Charlie Kranz

Originally from Mundelein, Illinois, Charlie is the grandson of German and Sicilian immigrants. He is best known as the bad-tempered Clipper, "Lars" on AMC's INTO THE BADLANDS and as nice-guy "Bob Tushy" in the comedy feature MISS CONCEPTION (with Heather Graham).He recently finished filming on a docudrama series for The History Channel and can be seen in the dark comedy PIXIE, with Colm Meaney, and in Academy-Award winner Oorlagh George's upcoming directorial debut, STRANGER WITH A CAMERA, with Owen McDonnell.Charlie's recent credits include as "Mike" (son of Tom Berenger's "Ray") in the comedy SUPERVIZED, as "Laurent Legault" in the thriller DARK JUSTICE, as "Jeff" in Eamonn Murphy's award-winning short A BETTER YOU and as the voice of "Vincent" on M-OPUS's album ORIGINS. Other credits include BATMAN BEGINS, THE HONEYMOONERS, THE CLINIC and several award-winning independent films and shorts.Charlie's diverse theatre credits include the World Premiere of A CRY FROM HEAVEN at The Abbey Theatre, the Irish Premieres of both THE LARAMIE PROJECT and FEATURING LORETTA and with The International Improv in the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival.In Los Angeles, Charlie studied long-form improvisation at iOWest where he performed for several years. He also wrote and performed sketch comedy with Geek Messiah and was a member of the improvised podcast "The Expertologists". Charlie is also a former Production Coordinator and Digital Artist at DreamWorks Feature Animation and was Art Director on the award-winning short THE KING.::Anon