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Michael Kranz

Acting
Known For

42 Years Old

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. 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.

Born

Ravensburg, Germany on 17th April 1983

All Credits

Scene of the Crime Image
Scene of the Crime
Karsten
Bettys Diagnose Image
Bettys Diagnose
Christoph Wendrup
Die Bergretter Image
Die Bergretter
Steffen Haflinger
Kommissarin Lucas Image
Kommissarin Lucas
Kai Benner
München 7 Image
München 7
Jörg
The Signal Image
The Signal
Gregor
Murder by the Lake Image
Murder by the Lake
Peter Wolfahrt
Inglourious Basterds Image
Inglourious Basterds
Herrman #3
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood Image
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood
Alfons Urban
Eyewitness Image
Eyewitness
Sascha Wolf
Hindafing Image
Hindafing
Pfarrer Kraus
War Horse Image
War Horse
Junior German Officer
The Fifth Estate Image
The Fifth Estate
Otto
The White Ribbon Image
The White Ribbon
The Tutor
Heidi Image
Heidi
Mr. Kandidat
Hammer & Sichl Image
Hammer & Sichl
Polizist
Rommel Image
Rommel
Karl Daniel
13 Minutes Image
13 Minutes
Franz Xaver Lechner
The Diary of Anne Frank Image
The Diary of Anne Frank
Jan Hartog
Nanga Parbat Image
Nanga Parbat
Hans Saler
The Goldfish Image
The Goldfish
Rehragout-Rendezvous Image
Rehragout-Rendezvous
Simon Steckenbiller
Hannes Image
Hannes
Florian
King Laurin Image
King Laurin
Bauer Hans
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann? Image
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?
Mr. Rupprecht
Finsterworld Image
Finsterworld
FrauMutterTier Image
FrauMutterTier
Das Leben meiner Tochter Image
Das Leben meiner Tochter
Norbert Holler
Hirngespinster Image
Hirngespinster
Guido
The Master Butcher Image
The Master Butcher
Fidelis’ Bruder
The Young Chief Winnetou Image
The Young Chief Winnetou
Freddy
The Pursuit of Unhappiness Image
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
Moritz
Ein Sommer im Allgäu Image
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
Räuber Kneißl Image
Räuber Kneißl
Gendarm Hildebrand
Falter Image
Falter
Dave
No Image
Rita und Hans
Verkäufer
A Family of Three Image
A Family of Three
Sams im Glück Image
Sams im Glück
Packer 1
Raw Materials Image
Raw Materials
Massenbach
Another Kind of Light Image
Another Kind of Light
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting Image
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Liebfried Cantor
Ein Sommer in Masuren Image
Ein Sommer in Masuren
Zugschaffner
12 Tage Sommer Image
12 Tage Sommer
Henning / Reinhold / Corvin
The Last 30 Years Image
The Last 30 Years
Robert Ostermeier
Mutter reicht's jetzt Image
Mutter reicht's jetzt
Simon
I love Everything I Hate About You Image
I love Everything I Hate About You
Kai
Was Tun Image
Was Tun
Morin Image
Morin
Konrad Dramm
Onkel Wanja Image
Onkel Wanja
Telegin
Siblings Image
Siblings
Niels
Die Büffel sind los! Image
Die Büffel sind los!
Landrat Häberle
Sommer der Gaukler Image
Sommer der Gaukler
Alfons
No Image
An der Grenze
Fräulein Else Image
Fräulein Else
Paul
No Image
Der Andi ist wieder da
Michael Schäfer
Hanna und die Bankräuber Image
Hanna und die Bankräuber
Polizist Kranz
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte Image
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte
Michel
No Image
Die Hummel
Flo
Schildkröten Panzer Image
Schildkröten Panzer
Narrator (voice)
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11 Image
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11
Bossler
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? Image
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?
German Sergeant
No Image
Zwei Zimmer, Balkon
Niklas