ 4.0
2008
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker as Self
TV
2007
Schroeder's Wonderful World as John Gregory
Movie ★ 5.7
2007
Primeval as Jacob Krieg
Movie ★ 6.1
2007
Ohne einander as Ernest
Movie ★ 2.0
2007
Nanking as John Rabe
Movie ★ 7.1
2006
The Da Vinci Code as André Vernet
Movie ★ 6.7
2006
Beerfest as Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
Movie ★ 5.8
2006
Chain Reaction as Police Man
Movie ★ 4.9
2006
The Celestine Prophecy as Jensen
Movie ★ 5.2
2006
Semperopernball as Self
TV
2005
See Arnold Run as Arnold Schwarzenegger
Movie ★ 5.1
2005
Julie, chevalier de Maupin as Le baron Hengen
Movie ★ 4.5
2005
Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005) as Self
Movie ★ 5.5
2003
House of the Dead as Kirk
Movie ★ 3.1
2003
The Poet as Vashon
Movie ★ 4.8
2003
Heart of America as Harold Lewis
Movie ★ 5.2
2003
Baltic Storm as Erik Westermark
Movie ★ 5.1
2003
Nachtschicht as Friedrich Otto Winterstein
TV ★ 6.2
2002
Davon stirbt man nicht as Everett Burns
Movie ★ 4.1
2001
Ripper: Letter from Hell as Detective Kelso
Movie ★ 4.6
2001
The Elite as Avi
Movie ★ 3.9
2001
Last Run as Andrus Bukarin
Movie ★ 4.0
2001
Gunblast Vodka as Sacha Roublev
Movie ★ 4.0
2001
Dark Asylum as Dr. Fallon
Movie ★ 4.0
2001
Jack the Dog as Klaus
Movie ★ 3.8
2001
24 as Sergei Bazhaev
TV ★ 7.8
2000
The Last Stop as Fritz
Movie ★ 4.9
2000
Poison as Carl Krieger
Movie ★ 3.4
2000
Final Ascent as Paul
Movie ★ 4.0
2000
Padre Pio: Miracle Man as Visitatore
TV ★ 6.8
1990s 46 credits
1999
Esther as Haman
Movie ★ 6.8
1999
Der blonde Affe as Jan Vleuten
Movie ★ 4.8
1999
The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000 as Hans Hagemann
Movie ★ 4.3
1999
Heaven's Fire as Quentin Darby
Movie ★ 4.4
1999
Wing Commander as Cdr. Paul Gerald
Movie ★ 4.8
1999
The Fall as József Kovács
Movie ★ 4.3
1999
The Directors as Self
TV ★ 6.1
1999
Volle Kanne as Self
TV ★ 4.4
1999
Beckmann as Self
TV ★ 4.3
1998
The Replacement Killers as Michael Kogan
Movie ★ 6.3
1998
Human Bomb as Gerhardt Dach
Movie ★ 4.5
1998
From China with Love as Paul Konen
Movie ★ 6.0
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
TV ★ 7.7
1997
Air Force One as Alexander Radek
Movie ★ 6.5
1997
DNA as Dr. Carl Wessinger
Movie ★ 4.1
1997
The Cry of Love as Holger
Movie ★ 4.7
1997
Leute heute as Self
TV ★ 5.2
1996
The English Patient as Major Muller
Movie ★ 7.1
1996
On Dangerous Ground as Carl Morgan
Movie ★ 5.1
1996
Alisea and the Dream Prince as Kurdok
TV ★ 6.3
1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Kaiser Wilhelm II (voice)
TV ★ 8.4
1995
In the Mouth of Madness as Sutter Cane
Movie ★ 7.2
1995
Judge Dredd as Judge Griffin
Movie ★ 5.9
1995
Tödliche Wahl as Alex Bronner
Movie ★ 5.0
1995
Fesseln as Günther
Movie ★ 3.6
1995
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' as Himself
Movie ★ 1.5
1995
Tödliche Wahl as Alex Bronner
TV
1994
Trigger Fast as Jack Neumann
Movie ★ 3.0
1994
Guns of Honor as Jack Neumann
Movie ★ 4.3
1994
The Other Side of the Law as Simon McQuarie
Movie ★ 5.3
1994
Lie Down with Lions as Marteau
Movie ★ 4.1
1993
Body of Evidence as Dr. Alan Paley
Movie ★ 5.0
1993
Der Fall Lucona as Jorunalist Strasser
