Kostja Ullmann
Acting
Born: May 30, 1984 (age 42) · Hamburg, Germany
Highest Rated
Biography
Kostja Ullmann (born 30 May 1984) is a German actor, best known for his leading role in the award-winning coming-of-age drama Sommersturm (Summer Storm), which gained a lot of praise throughout Europe. Ullmann was born in Hamburg to a German father and an Indian mother. He entered the stage at the age of eleven and performed at Hamburg's Ernst Deutsch Theater and Winterhuder Fährhaus. In 1998, he made his TV debut in a minor part in the crime series Alphateam. In the following years, Ullmann starred in several minor roles in TV series such as Stahlnetz, Großstadtrevier, and Leipzig Homicide as well as in TV movies such as the drama Albtraum einer Ehe (2001) alongside August Zirner. From 1999 to 2000, he was a cast member of the comedy series Zwei Männer am Herd with Wolfgang Fierek and Florian Fitz. In 2004, Kostja Ullmann made his movie debut in a leading role in Marco Kreuzpaintner's award-winning film Sommersturm (Summer Storm). His performance in the romantic TV drama Heimliche Liebe (Secret Love) about the relationship of a schoolboy and an older woman won Ullmann the Günther-Strack-Fernsehpreis as Best Actor in 2006. In his second movie, Hounded(2006), Ullmann stars in a similar role. Directed by Angelina Maccarone, he plays a young delinquent who engages in an "amour fou" with his probation officer, who is more than 30 years older than he is. The film won a Golden Leopard at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival. He acted as Hermann Lake in German-Japan collaborated movie Baruto no Gakuen (Ode an die Freude) in 2006.
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Movies (47)
A Most Wanted Man
Rasheed
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Olli
My Blind Date with Life
Saliya Kahawatte
Asphalt Burning
Tyske Roy
Sapphire Blue
Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Paradise
Max Toma
Ruby Red
James
Summer Storm
Achim
Single By Contract
Chriz
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Leo Schmackes
Emerald Green
James A. P. Pimplebottom
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
2022
The Guardians
Polizist
Black Strawberries
Jonas
3 Türken und ein Baby
Celal Yildiz
Punish Me
Jan Winkler
Familie XXL
Timo Kramer
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Klaus Störtebeker
Christmas Crossfire
Samuel
The Hunt for Troy
Demetrios
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
Luca
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Rio Bosch
The Wild Chicks and Life
Herbergsvater Max
Flesh and Blood
Oliver
Coming In
Tom
Sources of Life
Klaus, jung
Wuff
Daniel
Special Escort
Lasse
The Ode to Joy
Herman Lake
Der verlorene Sohn
Rainer Schröder
Lucy Goes Gangsta
Lucy's Father
Das Wunder von Berlin
Marco Kaiser
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
Joe Reinhardt
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
Tom Färber
Die Tote ohne Alibi
Tim Berners
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
Theo
The School Trip
Tobi
The Hippocratic Silence
Rico Weber
Meeresleuchten
Matti Rosner
Suddenly Love
Jakob
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Schneider David
Happy Burnout
Datty
In the Rose Garden
2025
GrossStadtklein
Ronny
Die Heimsuchung
Ben
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
Luca
Warten auf Angelina
Momme Ulmer
TV Shows (29)
Scene of the Crime
Deniz Ghubar / Arian Bakhtari · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Kerim Korkmaz · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Marc Landauer · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Roger Stahl · 1 eps
SOKO Köln
Carsten Völkel · 1 eps
Großstadtrevier
Raja Arumugan · 1 eps
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
2 eps
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Benjamin Amberg · 1 eps
Wolffs Revier
Dominik Brennecke · 1 eps
Der Staatsanwalt
Alex Schulz · 1 eps
Where's Wanda?
Jonas Vinson · 8 eps
The Peppercorns
Rafael · 1 eps
Neo Magazin Royale
1 eps
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
Frank · 1 eps
World Without End
Holger · 8 eps
Donna Leon
Antonio De Vita · 1 eps
The Air Rescue Team
Martin · 1 eps
Stahlnetz
Nicolai · 1 eps
Das Duo
Fabian Bergius · 1 eps
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
David Rilling · 1 eps
Beat
Jasper · 7 eps
Paare
1 eps
Lotta & ...
Junis · 1 eps
Bella Germania
Vincenzo Marconi (jung) · 1 eps
Bella Germania
Junger Vincenzo · 3 eps
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
Butler James · 6 eps
Diary of an Uber Driver
Ben Hoffmann · 6 eps
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
1 eps
Westwall
Henning Badtke · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
DAS!
Self · 2 eps
Morgenmagazin
Self · 2 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
Kölner Treff
Self · 2 eps
NDR Talk Show
Self · 2 eps
Taff
self · 1 eps
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Self · 2 eps
Die große Maus-Show
Self · 1 eps
Das Gipfeltreffen
Self · 2 eps
Das Spiel beginnt
Self · 1 eps