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Michael Kranz

Michael Kranz

Acting·1983·50 films

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.

As Actor

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds (2009)Herrman #3
War Horse
War Horse (2011)Junior German Officer
The White Ribbon
The White Ribbon (2009)The Tutor
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate (2013)Otto
Heidi
Heidi (2015)Mr. Kandidat
13 Minutes
13 Minutes (2015)Franz Xaver Lechner
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank (2016)Jan Hartog
The Goldfish
The Goldfish (2019)Kursleiter
Rommel
Rommel (2012)Karl Daniel
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat (2010)Hans Saler
Finsterworld
Finsterworld (2013)
Rehragout-Rendezvous
Rehragout-Rendezvous (2023)Simon Steckenbiller
Hannes
Hannes (2021)Florian
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2012)Moritz
Sams im Glück
Sams im Glück (2012)Packer 1
The Master Butcher
The Master Butcher (2019)Fidelis’ Bruder
The Young Chief Winnetou
The Young Chief Winnetou (2022)Freddy
Hirngespinster
Hirngespinster (2014)Guido
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
Ein Sommer im Allgäu (2017)
Das Leben meiner Tochter
Das Leben meiner Tochter (2019)Norbert Holler
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann? (2013)Mr. Rupprecht
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting (2025)Liebfried Cantor
Ein Sommer in Masuren
Ein Sommer in Masuren (2015)Zugschaffner
Räuber Kneißl
Räuber Kneißl (2008)Gendarm Hildebrand
12 Tage Sommer
12 Tage Sommer (2021)Henning / Reinhold / Corvin
A Family of Three
A Family of Three (2012)
Time We Lost
Time We Lost (2025)Lutz Schmauser
Raw Materials
Raw Materials (2024)Massenbach
Another Kind of Light
Another Kind of Light (2015)
King Laurin
King Laurin (2016)Bauer Hans
Siblings
Siblings (2016)Niels
Onkel Wanja
Onkel Wanja (2019)Telegin
Sommer der Gaukler
Sommer der Gaukler (2011)Alfons
Was Tun
Was Tun (2022)
Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord
Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord (2026)Patrick Wams
The Last 30 Years
The Last 30 Years (2010)Robert Ostermeier
FrauMutterTier
FrauMutterTier (2019)Hannes
Die Büffel sind los!
Die Büffel sind los! (2016)Landrat Häberle
Mutter reicht's jetzt
Mutter reicht's jetzt (2016)Simon
Fräulein Else
Fräulein Else (2014)Paul
Morin
Morin (2023)Konrad Dramm
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte (2013)Michel
I love Everything I Hate About You
I love Everything I Hate About You (2018)Kai
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? (2012)German Sergeant
Hanna und die Bankräuber
Hanna und die Bankräuber (2009)Polizist Kranz
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11 (2013)Bossler
Local Heroes
Local Heroes (2013)Lazlo
Falter
Falter (2019)Dave
Schildkröten Panzer
Schildkröten Panzer (2017)Narrator (voice)

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