Franz Rogowski

Franz Rogowski is an award-winning German actor of great renown. He recently won the New York Film Critic Award for Best Actor in Ira Sach’s PASSAGES, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He was also nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance by The Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards. Prior to this, Franz starred as Hans in the critically acclaimed GREAT FREEDOM which premiered at the Cannes Festival and Gabriele Mainetti’s FREAKS OUT which won the Leoncino D’Oro Award at the Venice Film Festival. Other notable credits include Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT and Terrence Malik’s epic A HIDDEN LIFE. Franz is perhaps best known for VICTORIA, LOVE STEAKS and IN THE AISLES for which he won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at the 2018 German Film Awards. Franz has also won the EFP Shooting Star award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Franz will next be seen in DISCO BOY directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese, A24’s WIZARDS directed by David Michod and Andrea Arnold’s BIRD alongside Barry Keoghan, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2024 to rave reviews.