Franz worked as a bike courier and bookstore assistant, attended a Swiss clown school, and trained in dance.

[2] He was discovered as a film actor by Berlin director Jakob Lass, who cast him in Frontalwatte (2011) and the award-winning Love Steaks (2013).

[4] In 2017, he played the son of Isabelle Huppert’s character in Michael Haneke’s Happy End, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

He also starred in Transit by Christian Petzold and In den Gängen by Thomas Stuber, both of which were presented in the main competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Rogowski gained further international recognition with Transit, which earned him a nomination for the Florida Film Critics Circle Award.