Francis Elliott Kranz (born July 13, 1981)[citation needed] is an American actor and film director.

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.

Kranz made his feature directorial debut with Mass (2021), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.

[3] He started acting in third and fourth grade, and knew from a very young age that he wanted to become an actor.

[4] Kranz graduated from Harvard-Westlake School[5] in 2000 and from Yale University in 2004,[6] where he was a member of the improv comedy group The Ex!t Players.