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Michael Kranz

Michael Kranz

Acting

Born: April 17, 1983Ravensburg, Germany

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
Filmography
Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord

Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord

Patrick Wams

2026
Time We Lost

Time We Lost

Verkäufer

2025
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

Liebfried Cantor

2025
Raw Materials

Raw Materials

Massenbach

2024
Morin

Morin

Konrad Dramm

2023
Rehragout-Rendezvous

Rehragout-Rendezvous

Simon Steckenbiller

2023
The Young Chief Winnetou

The Young Chief Winnetou

Freddy

2022
Was Tun

Was Tun

2022
Hannes

Hannes

Florian

2021
12 Tage Sommer

12 Tage Sommer

Henning / Reinhold / Corvin

2021
The Master Butcher

The Master Butcher

Fidelis’ Bruder

2019
FrauMutterTier

FrauMutterTier

Hannes

2019
The Goldfish

The Goldfish

2019
Onkel Wanja

Onkel Wanja

Telegin

2019
Falter

Falter

Dave

2019
Das Leben meiner Tochter

Das Leben meiner Tochter

Norbert Holler

2019
I love Everything I Hate About You

I love Everything I Hate About You

Kai

2018
Ein Sommer im Allgäu

Ein Sommer im Allgäu

2017
Schildkröten Panzer

Schildkröten Panzer

Narrator (voice)

2017
Mutter reicht's jetzt

Mutter reicht's jetzt

Simon

2016
Die Büffel sind los!

Die Büffel sind los!

Landrat Häberle

2016
King Laurin

King Laurin

Bauer Hans

2016
The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

Jan Hartog

2016
Siblings

Siblings

Niels

2016
Heidi

Heidi

Mr. Kandidat

2015
Another Kind of Light

Another Kind of Light

2015
Ein Sommer in Masuren

Ein Sommer in Masuren

Zugschaffner

2015
13 Minutes

13 Minutes

Franz Xaver Lechner

2015

Der Andi ist wieder da

Michael Schäfer

2015
Hirngespinster

Hirngespinster

Guido

2014
Fräulein Else

Fräulein Else

Paul

2014
Finsterworld

Finsterworld

2013
The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

Otto

2013
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?

Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?

Mr. Rupprecht

2013
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte

Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte

Michel

2013
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11

Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11

Bossler

2013
Local Heroes

Local Heroes

Lazlo

2013
The Pursuit of Unhappiness

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Moritz

2012
Rommel

Rommel

Karl Daniel

2012
Sams im Glück

Sams im Glück

Packer 1

2012
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?

Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?

German Sergeant

2012
A Family of Three

A Family of Three

2012
War Horse

War Horse

Junior German Officer

2011
Sommer der Gaukler

Sommer der Gaukler

Alfons

2011
The Last 30 Years

The Last 30 Years

Robert Ostermeier

2010

Die Hummel

Flo

2010
Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat

Hans Saler

2010
The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon

The Tutor

2009
Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

Herrman #3

2009
Hanna und die Bankräuber

Hanna und die Bankräuber

Polizist Kranz

2009

Zwei Zimmer, Balkon

Niklas

2009
Räuber Kneißl

Räuber Kneißl

Gendarm Hildebrand

2008