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Michael Kranz
Actor

Michael Kranz

17 Apr 1983Born
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Ravensburg, GermanyBirthplace

Biography

Since his father was the senior physician of a ward in the Bad Schussenried Centre for Psychiatry, he grew up with his three siblings in a service flat on the former hospital grounds. He attended the Studienkolleg St.Johann Blönried and graduated from there in 2003. At the age of 17, he lived for one year on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where he graduated from Red Cloud High School in 2001.

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In 2008 he completed his acting education at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich.

He studied at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München and graduated there in March 2018 with a diploma in documentary film directing and television journalism.

Internationally, Kranz was seen in the drama The White Ribbon (2009) by Michael Haneke, in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds and in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies. He became known to a wider television audience with the series Hindafing, in which he plays the city priest Kraus. The series was awarded the Austrian film prize Romy in 2018.

His spot myBorder's joyFence was awarded the First Steps Award and the Porsche Award in 2018.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2026Der Garmisch Krimi - WolfsmordFilm: Patrick Wams
  2. 2025Time We LostFilm: Lutz Schmauser
  3. 2025Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost PaintingFilm: Liebfried Cantor
  4. 2024Die AugenzeugenSeries: Sascha Wolf (4 episodes)
  5. 2024Raw MaterialsFilm: Massenbach
  6. 2024The SignalSeries: Gregor (4 episodes)
  7. 2023MorinFilm: Konrad Dramm
  8. 2023Rehragout-RendezvousFilm: Simon Steckenbiller
  9. 2022The Young Chief WinnetouFilm: Freddy
  10. 2022Was TunFilm: Writer, Director
  11. 2021HannesFilm: Florian
  12. 202112 Tage SommerFilm: Henning / Reinhold / Corvin
  13. 2020Oktoberfest: Beer and BloodSeries: Alfons Urban (6 episodes)
  14. 2019The Master ButcherFilm: Fidelis’ Bruder
  15. 2019FrauMutterTierFilm: Hannes
  16. 2019The GoldfishFilm: Kursleiter
  17. 2019Onkel WanjaFilm: Telegin
  18. 2019FalterFilm: Dave
  19. 2019Das Leben meiner TochterFilm: Norbert Holler
  20. 2018MyBorder's JOYFenceFilm: Director
  21. 2018I love Everything I Hate About YouFilm: Kai
  22. 2017Ein Sommer im AllgäuFilm
  23. 2017Schildkröten PanzerFilm: Narrator (voice)
  24. 2017HindafingSeries: Pfarrer Kraus (12 episodes)
  25. 2016Mutter reicht's jetztFilm: Simon
  26. 2016Die Büffel sind los!Film: Landrat Häberle
  27. 2016King LaurinFilm: Bauer Hans
  28. 2016The Diary of Anne FrankFilm: Jan Hartog
  29. 2016SiblingsFilm: Niels
  30. 2015HeidiFilm: Mr. Kandidat
  31. 2015Another Kind of LightFilm
  32. 2015Ein Sommer in MasurenFilm: Zugschaffner
  33. 201513 MinutesFilm: Franz Xaver Lechner
  34. 2015Der Andi ist wieder daFilm: Michael Schäfer
  35. 2015Bettys DiagnoseSeries: Christoph Wendrup (1 episode)
  36. 2014Murder by the LakeSeries: Peter Wolfahrt (1 episode)
  37. 2014HirngespinsterFilm: Guido
  38. 2014Fräulein ElseFilm: Paul
  39. 2013Hammer & SichlSeries: Polizist (1 episode)
  40. 2013FinsterworldFilm
  41. 2013The Fifth EstateFilm: Otto
  42. 2013Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?Film: Mr. Rupprecht
  43. 2013Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollteFilm: Michel
  44. 2013Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11Film: Bossler
  45. 2013Local HeroesFilm: Lazlo
  46. 2012The Pursuit of UnhappinessFilm: Moritz
  47. 2012RommelFilm: Karl Daniel
  48. 2012Sams im GlückFilm: Packer 1
  49. 2012Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?Film: German Sergeant
  50. 2012A Family of ThreeFilm
  51. 2011War HorseFilm: Junior German Officer
  52. 2011Sommer der GauklerFilm: Alfons
  53. 2010The Last 30 YearsFilm: Robert Ostermeier
  54. 2010Die HummelFilm: Flo
  55. 2010Nanga ParbatFilm: Hans Saler
  56. 2009Die BergretterSeries: Steffen Haflinger, Mathias Baumgartner (1 episode)
  57. 2009The White RibbonFilm: The Tutor
  58. 2009Inglourious BasterdsFilm: Herrman #3
  59. 2009Hanna und die BankräuberFilm: Polizist Kranz
  60. 2009Zwei Zimmer, BalkonFilm: Niklas
  61. 2008Räuber KneißlFilm: Gendarm Hildebrand
  62. 2004München 7Series: Jörg (1 episode)
  63. 2003Kommissarin LucasSeries: Kai Benner (1 episode)
  64. 1970Scene of the CrimeSeries: Karsten (1 episode)

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