Fran Kranz

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. Kranz made his feature directorial debut with Mass (2021), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. From 2022 to 2023, he was a regular cast member in the Max series Julia.

• Name — Fran Kranz • Birth Name — Francis Elliott Kranz • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Education — Harvard-Westlake School • Alma Mater — Yale University (BA) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1998–present • Children — 1 • Relatives — Jaclyn Smith (former-mother-in-law) Anthony B. Richmond (former-father-in-law)

Kranz was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He started acting in third and fourth grade, and knew from a very young age that he wanted to become an actor. Kranz graduated from Harvard-Westlake School in 2000 and from Yale University in 2004, 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. On July 6, 2020, she filed for divorce.

• 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 — 5 episodes • 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 — TripTank — Various voices — 2 episodes • 2016 — Elementary — Brendan Farley — Episode: "How the Sausage Is Made" • 2017 — Major Crimes — Stan Pearl — 4 episodes • 2018 — Ballers — Yanni — 3 episodes • 2018–2020 — Homecoming — Ron — 2 episodes • 2019 — The Loudest Voice — Gabriel Sherman — Episode: "2012" • 2022–2023 — Julia — Russell Morash — Main role • 2023 — Party Down — Miles — Episode: "Kyle Bradway Is Nitromancer"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2012 — Death of a Salesman — Bernard — Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman • 2014 — You Can't Take It with You — Tony Kirby — Longacre Theatre, starring James Earl Jones • 2025 — Good Night, and Good Luck — Palmer Williams — Winter Garden Theatre

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2009 — MegaBot — Blue • 2012 — JourneyQuest — Silver Tom — 8 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — The Chemical Brothers - "The Golden Path" — Main role - Office worker