Jürgen Prochnow
Land: Germany
Geschlecht: M
Geburtstag: 1941-06-10
Biografie
Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot (1981), Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune (1984), the minor, but important role of Kazakh dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the antagonist Maxwell Dent in Beverly Hills Cop II.
Prochnow was born in Berlin and brought up in Düsseldorf, the son of an engineer. He has an elder brother, Dieter. 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 also appears as the main antagonist in the Broken Lizard film Beerfest, which contains a submarine scene that references his role in Das Boot. He also 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. 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.
Prochnow was married in the 1970s, and had a daughter Johanna, who died in 1987. He married Isabel Goslar in 1982, with whom he has two children: a daughter Mona, and son Roman. They divorced in 1997. He currently divides his time between Los Angeles and Munich. He was involved with Birgit Stein, a German screenwriter and actress. He received American citizenship in 2003.
Schauspieler:
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1. Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (1972), film...Mann Am Stammtisch / Man at the Meeting Table
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2. Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973), film...Hehler
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3. Die Verrohung des Franz Blum (1974), film...Franz Blum
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...Ludwig Götten
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5. Die Konsequenz (1977), film...Martin Kurath
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6. Das Boot (1981), film...Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte
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7. Die unheimliche Macht (1983), film...Captain Klaus Woermann
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8. Dune (1984), film...Duke Leto Atreides
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9. Versteckt (1984), film...Fritz Friedländer
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10. Bulle und das Madchen, Der (1985), film...The Cop
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11. Das Boot (1985), serien
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12. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), film...Maxwell Dent
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13. Terminus End of the Line (1987), film...Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver
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14. Das siebte Zeichen (1988), film...David Bannon
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15. Weiße Zeit der Dürre (1989), film...Captain Stolz
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16. Der Skipper (1990), film...The Skipper
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17. Powerplay (1990), film...Col. Valachev
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18. The Man Inside (1990), film...Gunter Wallraff
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19. Robin Hood (1991), film...Sir Miles Folcanet
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20. Twin Peaks - Der Film (1992), film...Woodsman
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21. Body of Evidence (1992), film...Doctor Alan Paley
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22. Jewels (1992), film...Joachim von Mannheim
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23. Hurricane Smith (1992), film...Charlie Dowd
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24. Jewels (1992), serien
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25. Die letzte Grenze (1993), film...Duke
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26. Die Mächte des Wahnsinns (1994), film...Sutter Cane
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27. Ken Folletts Roter Adler (1994), film...Marteau
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28. Judge Dredd (1995), film...Judge Griffin
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29. Fesseln (1995), film...Guenther
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30. Der englische Patient (1996), film...Major Muller
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31. Prinzessin Alisea (1996), film...Kurdok
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32. Genetic Code (1996), film...Dr. Carl Wessinger
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33. Na opasnoj zemlji (1996), film...Carl Morgan
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34. Air Force One (1997), film...General Alexander Radek
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35. Die Ersatzkiller (1998), film...Michael Kogan
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36. Liebe im Schatten des Drachen (1998), film...Paul Konen
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37. Der blonde Affe (1999), film...Jan Vleuten
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38. Die Falle (1999), film...József Kovács
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39. Inferno der Flammen (1999), film...Quentin Darby
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40. Wing Commander (1999), film...Cdr. Paul Gerald
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41. Esther (1999), film
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42. The Last Stop (2000), film...Fritz
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43. Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000), film...Visitatore / The Inquisitor
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...Sacha Roublev
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...Carl Krieger
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46. Padre Pio: Miracle Man (2000), serien
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...Andrus Bukarin
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...Avi
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49. Ripper - Brief aus der Hölle (2001), film...Detective Kelso
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50. Davon stirbt man nicht (2002), film...Everett Burns
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51. Der Poet (2003), film...Vashon
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52. Code: Baltic Storm (2003), film...Erik Westermark
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53. House of the Dead (2003), film...Kirk
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54. Julie – Agentin des Königs (2004), film
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55. Arnold - Sein Weg nach oben (2005), film...Arnold Schwarzenegger
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56. Bierfest (2006), film...Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen
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57. The Da Vinci Code - Sakrileg (2006), film...Andre Vernet
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58. Die Prophezeiungen von Celestine (2006), film...Jensen
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59. Zombie Onslaught (2006), film...Police Officer
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60. Primeval - Die Fährte des Grauens (2007), film...Jacob Krieg
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61. The Conspiracy (2008), film...Espinosa
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62. Merlin und der Krieg der Drachen (2008), film...The Mage
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63. Die Jagd nach der heiligen Lanze (2010), film...Von Hahn
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64. Sinners and Saints (2010), film...Mr. Rhykin
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65. Company of Heroes (2013), film...Luca Gruenewald
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66. Die Kinder meiner Tochter (2013), film...Ernst Blessing
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67. Ohne Gnade (2013), film...Helmutchen
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68. Elstree 1976 (2015), film...Judge Griffin
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69. Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (2015), film...Pius Ott
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70. Dengler (2015), serien...Dr. Schweikert
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71. Interference (2016), film...Herr Ryser
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72. Leanders letzte Reise (2017), film...Eduard Leander
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73. Kundschafter des Friedens (2017), film...Kern
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...Franz Ludin
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75. Dengler - Die schützende Hand (2017), film...Dr. Schweikert
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76. Der Alte und die Nervensäge (2020), film...Wilhelm
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...Self - Actor (archive footage)
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78. The Last Rifleman (2023), film...Friedrich Mueller