History Creator / JurgenProchnow

His brother Dieter Prochnow is also an actor, though only in German language productions.

[[caption-width-right:250:"Na, Männer. Alles klar?"]]

The [[StarMakingRole role that made him famous]] both in his birth country and internationally is the stern but [[AFatherToHisMen fatherly-to-his-men]] Captain-Lieutenant Henrich "Der Alte" Lehmann-Willenbrock in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII {{sub|story}}marine film ''Film/DasBoot'', one of his multiple collaborations with Creator/WolfgangPetersen.

* ''Film/DasBoot'' (1981) as ''Kapitän-Leutnant'' Henrich "Der Alte" Lehmann-Willenbrock

* ''The Seventh Sign'' (1988) as David Bannon

The [[StarMakingRole role that made him famous]] both in his birth country and internationally is the stern but [[AFatherToHisMen fatherly-to-his-men]] Captain-Lieutenant Henrich "Der Alte" Lehmann-Willenbrock in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII {{sub|story}}marine film ''Film/DasBoot'', his third film to be directed by Creator/WolfgangPetersen.

The [[StarMakingRole role that made him famous]] both in his birth country and internationally is the stern but [[AFatherToHisMen fatherly-to-his-men]] Captain-Lieutenant Henrich "Der Alte" Lehmann-Willenbrock in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII {{sub|story}}marine film ''Film/DasBoot''.

Jürgen Prochnow (born June 10, 1941 in Berlin) is a veteran German-American actor.

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career since then, from Z/B-grade movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also kind of [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed into playing villains]].

* ''Film/{{Dune}}'' (1984) as Duke Leto Atreides

Jürgen Prochnow (born 10 June 1941 in Berlin) is a veteran German-American actor.

* ''The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum'' (1975) as Ludwig Götten

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career since then, from Z/B movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also kind of [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed into playing villains]].

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career since, from Z/B movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also kind of [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed into playing villains]].

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career since, from Z-/B-movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also kind of [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed into playing villains]].

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career, from Z-/B-movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also kind of [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed into playing villains]].

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career, from Z/B-movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also kind of [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed into playing villains]].

* ''Film/HitmanAgent47'' (2015) as Tobias

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career, from Z/B-movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also [[{{Typecasting}} kind of pigeonholed into playing villains]].

He's had roles in an odd variety of productions in his career, from Z/B-movies to A-grade Hollywoodian blockbusters and television series. He's also [[{{Typecasting}} often pigeonholed as villains]].