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David Kross

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David Kross

Born July 4, 1990 in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany36 films

David Kross (born 4 July 1990) is a German actor. He began his career at a young age with a small role in the 2002 film Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge and worked sporadically, mainly focusing on his schoolwork. In 2008, he portrayed Michael Berg in the film The Reader. For his part, he was nominated for various awards. He went on to win the Sierra Award at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for his work in Youth in Film.

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Kross has since worked in both German and English-speaking film roles, including War Horse, Race, and Into the White.

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Balloon posterFirst watchBalloon20187.5as Günter WetzelTwo families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Reader poster7.5The Reader2008War Horse poster7.3War Horse2011The King's Man poster6.7The King's Man2021Race poster7.3Race2016The Keeper poster7.4The Keeper2018Into the White poster6.9Into the White2012Rising High poster6.5Rising High2020The World Will Tremble poster7.4The World Will Tremble2025

Filmography

36 films as actor
  1. TBANorth Pole
  2. TBAWind of ChangeAndrej
  3. TBAGlenn Gould LoversGeorg Weisman
  4. 2026My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and MeMatze
  5. 2025FabulaThe Grape
  6. 2025The World Will TrembleLange
  7. 2024Everything's Fifty FiftyRobin
  8. 2024Home Sweet Home - Where Evil LivesViktor
  9. 2023The PeacockDavid
  10. 2022A Stasi ComedyLudger (jung)
  11. 2021The King's ManMoustached Man
  12. 2021PreyRoman
  13. 2021Confessions of Felix KrullLouis de Venosta
  14. 2020Rising HighViktor Steiner
  15. 2018The KeeperBert Trautmann
  16. 2018BalloonGünter Wetzel
  17. 2017My Brother SimpleSimpel
  18. 2017Halal DaddyJasper
  19. 2016The Pasta Detectives 3Rainer Kiesling
  20. 2016RaceCarl "Luz" Long
  21. 2016The General CaseJoachim Hell
  22. 2015Boy 7Sam (Boy 7)
  23. 2014The Pasta DetectivesRainer Kiesling
  24. 2013AngéliqueLouis XIV
  25. 2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasThe Preacher
  26. 2012The Pursuit of UnhappinessBenno
  27. 2012Measuring the WorldEugen Gauß
  28. 2012Into the WhiteJosef Auchtor
  29. 2011War HorseGunther
  30. 2011Promising the MoonYoung Osvalds Kalnins
  31. 2010Same Same But DifferentBen
  32. 2008The ReaderYoung Michael Berg
  33. 2008KrabatKrabat
  34. 2007Hands off MississippiBäckerlehrling Bröckel
  35. 2006Tough EnoughMichael Polischka
  36. 2002Help! I'm a BoyPaddy