Fran Kranz

Fran Kranz Biography

Francis Elliott "Fran" Kranz (born July 13, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Topher Brink in Joss Whedon's science fiction drama television series Dollhouse, and for prominent roles in the films The Cabin in the Woods, co-written by Whedon, and Much Ado About Nothing, adapted and directed by Whedon. In 2012, he played the role of Bernard in Death of a Salesman on Broadway.

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

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Donnie Darko	Passenger
2001	Training Day	College Driver
2002	Orange County	Shane Brainard
2003	Matchstick Men	Slacker Boyfriend
2003	Swordswallowers and Thin Men	Adrian
2004	The Village	Christop Crane
2004	Admissions	James Parks
2006	Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas	Ralph
2006	The Night of the White Pants	Millian Hagan
2006	The TV Set	Zach Harper
2006	Whirlygirl	Freddie
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Alex
2007	Careless	Mitch
2008	Wieners	Joel
2008	Shades of Ray	Sal Garfinkle
2008	Last Meal	Noah	Short film
2009	My Two Fans	Thad
2009	Homeland	Arne
2010	Don't Fade Away	Ben
2011	Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	Bill Walter
2011	Fanboy	Jeremiah Brennan	Short film
2011	The Five Stages of Grief	Daniel	Short film
2012	Much Ado About Nothing	Claudio
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	Marty Mikalski
2013	Lust for Love	Astor	post-production

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Frasier	Aaron	Episode: "Good Grief"
2007	Untitled Christine Taylor Project	Brian	TV movie
2008	Welcome to the Captain	Josh Flug	Series regular
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	Series Regular
2011	Goodnight Burbank	Chaz Parker	Episode: "Lesbians on Acid"
2012	Dating Rules from My Future Self	Sorbet Guy	2 episodes Chapter Five: Be YR Own Wingwoman Chapter Six: Open Yr Eyes"

Web series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	MegaBot	Blue	Series regular
2012	JourneyQuest	Silver Tom	8 Episodes

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