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 school work. In 2008 he won the starring role of Michael Berg in 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.Kross has since worked in both German and English speaking film roles, his most recent being War Horse and Into the White.
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in Film
Nominations
European Film Award for Best Actor, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
Movies
The Reader, War Horse, Into the White, Krabat, Same Same but Different, Tough enough, Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas, Race, Angélique, Help, I'm a Boy!, Boy 7, The Pasta Detectives, Rico, Oskar and the Mysterious Stone, Rio, Promising the Moon, Halal Daddy, Measuring the World, Tra...
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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As of 2015, has appeared in two films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Reader (2008) and War Horse (2011).
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Studying Drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [September 2009]
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2009: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
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One of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People 2009.
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Although playing his first major role in Tough Enough (2006), he is still attending high school (2008).
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After director Detlev Buck's daughter told him about Kross, he got his first major role in Tough Enough (2006).
$900,000
