David Kross
Biography
David Kross is a German actor born on July 4, 1990, in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He began his career at a young age with a small role in the 2002 film Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge, working sporadically while focusing on his schoolwork. In 2008, he portrayed Michael Berg in the film The Reader, receiving various award nominations and winning the Sierra Award at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for his work in Youth in Film. Kross has since appeared in both German and English-speaking film roles, with credits including War Horse, Race, and Into the White.
Career overview
David Kross is a German actor born on July 4, 1990, in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He began his career at a young age with a small role in the 2002 film Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge. During his early years, he worked sporadically while mainly focusing on his schoolwork.
In 2008, Kross portrayed the character Michael Berg in the film The Reader. For his performance, he received nominations for various awards and won the Sierra Award at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for his work in Youth in Film.
Following these successes, Kross has worked in both German and English-speaking film roles. His later film credits include War Horse, Race, and Into the White.
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- My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026) as Matze
- The World Will Tremble (2025) as Lange
- Parallel Me (2025) as Jonas Dunkel
- Fabula (2025) as The Grape
- Kafka (2024) as Max Brod
- Viktor bringt's (2024) as Sami
- Friedefeld (2024) as Paul (voice)
- Everything's Fifty Fifty (2024) as Robin
- Home Sweet Home - Where Evil Lives (2024) as Viktor
- Davos 1917 (2023) as Carl Mangold
- Asbest (2023) as Wiktor
- The Peacock (2023) as David
- A Stasi Comedy (2022) as Ludger (jung)
- The King's Man (2021) as Moustached Man
- Confessions of Felix Krull (2021) as Louis de Venosta
- Prey (2021) as Roman
- Rising High (2020) as Viktor Steiner
- Balloon (2018) as Günter Wetzel
- WM Kwartira (2018) as Self
- The Keeper (2018) as Bert Trautmann
- Abendshow (2017) as Self
- Halal Daddy (2017) as Jasper
- My Brother Simple (2017) as Simpel
- Race (2016) as Carl "Luz" Long
- The General Case (2016) as Joachim Hell
- The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016) as Rainer Kiesling
- Wer weiß denn sowas? (2015) as Self
- Paare (2015) as Patient
- Paare (2015)
- Boy 7 (2015) as Sam (Boy 7)
- The Pasta Detectives (2014) as Rainer Kiesling
- Angélique (2013) as Louis XIV
- Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) as The Preacher
- Inka (2013) as Self
- Im Leben von … (2012) as Self
- Measuring the World (2012) as Eugen Gauß
- Into the White (2012) as Josef Auchtor
- The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2012) as Benno
- War Horse (2011) as Gunther
- Promising the Moon (2011) as Young Osvalds Kalnins
- Same Same But Different (2010) as Ben
- The Reader (2008) as Young Michael Berg
- Krabat (2008) as Krabat
- Hands off Mississippi (2007) as Bäckerlehrling Bröckel
- Tough Enough (2006) as Michael Polischka
- NDR Kultur – Das Journal (2002) as Self
- Through the Night with... (2002) as Self
- Help! I'm a Boy (2002) as Paddy
- Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP (1997)
- Tietjen und Bommes (1997) as Self
- Morgenmagazin (1992) as Self
- Riverboat (1992) as Self
- DAS! (1991) as Self
- Romy Award (1990) as Self
- Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards (1979) as Self
- Kölner Treff (1976) as Self
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- Gould Lover as Georg Weisman
- Wind of Change as Andrej
- North Pole