Movie ★ 6.0
1993
Die Wildnis as Brenner
Movie ★ 5.5
1993
The Last Border as Duke
Movie ★ 4.4
1993
The Fire Next Time as Larry Richter
TV ★ 6.1
1992
Interceptor as Phillips
Movie ★ 5.9
1992
Hurricane Smith● as Charlie Dowd
Movie ★ 4.5
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Woodsman
Movie ★ 7.4
1992
Jewels as Joachim von Mannheim
TV ★ 6.1
1991
Robin Hood as Sir Miles Folcanet
Movie ★ 5.8
1991
DAS! as Self
TV ★ 4.7
1990
Kill Cruise as The Skipper
Movie ★ 3.7
1990
The Fourth War as Col. Valachev
Movie ★ 5.3
1990
The Man Inside as Günter Wallraff
Movie ★ 6.0
1990
The Schoolmaster as Rozinsky
Movie ★ 2.0
1980s 22 credits
1989
A Dry White Season as Captain Stolz
Movie ★ 6.7
1988
The Seventh Sign as David Bannon
Movie ★ 6.0
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II as Maxwell Dent
Movie ★ 6.5
1987
Terminus as Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
Movie ★ 4.1
1987
Devil's Paradise as Escher
Movie ★ 5.7
1986
Killing Cars as Ralph Korda
Movie ★ 3.7
1985
The Cop & the Girl as Der Bulle
Movie ★ 4.8
1985
Murder: By Reason of Insanity as Adam Berwid
Movie ★ 5.7
1985
Blitz as Ralph Korda
Movie ★ 2.0
1985
Das Boot as Der Alte
TV ★ 8.6
1984
Dune● as Duke Leto Atreides
Movie ★ 6.2
1984
Forbidden as Fritz Friedländer
Movie ★ 5.7
1984
Goldene Kamera as Self
TV ★ 5.7
1983
The Keep as Captain Klaus Woermann
Movie ★ 5.6
1983
Love is Forever as General Siegfried Kaplan
Movie ★ 5.2
1983
Destination Dune as Self
Movie ★ 6.5
1982
War and Peace as Kevin
Movie ★ 4.5
1981
Das Boot as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Movie ★ 8.1
1981
Das Boot: Behind The Scenes as Self
Movie ★ 5.5
1981
A Case For Two as KHK Max Gerber
TV ★ 5.6
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self
TV ★ 5.4
1980
So weit das Auge reicht as Alexander Späh
Movie ★ 5.0
1970s 22 credits
1979
Kotte as Günther Kotte
Movie ★ 5.0
1979
Bavarian Film Awards as Self
TV
1979
NDR Talk Show as Self
TV ★ 6.6
1977
The Consequence as Martin Kurath
Movie ★ 6.3
1977
Operation Ganymed as Oss
Movie ★ 4.9
1976
Shirin's Wedding as Aida
Movie ★ 3.8
1976
Hans in Luck as Hans Schmidtke
Movie ★ 4.5
1976
Schaurige Geschichten as Piet
TV ★ 7.0
1976
Kölner Treff as Self
TV ★ 6.8
1975
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum as Ludwig Götten
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
One or the Other of Us as Bernd Ziegenhals
Movie ★ 4.7
1974
The Brutalization of Franz Blum as Franz Blum
Movie ★ 5.3
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves● as Hehler
Movie ★ 5.7
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons as Man at the Meeting Table
Movie ★ 6.7
1972
Zoff as Joky
Movie ★ 6.8
1972
Auf Befehl erschossen as Franz Sass
Movie ★ 4.5
1972
Knast as Roloff
Movie ★ 5.0
1970
Unternehmer as Arnold
Movie ★ 4.5
1970
Scene of the Crime as Dieter Brodschella
TV ★ 6.2
1970
Scene of the Crime as Klaus Linder
TV ★ 6.2
1970
Scene of the Crime as Hans Rodenburg
TV ★ 6.2
1970
Scene of the Crime as Kesting
TV ★ 6.2
1940s 1 credit
1948
Bambi as Self
TV ★ 9.0
s 1 credit
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The Guardian Angel as Albert Klosser
Movie