David Kross

David Kross (born July 4, 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 school work. In 2008, he won the starring role of Michael Berg in the critically acclaimed film The Reader. For his part, he was nominated for various awards and went on to win the Sierra Award at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for Youth in Film.

Not to be confused with David Cross.

David Kross
David Kroß
Kross in August 2015.
Born (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990
Henstedt-Ulzburg, West Germany
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

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

Early life

Kross was born in Henstedt-Ulzburg, 20 miles north of Hamburg. He grew up in Bargteheide, where he attended Eckhorst High School[1] until 2007. He has two brothers and one sister. He played basketball at the professional club TSV Bargteheide between 2004 and 2006.

Career

His career started with a small appearance in the 2002 film Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge (English: Help, I'm a Boy!).[2] In December 2003, he joined Blaues Wölkchen, a small group from a children's theatre in Bargteheide. His first major theatrical appearance was in Hilfe, die Herdmanns kommen.

In 2005, Kross came to the attention of Detlev Buck through his daughter, Bernadette, and he auditioned for Tough Enough (Knallhart);[3] Buck hired Kross to play the lead,[4] a 15-year-old boy who moves with his mother from a rich neighborhood of Berlin (Zehlendorf) to the Neukölln area, known at the time for its high number of Turkish immigrants and high crime level. Kross not only won praise at Berlinale in 2006, but also won Best Actor in Nuremberg at the 11th Filmfestival Türkei/Deutschland.[5]

In 2006, Kross worked again with Buck in the film Hands off Mississippi (Hände weg von Mississippi), playing an apprentice baker. In the fall of the same year, he started shooting a film by Marco Kreuzpaintner, Krabat (The Satanic Mill). In this version of Otfried Preußler's children's book, Kross plays the title role, one of the apprentices of magic, with co-stars Daniel Brühl and Robert Stadlober. The film was released on September 19, 2007 in movie festivals and in October 2008 in theatres.

In September 2007,[6] The Reader began shooting in Berlin, Cologne,[7] and Görlitz. In Stephen Daldry's adaption of the best-selling novel by Bernhard Schlink, Kross plays the lead role of Michael Berg, opposite Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, and Bruno Ganz. He had to learn to speak English to appear in the film.[8] The world premiere was at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on December 3, 2008. The film was presented in the 2009 Berlinale but did not compete. In May 2009, Kross was honored for his performance in The Reader at the 62nd Cannes Festival, winning the Chopard trophy. Kross was nominated for a European Film Award as best actor.

His next work was in Same Same But Different (2009), again with Buck directing. The script is based on an autobiographical article by Benjamin Prüfer.

In June 2010, it was announced that Kross had been cast in Steven Spielberg's film, War Horse.[9] Filming started in August 2010, in Dartmoor, Devon, U.K. and the film was released in December 2011.[10]

Personal life

In 2009, Kross started a three-year course of studies at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).[11] His plan was to improve his acting skills and his English. However, he dropped out at the end of the same year to concentrate on films. Since then, he has been living in Berlin-Mitte. Kross has expressed no desire to move to Hollywood, preferring to reside in Germany and continue making both German and English language films.[12]

Filmography

1990 The Parent Trap/ The Keeper Trap

Year Film Role Notes
2002 Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge Paddy Help, I'm a Boy!
2003 Adam & Eva Adams Sohn Austrian film
2006 Knallhart Michael Polischka Tough Enough
2007 Hände weg von Mississippi Bäckerlehrling Bröckel Hands off Mississippi
2008 Krabat Krabat Adapted from a German language novel Krabat (The Satanic Mill in English) by Otfried Preußler
The Reader Young Michael Berg Las Vegas Film Critics Award for Youth in Film
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor
2009 Same Same But Different Ben Received Variety Piazza Grande Award at the International Film Festival organised in Locarno.
2011 Das Blaue vom Himmel[13] Young Osvalds Kalnins
Rio Blu German Voice
War Horse[14] Private Gunther Schröder
2012 Into the White[15] Josef Auchtor
Measuring the World Eugen Gauß
2013 Michael Kohlhaas The Preacher
2015 Boy 7 Sam
2016 Race Carl "Luz" Long
2017 Halal Daddy Jasper
2019 The Keeper Bert Trautmann
2020 Betonrausch Viktor

Awards
Kross in 2009

References
  1. Kastner, Ruth (February 14, 2006). "Bargteheider erobert Berlin". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Archived from the original on February 25, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. "Help, I'm a Boy! (2002)". IMDb. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. "Tough Enough (2006)". IMDb. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  4. Padtberg, Carola (January 6, 2010). "Teenager-Talente der 2000er". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  5. "Preise / Ödüller" (PDF). Filmfestival Türkei/Deutschland (in German and Turkish). March 19, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  6. "Principal photography begins on The Reader in Berlin". Studio Babelsberg. October 1, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  7. "Ein Hauch von Hollywood in Köln". Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German). March 30, 2008. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  8. Kaminer, Ariel (December 5, 2008). "Translating Love and the Unspeakable". The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  9. Freer, Ian (June 17, 2010). "War Horse Cast Announced". Empire. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  10. Nichols, Tristan (August 3, 2010). "Steven Spielberg pictured filming new blockbuster War Horse on Dartmoor". The Herald. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  11. "Interview with Rupert Grint's Into The White costar David Kross!". World News Network. February 19, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  12. "David Kross - Interview and videos". Oh No They Didn't!. April 8, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  13. "Das Blaue von Himmel (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  14. "War Horse (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  15. "Comrade – Director's Note". Wehrmacht-Awards.com. March 16, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
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