Portrait of David Kross

David Kross

Acting

Biography

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

Born: July 4, 1990

Place of Birth: Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Filmography

2025
Parallel Me

as Jonas Dunkel

2025
Fabula

as The Grape

2024
2024
Friedefeld

as Paul (voice)

2024
Kafka

as Max Brod

2023
Davos 1917

as Carl Mangold

2023
The Peacock

as David

2023
Asbest

as Wiktor

2022
A Stasi Comedy

as Ludger (jung)

2021
The King's Man

as Moustached Man

2021
Prey

as Roman

2021
Confessions of Felix Krull

as Louis de Venosta

2020
Rising High

as Viktor Steiner

2018
The Keeper

as Bert Trautmann

2018
Balloon

as Günter Wetzel

2017
2017
Halal Daddy

as Jasper

2016
The Pasta Detectives 3

as Rainer Kiesling

2016
Race

as Carl "Luz" Long

2016
The General Case

as Joachim Hell

2015
Boy 7

as Sam (Boy 7)

2015
The Pasta Detectives 2

as Rainer Kiesling (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
2015
Paare

as Patient

2014
The Pasta Detectives

as Rainer Kiesling

2013
Angélique

as Louis XIV

2012
Measuring the World

as Eugen Gauß

2012
Into the White

as Josef Auchtor

2011
War Horse

as Gunther

2011
Promising the Moon

as Young Osvalds Kalnins

2008
The Reader

as Young Michael Berg

2008
Krabat

as Krabat

2007
Hands off Mississippi

as Bäckerlehrling Bröckel

2006
Tough Enough

as Michael Polischka

2002
1992
1992
Riverboat

as Self

1991
DAS!

as Self

1976
1948
Bambi

as Self