| Date of Birth:
10 June 1941, Berlin, Germany
Height:
6' (1.83 m)
Mini Biography:
Jürgen Prochnow was born in 1941, in Berlin. Leading man and character actor of the German Stage and screen. Later he also starred in Hollywood films. He was memorable as the submarine captain in Das Boot/The Boat (1981).
IMDb Mini Biography By: André Hansson
Spouse
Isabel Goslar (1982 - 1997) (divorced)
Trivia:
Hobbies: skiing, weight training, fitness, swimming, jogging, tennis
Raised in Dusseldorf and initially pursued a banking career before devoting himself to acting.
Suffered first and second degree burns on his cheek while filming a special effects sequence in the film "Dune."
His first wife in the 1970s gave birth to a daughter named Johanna who died young.
One of his earlier memorable roles was in the ground-breaking 1977 TV film "The Consequence," a love story between two homosexuals. The Bayerischer Rundfunk (public TV and radio station in Bavaria) refused to broadcast the film at the time, but audiences who managed to see it were quite touched by what they saw.
Jürgen Prochnow was considered to play the Terminator. In the movie "See Arnold Run (2005)" he played Allen Shope.
Brother of Dieter Prochnow, father of Roman Prochnow and Mona Prochnow.
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1996
Dubbed Sylvester Stallone in the German Version of Rocky I & Rocky II.
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