In 2002, Germany hosted the premiere of the sci-fi film “Help, I'm a Boy” directed by Oliver Dommenget. The main characters are classmates Freddy, Mickey and Emma. Once in the hands of one of them the personal belongings of a certain wizard fall: a cloak and a strange book written in an incomprehensible language. Soon after, something strange happens with Mickey and Emma - they change bodies ...
This picture was the debut in the career of the German actor David Cross, who played in “Help, I'm a Boy” one of the secondary roles. To date, he has taken part in the filming of more than three dozen TV shows and films, the last of which was released in 2017.
Biography
The future actor was born on July 4, 1990 in the small German town of Henstend-Ulzburg, which is located about 20 miles north of Hamburg. In addition to David, the family had 3 more children - 2 boys and 1 girl.
Shortly after the birth of David, Crosses moved to Bargetheide - a city located in Schleswig-Holstein, where the boy spent his childhood. It was there that the future actor graduated from high school. It is known that the guy was fond of basketball, doing it at a professional level.
After his first film role, Cross continued to take part in the filming of new paintings, and the very next year after the release of “Help, I am a boy” appeared in the series “Alpha Team - Rescuers in the OP” and the film “Adam and Eve”.
In 2009, David Cross entered the London Academy of Music and Drama with the aim of improving his acting skills and spoken English, but after a few months he dropped out of school.
Currently, the actor lives in his native Germany, in Berlin. He does not plan to move to Hollywood - the Los Angeles area, considered the heart of the American film industry. David Cross prefers to act in films created in his homeland.
Filmography: Feature Films
The second role of Cross is the son of Adam in the film "Adam and Eve" directed by Paul Harater. Contrary to the name, this is not a detailed adaptation of the well-known biblical story about the first people.
Adam and Eve are a modern married couple. 4 years ago, they got married after the main character saved the girl from the fire. However, as often happens, after a few years the life of the spouses became rather boring: both are burdened with routine and monotony, and each other’s shortcomings, which seem insignificant before that, irritate more and more. In the course of the story, the heroes will have to overcome many temptations, and the ending of the story will be quite unexpected.
The most famous film with the participation of actor David Cross can be considered the drama Stephen Daldry's "Reader", released in late 2008. Cross plays the role of the protagonist Michael Berg in his youth.
The plot of the picture covers several decades and tells the story of the relationship between Berg and Hannah Schmitz. They met when he was 15 and she was 36. A few months later, Hannah disappears, but 8 years later reappears in Berg's life at a show trial in court, in which Michael is present as a law student.
In 2011, the premiere of the film "War Horse" - the military drama of Stephen Spielberg, in which David Cross played the role of one of the soldiers named Gunther Schroeder.
In the center of the plot is a boy (and later a young man) Albert Narracott and his horse Joey. The action takes place during the First World War, which tears them apart. Before meeting again and returning home together, they will have to overcome many trials.
TV series
In addition to feature films, David Cross also took part in the filming of several series.
The first of them is a German documentary television show entitled "The Night of ...", the first episode of which was released in 2002. The plot of each series is that two famous people - actors, musicians, athletes, television presenters - spend together an evening that is recorded on camera. Cross became a guest of this show in one of the first episodes.
In 2015, David Cross starred in the short German comedy series Paare as one of the patients.
Awards and awards of the actor
In 2008, Cross was nominated for the European Film Academy Award in the category "Best Actor" for his role in the film "Reader."
Also, for his work in this project, David Cross was awarded the “Discovery of the Year” award, an award founded in 2001 and since then has been awarded annually to talented young actors at the Cannes Film Festival.