Kostja Ullmann
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 30, 1984 (age 42)
- Birthplace
- Hamburg, Germany
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.
Known For
Filmography
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Movie · as Olli
Die dritte Hochzeit
Movie · as Philipp
In the Rose Garden
Movie
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
TV · as Butler James · 6 eps
Where's Wanda?
TV · as Jonas Vinson · 8 eps
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
TV · 1 ep
Paradise
Movie · as Max Toma
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
Movie
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Movie · as Klaus Störtebeker
The Hippocratic Silence
Movie · as Rico Weber
Lucy Goes Gangsta
Movie · as Lucy's Father
The Reckoning
Movie · as Ben
Heimat
Movie
Meeresleuchten
Movie · as Matti Rosner
Westwall
TV · as Henning Badtke · 6 eps
Asphalt Burning
Movie · as Tyske Roy
Christmas Crossfire
Movie · as Samuel
Diary of an Uber Driver
TV · as Ben Hoffmann · 6 eps
Das Gipfeltreffen
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Suddenly Love
Movie · as Jakob
Bella Germania
TV · as Vincenzo Marconi (jung), Junger Vincenzo · 1 ep
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Wuff
Movie · as Daniel
Beat
TV · as Jasper · 7 eps
Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Blind Date with Life
Movie · as Saliya Kahawatte
Happy Burnout
Movie · as Datty
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
Movie · as Tom Färber
Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Riccardo’s Dream Date
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Beginner gegen Gewinner
TV · 1 ep
Emerald Green
Movie · as James A. P. Pimplebottom
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Movie · as Leo Schmackes
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
Movie · as Theo
3 Türken und ein Baby
Movie · as Celal Yildiz
Paare
TV · 1 ep
Das Spiel beginnt
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Most Wanted Man
Movie · as Rasheed
Junges Deutschland
Movie · as himself
Sapphire Blue
Movie · as Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Coming In
Movie · as Tom
Ruby Red
Movie · as James
GrossStadtklein
Movie · as Ronny
Sources of Life
Movie · as Klaus, jung
Neo Magazin Royale
TV · 1 ep
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
Movie · as Luca
The Guardians
Movie · as Polizist
Die Tote ohne Alibi
Movie · as Tim Berners
World Without End
TV · as Holger · 8 eps
Im Leben von …
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Flesh and Blood
Movie · as Oliver
Single by Contract
Movie · as Chriz
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Movie · as Rio Bosch
Lotta & ...
TV · as Junis · 1 ep
The Wild Chicks and Life
Movie · as Herbergsvater Max
Der verlorene Sohn
Movie · as Rainer Schröder
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
Movie · as Luca
Warten auf Angelina
Movie · as Momme Ulmer
Das Wunder von Berlin
Movie · as Marco Kaiser
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Movie · as Schneider David
Special Escort
Movie · as Lasse
Punish Me
Movie · as Jan Winkler
The Hunt for Troy
Movie · as Demetrios
Verliebt, na und wie!
Movie · as Gast
The Ode to Joy
Movie · as Herman Lake
Die große Maus-Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
Movie · as Joe Reinhardt
Black Strawberries
Movie · as Jonas
Der Staatsanwalt
TV · as Alex Schulz · 1 ep
Summer Storm
Movie · as Achim
Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe
Movie · as Alexander
The School Trip
Movie · as Tobi
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
TV · as David Rilling · 1 ep
SOKO Köln
TV · as Carsten Völkel · 1 ep
Familie XXL
Movie · as Timo Kramer
Das Duo
TV · as Fabian Bergius · 1 ep
Albtraum einer Ehe
Movie · as Michael Schiffer
Einsatz in Hamburg
TV · as Richie Renner · 1 ep
Donna Leon
TV · as Antonio De Vita · 1 ep
The Peppercorns
TV · as Rafael · 1 ep
Zwei Männer am Herd
TV · as Jan · 1 ep
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
TV · as Benjamin Amberg · 2 eps
The Air Rescue Team
TV · as Martin · 1 ep
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Taff
TV · as self · 1 ep
Tietjen und Bommes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
TV · as Frank · 1 ep
Wolffs Revier
TV · as Dominik Brennecke · 1 ep
Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 2 eps
DAS!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Großstadtrevier
TV · as Raja Arumugan · 1 ep
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Kölner Treff
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Deniz Ghubar / Arian Bakhtari, Kerim Korkmaz, Marc Landauer, Roger Stahl · 1 ep
Stahlnetz
TV · as Nicolai · 1 ep