Fran Kranz
Birthday: Born in 1983-07-13 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Deathday: Alive
Francis Elliott "Fran" Kranz (born July 13, 1981, height 5' 10" (1,78 m)) is an American actor. He is best-known for his role as Topher Brink in Joss Whedon's sci-fi drama Dollhouse. He previously starred in the television comedy, Welcome to the Captain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fran Kranz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Julia
Character: Russ
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution....
Frasier
Character: Aaron
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty....
Private Practice
Character: Brian
Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica....
Ballers
Character: Yanni
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football....
Welcome to the Captain
Character: Josh Flug
The lives of a wildly eclectic group of people are intertwined through the place they all call home, a fabled Hollywood apartment building, El Capitan, which they've dubbed "The Captain." Josh, is a Hollywood whiz kid whose filmmaking career has hit a wall. Just when Josh is about to move back to New York, his accountant-to-the-stars best friend, Marty, convinces him to move into his legendary apartment building....
Dollhouse
Character: Topher Brink
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?...
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character: College Student
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better....
Elementary
Character: Brendan Farley
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson....
The Good Wife
Character: Eugene
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail....
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Character: Self
An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films....
Homecoming
Character: Ron
Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, living with her mother and working as a waitress, when a Department of Defense auditor questions why she left the Homecoming facility. Heidi quickly realizes that there's a whole other story behind the story she's been telling herself....
Party Down
Character: Miles
A group of struggling actors and dysfunctional dreamers wait for their big break while they are stuck serving hors d'oeurves for a Hollywood catering company 'Party Down.'...
The Loudest Voice
Character: Gabe Sherman
The rise and fall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party’s de facto leader, while flashing back to defining events in his life....
Movie Credits
The Cabin in the Woods
Character: Marty Mikalski
A group of teens journey to a remote cabin in the woods where their fate is unknowingly controlled by technicians as part of a worldwide conspiracy where all horror movie clichés are revealed to be part of an elaborate sacrifice ritual....
The Village
Character: Christop Crane
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever....
Matchstick Men
Character: Slacker Boyfriend
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly....
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Character: Ralph
When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it....
Orange County
Character: Shane Brainard
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends in the wrong form....
Careless
Character: Mitch
Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in contact with psychics, ineffectual police, crooked taxidermists, mysterious neighbors who might be on drugs, and a nine-fingered woman named Cheryl who might, improbably, end up being the girl of his dreams....
Whirlygirl
Character: Freddie
After a run in with a hot exotic dancer one wintry night straight-laced prep school student James will find himself on the ride of his life. Risking his future he follows this mysterious woman to New York City - ditching school dodging cops and partying at hot nightclubs along the way....
Wieners
Character: Joel
A road trip comedy about three friends who travel across the country in a Wiener Wagon to beat up a popular daytime talk show therapist....
The TV Set
Character: Zach Harper
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air....
Admissions
Character: James Parks
A gifted high-school student flubs her college admissions interviews for the most unexpected reasons in this independent coming-of-age drama. Cynical, world-weary Evie is more interested in taking care of her family than getting into the Ivy League institutions for which she seems destined. Dad Harry spends all his time building model trains in the basement, while workaholic mom Martha depends on Evie to take care of her other daughter, developmentally challenged Emily. When she's not busy readi...
Much Ado About Nothing
Character: Claudio
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words....
Shades of Ray
Character: Sal Garfinkle
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies....
Lust for Love
Character: Astor
Winning your childhood sweetheart can create more problems than it solves....
It's Not You, It's Me
Character: Jack
A young woman's relationship takes a dark turn when every sound her boyfriend makes starts to annoy her. We don't want to spoil the ending for you, but things get a little messy....
Doc of the Dead
Character: Self
The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS....
Murder of a Cat
Character: Clinton Moisey
When someone murders his beloved cat, Clinton, an adult child, demands justice. Taking it upon himself to solve the case, he teams up with an unlikely ally, Greta, and the two set out to find the culprit lurking in their small suburban town. But as Clinton searches for the truth, he begins to uncover a conspiracy that goes far deeper than he anticipated....
