Jürgen Prohnov is a German actor. In the track record of a native of the city of Berlin 139 works in the cinema. He first appeared on the set in 1970, when he was invited to the multi-part project "Crime Scene".
According to the zodiac sign Gemini. He was married twice, now lives alone. The father of two children. The growth of the actor is 182 cm.
Films, categories, awards
He gained worldwide fame after the publication of the military drama directed by Wolfgang Petersen's Submarine, in which he played the main role - the captain of the ship Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock.
Films with Jürgen Prokhnov belong to the following movie genres:
- Biography: "Father Pio", "Esther the Beautiful."
- Western: Arrows of Honor: Defiant Rebels.
- Detective "Twin Peaks: Cut scenes", "Da Vinci Code", "Twin Peaks: Through the Fire."
- Drama: "The Last Journey of Leander," "Remember," "The Conspiracy in Escorial," "The Prophecy of Celeste."
- History: Nanjing.
- Short film.
- Melodrama: "Robin Hood", "Forbidden Love", "English Patient", "One of the Two of Us."
- Adventures: "Spear of Fate", "Fight with the Lions", "Dune", "Legends of the North".
- Sport: Fart.
- Action: Old Intelligence, Primal Evil, Squadron Commander, Merlin and the Last Dragon.
- Military: Submarine, BBC: World War I 1914-1918.
- Documentary: Tradition, War and Peace.
- The game.
- Comedy: "Slaughter Vodka", "Beer Boom", "Jack the Dog."
- Crime: "Sinners and Saints", "Special Forces Elite", "Judge Dredd".
- Music.
The German actor Jürgen Prokhnov worked with such famous actors as Thomas Kretschman, Kiefer Sutherland, Birgit Stein, Bruno Ganz, Udo Kir, Everett McGill, Spencer Garrett and others.
He starred in directors: David Lynch, Lars Becker, Wolfgang Petersen, Erich Neuroiter, Uwe Boll, etc.
In 1997, he claimed, along with the other performers of the film "The English Patient", to receive an award from the Guild of Actors in the nomination "Best Cast".
Biography
Jürgen Prokhnov was born on June 10, 1941 in the German city of Berlin. The father of the future actor was an engineer. According to Jürgen, who was born during the Second World War, he recalls the feeling of intense fear that he then experienced.
Jurgen spent his youthful years in the city of Dusseldorf. He became a professional actor after graduating from the Folkwang University of the Arts, located in Essen.
One of his first films was the supporting role in the German film "Lost Honor of Katarina Blum", which shows the panic that occurred with German politicians in the 1970s, when a terrorist group of the left orientation "Red Army Faction" was operating in Germany.
Interesting Facts
- Our hero began his journey to great roles and fame at the age of thirteen, when he got into an amateur theater, in which he engaged in acting.
- He could play the protagonist of the legendary film "The Terminator" in 1984, but twenty years later he will reincarnate on the big screen as the actor who starred instead of him in this tape - Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- His voice says the hero of the Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone in the version of the picture "Rocky 1-2", intended for rental in Germany.
- He is one of the most popular and famous German actors.
- Jürgen Prokhnov has made a brilliant acting career in the United States, largely because he is fluent in English.
- During the filming of the science-fiction film "Dune," his face was badly burned due to the negligence of the staff responsible for special effects.
Top movies
In 1981, Jürgen Prokhnov starred in the film "Submarine", which tells about the events of the Second World War, when a German submarine went on a regular combat voyage. The film was highly appreciated by film critics, largely due to its well-adjusted and vibrant acting.
In the 1984 film Dune, based on the cult novel by F. Herbert, he was approved for the role of the Duke of Summer Atreides. Despite the scattering of Hollywood stars who played in it, the film failed at the box office: with a budget of $ 42 million, Dune raised only 27 million in US theaters and became unprofitable.
In the film adaptation of the work of Andre Brink "Dry White Season" was played by Captain Stolz. The picture tells about a school teacher from South Africa who is trying to help a black gardener achieve a fair trial of those involved in the murder of his son. The film "Dry White Law" received the award at the Tokyo Film Festival in the nomination "Best Actor" (Marlon Brando).
In 1995, together with Sylvester Stallone, he played in the fantastic action movie “Judge Dredd”.
In 2006, Jürgen Prohnov included in the list of his works the role of Andre Vernet in the film “The Da Vinci Code” - a mystical thriller based on the novel of the same name by writer Dan Brown.
New roles
In 2012, he starred in the films Damascus Shelter, Old Scouts, Traditions, and Leander's Last Journey. In the latter he played an old man who came to Ukraine to find his beloved, whom he lost touch with during the Second World War.
In 2018, Jürgen Prokhnov was engaged in the project “Out of Time”, in which he played Dr. Kensington, and “Radegund”.