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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.
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Movie | The Last Rifleman | Friedrich Mueller | 2023-12-07 |
Movie | A Hidden Life | Major Schlegel | 2019-08-27 |
Movie | Kundschafter des Friedens | Kern | 2017-01-26 |
Movie | Damascus Cover | Franz Ludin | 2017-10-23 |
Movie | Dengler - Die schützende Hand | Dr. Schweikert | 2017-11-07 |
Movie | The Final Journey | Eduard | 2017-09-21 |
Movie | Interference | Herr Dryser | 2016-02-16 |
Movie | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pius Ott | 2016-01-14 |
Movie | Remember | Rudy Kurlander #4 | 2015-10-23 |
Movie | Hitman: Agent 47 | Tobias | 2015-08-20 |
Movie | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Woodsman | 2014-07-16 |
Movie | Ein schmaler Grat | Uwe Wolfmann | 2013-01-22 |
Movie | Ohne Gnade | Helmutchen | 2013-05-02 |
Movie | Die Kinder meiner Tochter | Ernst Blessing | 2013-05-04 |
Movie | Company of Heroes | Luca Gruenewald | 2013-02-25 |
Movie | Die Schuld der Erben | Kurt Hanson | 2012-01-05 |
Movie | Spear of Destiny | Baron Von Haan | 2010-04-01 |
Movie | Sinners and Saints | Mr. Rhykin | 2010-06-30 |
Movie | Amigo - Dead on Arrival | Fredo Kovacs | 2010-10-02 |
Movie | Oko ve zdi | 2009-12-03 | |
Movie | Merlin and the War of the Dragons | The Mage | 2008-11-25 |
Movie | La conjura de El Escorial | Espinosa | 2008-09-05 |
Movie | Ohne einander | Ernest | 2007-03-19 |
Movie | Primeval | Jacob Krieg | 2007-01-12 |
Movie | The Da Vinci Code | André Vernet | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | Chain Reaction | Police Man | 2006-03-18 |
Movie | The Celestine Prophecy | Jensen | 2006-06-01 |
Movie | Schröders wunderbare Welt | John Gregory | 2006-11-17 |
Movie | Beerfest | Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen | 2006-08-25 |
Movie | Julie, chevalier de Maupin | Le baron Hengen | 2005-01-10 |
Movie | See Arnold Run | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 2005-01-30 |
Movie | Rilke Projekt: Zwischen Tag Und Traum (Live 2005) | Jürgen Prochnow | 2005-04-18 |
Series | Nachtschicht | Friedrich Otto Winterstein | 2003-03-24 |
Movie | Baltic Storm | Erik Westermark | 2003-09-01 |
Movie | The Poet | Vashon | 2003-11-20 |
Movie | House of the Dead | Kirk | 2003-04-11 |
Movie | Heart of America | Harold Lewis | 2002-09-05 |
Movie | Davon stirbt man nicht | Everett Burns | 2002-10-31 |
Movie | The Elite | Avi | 2001-02-28 |
Movie | Last Run | Andrus Bukarin | 2001-07-01 |
Movie | Gunblast Vodka | Sacha Roublev | 2001-08-08 |
Movie | Dark Asylum | Dr. Fallon | 2001-11-08 |
Movie | Ripper: Letter from Hell | Detective Kelso | 2001-08-08 |
Movie | Poison | Carl Krieger | 2000-04-04 |
Series | Padre Pio: Miracle Man | Visitatore | 2000-04-17 |
Movie | The Last Stop | Fritz | 2000-05-16 |
Movie | Final Ascent | Paul | 2000-11-05 |
Movie | The Fall | József Kovács | 1999-02-01 |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Wing Commander | Cdr. Paul Gerald | 1999-03-11 |
Movie | The Millennium Disaster - Computer Crash 2000 | Hans Hagemann | 1999-12-28 |
Movie | Heaven's Fire | Quentin Darby | 1999-08-07 |
Movie | Der blonde Affe | Jan Vleuten | 1999-04-04 |
Movie | Esther | Haman | 1999-03-29 |
Movie | The Replacement Killers | Michael Kogan | 1998-02-06 |
Movie | Human Bomb | Gerhardt Dach | 1998-05-26 |
