Max Krause, born on the 3rd of March 1993, played his first lead role on the stage before he even started his studies: In 2013, in the piece "take your stage" in the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. From 2014 to 2018 he studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. During this time he performed at several theatres including the Munich Kammerspiele, as well as in numerous short films. After his studies he was engaged in the Kampnagel Hamburg and the Schauspielhaus Bochum.

Krause‘s first lead role in a cinematic release was in the coming of age drama "Golden Twenties" (2019) as a theatre actor who guides a lost young woman (Henriette Confurius) on a new path of life. In 2019 he also stood in front of the camera in two "Tatort" episodes: "Unklare Lage" and "Das perfekte Verbrechen".