David KrossΒ (born 4 July 1990) is a German actor. He began his career at a young age with a small role in the 2002 filmΒ Hilfe, ich bin ein JungeΒ and worked sporadically, mainly focusing on his schoolwork. In 2008, he portrayed Michael Berg in the filmΒ The Reader. For his part, he was nominated for various awards. He went on to win the Sierra Award at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for his work in Youth in Film. Kross has since worked in both German andΒ English-speaking film roles, includingΒ War Horse,Β Race, andΒ Into the White.