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Dec 19, 2008 · Who is he? He's the 18-year-old German actor in Stephen Daldry's new film, The Reader. Kros was cast when he was 15, but filming had to be put on hold for a couple of years. Why the delay? For a ...
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Dec 10, 2008 · But David Kross, the star of the new film The Reader, has been getting that question a lot lately-- and is always prepared with a good answer. "Kate was very secure and she's a great actress, so ...
Dec 3, 2009 · David kross Steamy scenes with Kate Winslet When then-16-year-old David Kross initially auditioned for Stephen Daldry's "The Reader," his mother worried whether he would be able to graduate from ...
Dec 17, 2008 · Talk about pressure. Newcomer David Kross faced a starring role in “The Reader” opposite five-time Oscar nominee Kate Winslet, a role in which he’d be the one required to convey the ...
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Kross was born in Henstedt-Ulzburg, 20 miles north of Hamburg. He grew up in Bargteheide, where he attended Eckhorst High Schooluntil 2007. He has two brothers and one sister. He played basketball at the professional club TSV Bargteheide between 2004 and 2006.
His career started with a small appearance in the 2002 film Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge (English: Help, I'm a Boy!). 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.[citation needed] In 2005, Kross came to the attention of Detl...
In 2009, Kross started a three-year course at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). His plan was to improve his acting and English skills. However, he dropped out at the end of the same year to concentrate on films. He has since lived in Berlin-Mitte. Kross has expressed no desire to move to Hollywood, preferring to stay in Germany and ...
At the 11th Germany/Turkey Film Festival in Nuremberg, David won his first award as "Actor in a Leading Role" for his performance in Detlev Bucks Tough Enough (German: Knallhart).2008 Nominated for a Chicago Film Critics Association Awardsin Most Promising Performer.2009 Nominated in the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awardsin Best Young Actor / Actress (Under 21).2009 Won a Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award in Youth in Film.Nov 16, 2020 · 12/24/2008Screenwriter David Hare, director Stephen Daldry, and actors Kate Winslet and David Kross discuss "The Reader," a film about an affair between a yo...
Jan 30, 2009 · The Reader: Directed by Stephen Daldry. With Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, David Kross, Kate Winslet. Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
