# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fran-kranz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:25:52.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fran-kranz"
name: "Fran Kranz"
slug: "fran-kranz"
description: "Francis Elliott Kranz is an American actor and film director. He is known for his portrayal of Topher Brink in the Fox science fiction drama series Dollhouse. Kranz had prominent roles in the films The Cabin in the Woods and Much Ado About Nothing. 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."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fran_Kranz_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1981-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.28
  momentum:             15
  historical:           21.392868
  currentAttention:     4.04
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469823/"
    handle:    "nm0469823"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump