Michael Kranz

Michael Kranz

Acting
Born 1983-04-17Ravensburg, Germany

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 (52)

Inglourious Basterds
8.2

Inglourious Basterds

2009Movie8.2
Heidi
7.3

Heidi

2015Movie7.3
War Horse
7.3

War Horse

2011Movie7.3
The Fifth Estate
6.0

The Fifth Estate

2013Movie6.0
The White Ribbon
7.5

The White Ribbon

2009Movie7.5
Räuber Kneißl
4.7

Räuber Kneißl

2008Movie4.7
13 Minutes
6.8

13 Minutes

2015Movie6.8
Rommel
6.0

Rommel

2012Movie6.0
Nanga Parbat
6.6

Nanga Parbat

2010Movie6.6
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
6.7

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

2025Movie6.7
Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord
6.2

Der Garmisch Krimi - Wolfsmord

2026Movie6.2
Siblings
3.3

Siblings

2016Movie3.3
Time We Lost
7.2

Time We Lost

2025Movie7.2
Fräulein Else
5.0

Fräulein Else

2014Movie5.0
The Young Chief Winnetou
4.3

The Young Chief Winnetou

2022Movie4.3
Finsterworld
6.4

Finsterworld

2013Movie6.4
The Diary of Anne Frank
7.2

The Diary of Anne Frank

2016Movie7.2
The Goldfish
6.4

The Goldfish

2019Movie6.4
Hannes
5.3

Hannes

2021Movie5.3
The Last 30 Years
2.7

The Last 30 Years

2010Movie2.7
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
5.9

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

2012Movie5.9
Local Heroes

Local Heroes

2013Movie
Rehragout-Rendezvous
6.7

Rehragout-Rendezvous

2023Movie6.7
Sams im Glück
5.3

Sams im Glück

2012Movie5.3
I love Everything I Hate About You
4.0

I love Everything I Hate About You

2018Movie4.0
The Master Butcher
7.8

The Master Butcher

2019Movie7.8
12 Tage Sommer
5.6

12 Tage Sommer

2021Movie5.6
A Family of Three
5.0

A Family of Three

2012Movie5.0
FrauMutterTier
5.0

FrauMutterTier

2019Movie5.0
Hirngespinster
5.5

Hirngespinster

2014Movie5.5
Another Kind of Light
5.8

Another Kind of Light

2015Movie5.8
King Laurin
6.5

King Laurin

2016Movie6.5
Ein Sommer in Masuren
5.4

Ein Sommer in Masuren

2015Movie5.4
Falter

Falter

2019Movie
Was Tun
8.0

Was Tun

2022Movie8.0
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
6.2

Ein Sommer im Allgäu

2017Movie6.2
Das Leben meiner Tochter
6.6

Das Leben meiner Tochter

2019Movie6.6
Raw Materials
5.4

Raw Materials

2024Movie5.4
Der Andi ist wieder da

Der Andi ist wieder da

2015Movie
Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?
5.4

Wer hat Angst vorm weissen Mann?

2013Movie5.4
Sommer der Gaukler
6.0

Sommer der Gaukler

2011Movie6.0
Mutter reicht's jetzt
4.0

Mutter reicht's jetzt

2016Movie4.0
Onkel Wanja
2.7

Onkel Wanja

2019Movie2.7
Die Büffel sind los!
4.8

Die Büffel sind los!

2016Movie4.8
Morin
0.5

Morin

2023Movie0.5
Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11

Achtung Polizei! - Alarm um 11 Uhr 11

2013Movie
Die Hummel

Die Hummel

2010Movie
Zwei Zimmer, Balkon

Zwei Zimmer, Balkon

2009Movie
Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die unbedingt in einem Märchen vorkommen wollte
6.5

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

2013Movie6.5
Hanna und die Bankräuber

Hanna und die Bankräuber

2009Movie
Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?
7.0

Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf?

2012Movie7.0
Schildkröten Panzer

Schildkröten Panzer

2017Movie

TV Shows (11)

Scene of the Crime
6.2

Scene of the Crime

1970Series6.2
Die Bergretter
6.3

Die Bergretter

2009Series6.3
Bettys Diagnose
5.0

Bettys Diagnose

2015Series5.0
Murder by the Lake
7.0

Murder by the Lake

2014Series7.0
München 7
7.5

München 7

2004Series7.5
Kommissarin Lucas
5.8

Kommissarin Lucas

2003Series5.8
The Signal
6.4

The Signal

2024Series6.4
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood
6.7

Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood

2020Series6.7
Hindafing
6.9

Hindafing

2017Series6.9
Die Augenzeugen
8.7

Die Augenzeugen

2024Series8.7
Hammer & Sichl

Hammer & Sichl

2013Series