Michael Kranz
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.
Filmography
Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord
as Patrick Wams
Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord
as Patrick Wams
Time We Lost
as Lutz Schmauser
Time We Lost
as Lutz Schmauser
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
as Liebfried Cantor
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
as Liebfried Cantor
Raw Materials
as Massenbach
Raw Materials
as Massenbach
Morin
as Konrad Dramm
Morin
as Konrad Dramm
Rehragout-Rendezvous
as Simon Steckenbiller
Rehragout-Rendezvous
as Simon Steckenbiller
The Young Chief Winnetou
as Freddy
The Young Chief Winnetou
as Freddy
Was Tun
Was Tun
Hannes
as Florian
Hannes
as Florian
12 Tage Sommer
as Henning / Reinhold / Corvin
12 Tage Sommer
as Henning / Reinhold / Corvin
The Master Butcher
as Fidelis’ Bruder
The Master Butcher
as Fidelis’ Bruder
FrauMutterTier
as Hannes
FrauMutterTier
as Hannes
The Goldfish
as Kursleiter
The Goldfish
as Kursleiter
Onkel Wanja
as Telegin
Onkel Wanja
as Telegin
Falter
as Dave
Falter
as Dave
Das Leben meiner Tochter
as Norbert Holler
Das Leben meiner Tochter
as Norbert Holler
I love Everything I Hate About You
as Kai
I love Everything I Hate About You
as Kai
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
Mutter reicht's jetzt
as Simon
Mutter reicht's jetzt
as Simon
Die Büffel sind los!
as Landrat Häberle
Die Büffel sind los!
as Landrat Häberle
King Laurin
as Bauer Hans
King Laurin
as Bauer Hans
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Jan Hartog
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Jan Hartog
Siblings
as Niels
Siblings
as Niels
Heidi
as Mr. Kandidat
Heidi
as Mr. Kandidat
Another Kind of Light
Another Kind of Light
Ein Sommer in Masuren
as Zugschaffner
Ein Sommer in Masuren
as Zugschaffner
Der Andi ist wieder da
as Michael Schäfer
Der Andi ist wieder da
as Michael Schäfer
Hirngespinster
as Guido
Hirngespinster
as Guido
Fräulein Else
as Paul
Fräulein Else
as Paul
The Fifth Estate
as Otto
The Fifth Estate
as Otto
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?
as Mr. Rupprecht
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?
as Mr. Rupprecht
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte
as Michel
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte
as Michel
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11
as Bossler
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11
as Bossler
Local Heroes
as Lazlo
Local Heroes
as Lazlo
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
as Moritz
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
as Moritz
Rommel
as Karl Daniel
Rommel
as Karl Daniel
Sams im Glück
as Packer 1
Sams im Glück
as Packer 1
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?
as German Sergeant
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?
as German Sergeant
War Horse
as Junior German Officer
War Horse
as Junior German Officer
Sommer der Gaukler
as Alfons
Sommer der Gaukler
as Alfons
The Last 30 Years
as Robert Ostermeier
The Last 30 Years
as Robert Ostermeier
Die Hummel
as Flo
Die Hummel
as Flo
Nanga Parbat
as Hans Saler
Nanga Parbat
as Hans Saler
Inglourious Basterds
as Herrman #3
Inglourious Basterds
as Herrman #3
Hanna und die Bankräuber
as Polizist Kranz
Hanna und die Bankräuber
as Polizist Kranz
Räuber Kneißl
as Gendarm Hildebrand
Räuber Kneißl
as Gendarm Hildebrand