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Franz Rogowski

Franz Rogowski

Actor · Born February 2, 1986 (40) · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Franz Rogowski (born 2 February 1986) is a German actor and dancer. He has appeared in films directed by Michael Haneke, Christian Petzold, Terrence Malick and Andrea Arnold.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 2, 1986 (40)
From
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 2% in 30 days

What are Franz Rogowski's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
27%
Self
20%
Morality
16%
Society
11%
Survival
11%
Power
10%
Ideas
6%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFate2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 5 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 8 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 5

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 10

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

14 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 14 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 14
Threshold guardian
1 of 14
Herald
1 of 14
Trickster
1 of 14
Ally
1 of 14
Shadow
1 of 14
Shapeshifter
1 of 14
Show the 14 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
8
Dread
3
Absurd
3
Other
12

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous9
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Franz Rogowski's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MUBI (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Franz Rogowski's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

33 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Cliffhanger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • Bird(2024)

    as Bird

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Lubo(2023)

    as Lubo

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Passages(2023)

    as Tomas

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Disco Boy(2023)

    as Aleksei

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Great Freedom(2021)

    as Hans Hoffmann

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Freaks Out(2021)

    as Franz

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Heikos Welt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Fränkie Fresh Finger

  • Luzifer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Johannes

  • Black Milk(2020)

    as Franz

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Undine(2020)

    as Christoph

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • A Hidden Life(2019)

    as Waldland

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • I Was at Home, But...(2019)

    as Lars

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • In the Aisles(2018)

    as Christian

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Transit(2018)

    as Georg

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Lux - Krieger des Lichts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Thorsten / LUX

  • Figaros Wolves(2017)

    as Gilbert

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Bed Bugs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Thorben / Thorsten

  • Happy End(2017)

    as Pierre Laurent

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Superhost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Joon 1

  • Tiger Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Malte

  • Simulant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Frontalwatte(2011)

    as Franz

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • We Are Fine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Tubbie

  • Besuch für Emma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Arne

  • Victoria(2015)

    as Boxer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Love Steaks(2013)

    as Clemens Pollozek

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Threesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Stefan

  • Police Call 110(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Aniel Radke

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Masque of the Red Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Prince Prospero

  • The Way of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Wizards! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dieter

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles, 28 of them dated from 1971 to 2024; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

A Hidden Life (2019)

$4.6M worldwide

Highest rated

Victoria (2015)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

A Hidden Life (2019)

Film career

19712024

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting33 of 33: 33 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1970s1 · acting2010s17 · acting2020s10 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 41% of 17 roles
1419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Franz Rogowski's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

90thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · actor

Frontalwatte (2011)

80th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Victoria (2015)

Midcredits 94th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 81/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Franz Rogowski's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles18–78 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles19–76 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles21–78 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles30–69 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles26–71 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Franz Rogowski work with?

People who share at least 2 of Franz Rogowski's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Olivier Père shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers