About

Known credits:
55
Birthday:
1983-04-17
Place of birth:
Ravensburg, Germany
Website:
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Michael Kranz

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2024 Raw Materials Actor Massenbach 59
Average
2023 Morin Actor Konrad Dramm 58
Average
2023 Rehragout-Rendezvous Actor Simon Steckenbiller 59
Average
2022 The Young Chief Winnetou Actor Freddy 58
Average
2022 Was Tun Actor 59
Average
2021 Hannes Actor Florian 59
Average
2021 12 Tage Sommer Actor Henning / Reinhold / Corvin 59
Average
2020 Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood Actor Alfons Urban 68
Fair
2019 The Master Butcher Actor Fidelis’ Bruder 59
Average
2019 The Goldfish Actor 59
Average
2019 Onkel Wanja Actor Telegin 59
Average
2019 Falter Actor Dave N/A
N/A
2019 Das Leben meiner Tochter Actor Norbert Holler 59
Average
2018 I love Everything I Hate About You Actor Kai N/A
N/A
2017 Ein Sommer im Allgäu Actor 59
Average
2017 Schildkröten Panzer Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
2017 Hindafing Actor Pfarrer Kraus 69
Fair
2016 Mutter reicht's jetzt Actor Simon 58
Average
2016 Die Büffel sind los! Actor Landrat Häberle 59
Average
2016 King Laurin Actor Bauer Hans 59
Average
2016 The Diary of Anne Frank Actor Jan Hartog 61
Fair
2016 Siblings Actor Niels 59
Average
2015 Heidi Actor Mr. Kandidat 64
Fair
2015 Another Kind of Light Actor 59
Average
2015 Ein Sommer in Masuren Actor Zugschaffner 58
Average
2015 13 Minutes Actor Franz Xaver Lechner 62
Fair
2015 Der Andi ist wieder da Actor Michael Schäfer N/A
N/A
2014 Hirngespinster Actor Guido 59
Average
2014 Fräulein Else Actor Paul 58
Average
2013 The Fifth Estate Actor Otto 59
Average
2013 Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann? Actor Mr. Rupprecht 58
Average
2013 Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte Actor Court Jester 59
Average
2013 Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11 Actor Bossler N/A
N/A
2012 The Pursuit of Unhappiness Actor Moritz 59
Average
2012 Rommel Actor Karl Daniel 59
Average
2012 Sams im Glück Actor Packer 1 58
Average
2012 Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? Actor German Sergeant 58
Average
2012 A Family of Three Actor 59
Average
2011 War Horse Actor Junior German Officer 71
Good
2011 Sommer der Gaukler Actor Alfons 59
Average
2010 The Last 30 Years Actor Robert Ostermeier N/A
N/A
2010 Die Hummel Actor Flo N/A
N/A
2010 Nanga Parbat Actor Hans Saler 59
Average
2009 The White Ribbon Actor The Tutor 69
Fair
2009 Inglourious Basterds Actor Herrman #3 81
Very good
2009 Hanna und die Bankräuber Actor Polizist Kranz N/A
N/A
2009 Zwei Zimmer, Balkon Actor Niklas N/A
N/A
2008 Räuber Kneißl Actor Gendarm Hildebrand 58
Average

Directing
2022 Was Tun Directing Director 59
Average
2018 MyBorder's JOYFence Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2022 Was Tun Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
2022 Was Tun Production Producer 59
Average

Sound
1990 Pink Palace, Paradise Beach Sound Sound Mixer N/A
N/A

Camera
2022 Was Tun Camera Camera Operator 59
Average

Crew
2018 MyBorder's JOYFence Crew Script N/A
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