24 Finds Jack Bauer’s Nemesis In Jürgen Prochnow

24 has found a new villian in Jürgen Prochnow. For 24’s eighth season, Prochnow will play Bazhaev, the ruthless head of an Eastern European organized crime syndicate.

“He’s essentially a Godfather,” says executive producer Howard Gordon, who teases that President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin) could likely make a return in the new season. “He’s out there somewhere.”

Prochnow is best known as the submarine commander of 1981’s Das Boot as well as appearing in several other movies including Dune, Beverly Hills Cop II , Judge Dredd, Air Force One and The Da Vinci Code.