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Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Michael Kranz
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.1
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 1643968
IMDb ID: nm2947895
Known for: Acting
Born: April 17, 1983
Age: 42
Place of birth: Ravensburg, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2025
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q1928284
Frequent jobs
Script (1)Sound Mixer (1)Writer (1)
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. 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.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Michael Kranz.
8.2
Inglourious Basterds
as Herrman #3
2009 Movie
7.5
The White Ribbon
as The Tutor
2009 Movie
7.3
War Horse
as Junior German Officer
2011 Movie
7.2
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Jan Hartog
2016 Movie
7.2
Heidi
as Mr. Kandidat
2015 Movie
6.8
13 Minutes
as Franz Xaver Lechner
2015 Movie
6.4
The Goldfish
2019 Movie
6.0
The Fifth Estate
as Otto
2013 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Michael Kranz.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Michael Kranz.
8.2
Inglourious Basterds
as Herrman #3
2009 Movie
7.2
Heidi
as Mr. Kandidat
2015 Movie
7.3
War Horse
as Junior German Officer
2011 Movie
6.6
Nanga Parbat
as Hans Saler
2010 Movie
7.5
The White Ribbon
as The Tutor
2009 Movie
4.7
Räuber Kneißl
as Gendarm Hildebrand
2008 Movie
6.1
Rommel
as Karl Daniel
2012 Movie
3.3
Siblings
as Niels
2016 Movie
6.0
The Fifth Estate
as Otto
2013 Movie
5.0
Fräulein Else
as Paul
2014 Movie
5.9
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
as Moritz
2012 Movie
Local Heroes
as Lazlo
2013 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Michael Kranz.
6.2
Scene of the Crime
as Karsten • 1 eps
1970 Series
5.0
Bettys Diagnose
as Christoph Wendrup • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Die Bergretter
as Steffen Haflinger • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.0
Murder by the Lake
as Peter Wolfahrt • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
München 7
as Jörg • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.4
The Signal
as Gregor • 4 eps
2024 Series
5.7
Kommissarin Lucas
as Kai Benner • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.8
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood
as Alfons Urban • 6 eps
2020 Series
8.7
Die Augenzeugen
as Sascha Wolf • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.9
Hindafing
as Pfarrer Kraus • 12 eps
2017 Series
Hammer & Sichl
as Polizist • 1 eps
2013 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Michael Kranz.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Michael Kranz.
7.3
Time We Lost
as Verkäufer
2025 Movie
6.8
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
as Liebfried Cantor
2025 Movie
5.3
Raw Materials
as Massenbach
2024 Movie
0.5
Morin
as Konrad Dramm
2023 Movie
6.7
Rehragout-Rendezvous
as Simon Steckenbiller
2023 Movie
4.3
The Young Chief Winnetou
as Freddy
2022 Movie
8.0
Was Tun
2022 Movie
5.3
Hannes
as Florian
2021 Movie
5.6
12 Tage Sommer
as Henning / Reinhold / Corvin
2021 Movie
7.9
The Master Butcher
as Fidelis’ Bruder
2019 Movie
5.0
FrauMutterTier
as Hannes
2019 Movie
6.4
The Goldfish
2019 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Michael Kranz.
8.7
Die Augenzeugen
as Sascha Wolf • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.4
The Signal
as Gregor • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.8
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood
as Alfons Urban • 6 eps
2020 Series
6.9
Hindafing
as Pfarrer Kraus • 12 eps
2017 Series
5.0
Bettys Diagnose
as Christoph Wendrup • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Murder by the Lake
as Peter Wolfahrt • 1 eps
2014 Series
Hammer & Sichl
as Polizist • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.3
Die Bergretter
as Steffen Haflinger • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.0
München 7
as Jörg • 1 eps
2004 Series
5.7
Kommissarin Lucas
as Kai Benner • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.2
Scene of the Crime
as Karsten • 1 eps
1970 Series