The Lord of Catan
Character: Penis
The Lord of Catan stars Amy Acker and Fran Kranz as a young married couple whose friendly game of Settlers of Catan plunges them into a vortex of madness and despair....
Mojave
Character: Bob
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter....
Bloodsucking Bastards
Character: Evan
A down on his luck cubicle worker and his slacker best friend discover their new boss is a vampire who is turning their coworkers into the un-dead....
Rise: Blood Hunter
Character: Alex
A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She goes on a personal vendetta for a group a cultists that are responsible for her death....
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Character: Bill
Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Greg's older brother, Rodrick, is itching to cut him down to size. He gets the perfect opportunity when their mother tries to force the boys to bond. Rodrick may be Greg's chief tormentor, but he feels his constant pranks are just what his little brother needs to prepare him for life's hard knocks....
The Night of the White Pants
Character: Millian Hagan
The patriarch of a distinguished but crumbling Dallas family is forced to hit the town with his daughter's punk rock boyfriend....
Rebirth
Character: Kyle
A man's life is turned inside out after a visit from his college friend leads him into the unexpected....
The Five Stages of Grief
Character: Daniel
Daniel's father died yesterday. He seems to be totally fine. Luckily his friends can teach him to be miserable....
Last Weekend
Character: Sean Oakes
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family....
Homeland
Character: Arne
Lcpl Arne Christenson has three days left to try to understand what he's been through and find something worth coming home to....
The Truth About Lies
Character: Gilby Smalls
Gilby finds himself in a tangled web of lies when the truth proves to be too much to admit and even harder to accept....
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Bottom
A modern-day movie adaptation of William Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". The new version takes place in present-day Hollywood where fantasy and reality collide. It’s set in a world where glamorous stars, commanding moguls, starving artists and vaulting pretenders all vie to get ahead....
The Dark Tower
Character: Pimli Prentiss
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower....
Seven Lovers
Character: Brian
A young woman cycles through seven relationships, each one depicted in a distinct cinematic style. As she adapts all-too-seamlessly to the world of each new partner, she begins to ask herself the question: who am I when I'm not in love?...
Hitch
Character: Coca Cola Guy (uncredited)
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships....
Bloodloss
Character: Walter
A reporter infiltrates a secret society of people who worship the vampire myths....
You Might Be the Killer
Character: Sam
Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert Chuck to discuss his options....
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Character: Mr. Rolf
During the course of one day, a group of students at a school in Los Angeles find themselves caught up in a plot of sex, lies and dead bodies....
Training Day
Character: College Driver
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears....
Fanboy
Character: Jeremiah Brennan
A video store employee from South Carolina travels to Hollywood when he learns that his favorite director is holding auditions for his next big film....
Long Lost
Character: Mystery Man
When Seth receives a mysterious letter inviting him to spend the weekend at a secluded mansion in the country, he soon realizes the people inside the house may know him better than he knows himself....
Don't Fade Away
Character: Ben Fishman
Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability,the world's possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost track of who he was. Now, with both his personal and professional lives on the edge of ruin, he's been called home to care for his dying father. While in North Carolina, he'll have to confront the friends he lost track of and the girl he never met....
Donnie Darko
Character: Passenger
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes....
Seasick Sailor
Character: Wormy Guy
A lonely teenager working as a debt collector for an underground gambling ring in Los Angeles tries to fit in with a new group of friends....
Jungleland
Character: Buck
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a series of misadventures that threaten to break the bond between them....
They Whisper
Character: Silas
A young boy emerges from a coma after a fall down an abandoned mine shaft. His family is confronted by dark, threatening spirits and the possibility that the child in their home might no longer be their son....
The Living
Character: Teddy
After beating his wife in an alcohol-fueled rage, a man (Fran Kranz) tries to redeem himself, while his brother-in-law (Kenny Wormald) hires a hit man to kill him....
Half Lives
Character: Luke
This comedic psychological thriller, which is based on the novella “The Bunker” by Garrett Moe, explores the lengths one must go to survive in a subterranean bunker during an apocalypse. For months, Luke Marikos’ elegantly constructed bunker has acted as a haven for his small group of survivors, but living behind the sealed doors for so long can drive anyone mad....