
David Kross
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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.
Known for
Credits

The King's Man (2021)
as Moustached Man

The Reader (2008)
as Young Michael Berg

War Horse (2011)
as Gunther

Race (2016)
as Carl "Luz" Long

Balloon (2018)
as Günter Wetzel

The Keeper (2018)
as Bert Trautmann

Angélique (2013)
as Louis XIV

Into the White (2012)
as Josef Auchtor

Prey (2021)
as Roman

The World Will Tremble (2025)
as Lange

Confessions of Felix Krull (2021)
as Louis de Venosta

Rising High (2020)
as Viktor Steiner

Measuring the World (2012)
as Eugen Gauß
Gould Lover (—)
as Georg Weisman

Krabat (2008)
as Krabat

Boy 7 (2015)
as Sam (Boy 7)

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
as The Preacher

The Peacock (2023)
as David

Halal Daddy (2017)
as Jasper

North Pole (—)
Actor

Tough Enough (2006)
as Michael Polischka

Same Same But Different (2009)
as Ben

Hands off Mississippi (2007)
as Bäckerlehrling Bröckel

The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016)
as Rainer Kiesling

The Pasta Detectives (2014)
as Rainer Kiesling

A Stasi Comedy (2022)
as Ludger (jung)

Everything's Fifty Fifty (2024)
as Robin

The Pursuit of Unhappiness (2012)
as Benno

Fabula (2025)
as The Grape

My Brother Simple (2017)
as Simpel

The General Case (2016)
as Joachim Hell

Home Sweet Home - Where Evil Lives (2024)
as Viktor

Promising the Moon (2011)
as Young Osvalds Kalnins
Mein bester Freund, seine Freundin und ich (—)
as Matze

Help! I'm a Boy (2002)
as Paddy
Wind of Change (—)
as Andrej