Movie | From China with Love | Paul Konen | 1998-10-09 |
Movie | The Cry Of Love | Holger | 1997-03-05 |
Movie | DNA | Dr. Carl Wessinger | 1997-03-07 |
Movie | Air Force One | General Ivan Radek | 1997-07-25 |
Movie | The English Patient | Major Muller | 1996-11-14 |
Movie | On Dangerous Ground | Carl Morgan | 1996-05-13 |
Movie | In the Mouth of Madness | Sutter Cane | 1995-02-03 |
Movie | Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd' | Himself | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Judge Dredd | Judge Griffin | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Fesseln | Günther | 1995-11-28 |
Movie | Tödliche Wahl | Alex Bronner | 1995-11-20 |
Movie | Lie Down with Lions | Marteau | 1994-06-12 |
Movie | Guns of Honor | Jack Neumann | 1994-10-27 |
Movie | Trigger Fast | Jack Neumann | 1994-07-06 |
Movie | Body of Evidence | Dr. Alan Paley | 1993-01-15 |
Series | The Fire Next Time | Larry Richter | 1993-04-18 |
Movie | The Last Border | Duke | 1993-08-20 |
Movie | Der Fall Lucona | Jorunalist Strasser | 1993-06-10 |
Movie | Die Wildnis | Brenner | 1993-10-01 |
Movie | Hurricane Smith | Charlie Dowd | 1992-01-31 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Woodsman | 1992-06-03 |
Series | Jewels | Joachim von Mannheim | 1992-10-18 |
Movie | Interceptor | Phillips | 1992-10-13 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Sir Miles Folcanet | 1991-05-13 |
Movie | The Fourth War | Col. Valachev | 1990-03-08 |
Movie | The Man Inside | Günter Wallraff | 1990-10-26 |
Movie | Kill Cruise | The Skipper | 1990-04-05 |
Movie | A Dry White Season | Captain Stolz | 1989-09-20 |
Movie | The Seventh Sign | David Bannon | 1988-04-01 |
Movie | Terminus | Sir / Doctor / Yellow Truck's Driver | 1987-01-28 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop II | Maxwell Dent | 1987-05-18 |
Movie | Devil's Paradise | Escher | 1987-05-07 |
Movie | Killing Cars | Ralph Korda | 1986-02-13 |
Movie | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Adam Berwid | 1985-10-01 |
Movie | The Cop & the Girl | Der Bulle | 1985-04-18 |
Movie | Dune | Duke Leto Atreides | 1984-12-14 |
Movie | The Keep | Captain Klaus Woermann | 1983-12-16 |
Movie | Love is Forever | General Siegfried Kaplan | 1983-04-03 |
Movie | Krieg und Frieden | Kevin | 1982-09-30 |
Series | A Case For Two | KHK Max Gerber | 1981-09-11 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | Das Boot | Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte' | 1981-09-17 |
Movie | So weit das Auge reicht | Alexander Späh | 1980-08-08 |
Movie | Kotte | Günther Kotte | 1979-02-12 |
Movie | The Consequence | Martin Kurath | 1977-12-02 |
Movie | Operation Ganymed | Oss | 1977-12-11 |
Movie | Shirin's Wedding | Aida | 1976-01-20 |
Series | Schaurige Geschichten | Piet | 1976-02-20 |
Movie | The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum | Ludwig Götten | 1975-01-10 |
Movie | One or the Other of Us | Bernd Ziegenhals | 1974-04-22 |
Movie | The Brutalization of Franz Blum | Franz Blum | 1974-03-26 |
Movie | Tenderness of the Wolves | Hehler | 1973-07-12 |
Movie | Zoff | Joky | 1972-01-21 |
Movie | Auf Befehl erschossen | Franz Sass | 1972-12-01 |
Movie | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Man at the Meeting Table | 1972-02-10 |
Movie | Knast | Roloff | 1972-11-22 |
Movie | Unternehmer | Arnold | 1970-12-29 |
Series | Scene of the Crime | Hans Rodenburg | 1970-11-29 |