David Kross was born on July 4, 1990 in Bargteheide, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany next to Hamburg. He attended Eckhorst High School in Bargteheide till 2007. In this period, he first appears in the German movie Help, I’m a Boy! (2002). He also receives his first leading role in the movie Tough Enough (2006) directed by Detlev Buck.