Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz
Kranz at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Francis Elliott Kranz (1981-07-13) July 13, 1981 (age 37) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Harvard-Westlake School
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Spencer Margaret Richmond
Children	1

Francis Elliott "Fran" Kranz (born July 13, 1981)^[1] is an American film, television and Broadway actor. He is known for his portrayal of Topher Brink in the science fiction drama series Dollhouse.^[2] He had prominent roles in the films The Cabin in the Woods and Much Ado About Nothing. In 2012, he played Bernard in Death of a Salesman beginning a career on Broadway that continued with 2014's You Can't Take It with You.

Contents

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  1 Personal life
  


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  2 Filmography
  
  
  
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    2.1 Film
    
  
  
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    2.2 Television
    
  
  
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    2.3 Broadway
    
  
  
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    2.4 Web
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

Personal life

Kranz was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.^[3] He started acting in third and fourth grade, and knew from a very young age that he wanted to become an actor.^[4] He graduated from Harvard-Westlake School^[5] in 2000 and from Yale University in 2004,^[6] where he was a member of the improv comedy group The Ex!t Players.

In 2015, Kranz married actress Spencer Margaret Richmond, daughter of Charlie's Angels actress Jaclyn Smith and filmmaker Tony Richmond. In 2016, their daughter was born.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Donnie Darko	Passenger
	Training Day	College Driver
2002	Orange County	Shane Brainard
2003	Matchstick Men	Slacker Boyfriend
	Swordswallowers and Thin Men	Adrian
2004	The Village	Christop Crane
	Admissions	James Parks
2006	Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas	Ralph
	The Night of the White Pants	Millian Hagan
	The TV Set	Zach Harper
	Whirlygirl	Freddie
2007	Careless	Mitch
	Rise: Blood Hunter	Alex
	Untitled Christine Taylor Project	Brian
2008	Wieners	Joel
	Shades of Ray	Sal Garfinkle
	Last Meal	Noah	Short film
2009	Homeland	Arne
	My Two Fans	Thad
2010	Don't Fade Away	Ben
2011	Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Bill Walter
	Fanboy	Jeremiah Brennan	Short film
	The Five Stages of Grief	Daniel	Short film
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	Marty
	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio
	It's Not You, It's Me	Jack	Short film
	Putzel	Salmon guy
2013	Seasick Sailor	Wormy Guy	Short film
2014	Lust for Love	Astor
	Before I Disappear	Darren
	Murder of a Cat	Clinton
	Last Weekend	Sean Oakes
	The Living	Teddy
	Seven Lovers	Brian
2015	Bloodsucking Bastards	Evan
	The Truth About Lies	Gilby Smalls
	Mojave	Bob
2016	Rebirth	Kyle
2017	The Dark Tower	Pimli
2018	You Might Be the Killer	Sam

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Frasier	Aaron	Episode: "Good Grief"
2008	Welcome to the Captain	Josh Flug
2008	Private Practice	Brian	Episode: "Equal & Opposite"
2008	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	College Student	Episode: "Who Pooped the Bed?"
2009–2010	Dollhouse	Topher Brink	27 episodes
2011	Goodnight Burbank	Chaz Parker	Episode: "Lesbians on Acid"
2012	Dating Rules from My Future Self	Sorbet Guy	2 episodes
2013	The Good Wife	Eugene	Episode: "A More Perfect Union"
2014	Dallas	Hunter McKay	3 episodes
2016	Elementary	Brendan Farley	Episode: "How the Sausage Is Made"
2017	Major Crimes	Stan Pearl	4 episodes
2018	Ballers		3 episodes
2018	Homecoming	Ron	Episode: "Homecoming"

Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Death of a Salesman	Bernard	In Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman[7]
2014	You Can't Take It with You	Tony Kirby[8]	In Longacre Theater, starring James Earl Jones[9]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	MegaBot	Blue[10]
2012	JourneyQuest	Silver Tom	8 episodes

References

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2. 
   ^ Moorhouse, Drusilla (April 24, 2009). "Dollhouse: Fran Kranz Talks Topher". E!. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
   


3. 
   ^ "Francis Elliott Kranz, Born 07/13/1981 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. 1981-07-13. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
   


4. 
   ^ Bühnsack, Catherine. "Interview with Fran Kranz". myfanbase.de. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
   


5. 
   ^ Remington, Alex (March 28, 2008), "Interview with Fran Kranz, Star, CBS's Welcome to the Captain", Huffington Post
   


6. 
   ^ Lytton, Charlotte (March 16, 2012). "Interview: Fran Kranz". redbrick.me. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
   


7. 
   ^ Gans, Andrew."Starry Revival of Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' Opens on Broadway" Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. playbill.com, March 15, 2012
   


8. 
   ^ Tedder, Michael (2014-09-29). "Fran Kranz on Joss Whedon and Broadway's 'You Can't Take It With You'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
   


9. 
   ^ Staff. "The Verdict: Critics Review 'You Can't Take It With You', Starring James Earl Jones and Elizabeth Ashley, on Broadway" playbill.com, September 28, 2014
   


10. 
    ^ Caroline van Oosten de Boer, Milo Vermeulen. "Post about ''MegaBot'' on". Whedonesque.com. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
    

External links

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  Fran Kranz on IMDb


• Interview with Kranz - "Fran Kranz on theater, film, and his haircut"
  


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  Fran Kranz at the Internet Broadway Database
  

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