Name
Kostja Ullmann
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1984-05-30 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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- 2004 Summer Storm as Achim
- 2021 Die Heimsuchung as Ben
- 2004 Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe as Alexander
- 2008 Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt as Luca
- 2009 The Wild Chicks and Life as Herbergsvater Max
- 2007 Special Escort as Lasse
- 2004 The School Trip as Tobi
- 2010 Single By Contract as Chriz
- 2008 Warten auf Angelina as Momme Ulmer
- 2023 Paradise as Max Toma
- 2008 Das Wunder von Berlin as Marco Kaiser
- 2007 Punish Me as Jan Winkler
- 2014 A Most Wanted Man as Rasheed
- 2012 Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung as Luca
- 2013 Ruby Red as James
- 2005 Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman as Joe Reinhardt
- 2013 GrossStadtklein as Ronny
- 2022 Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
- 2022 Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt as Klaus Störtebeker
- 2022 The Hippocratic Silence as Rico Weber
- 2010 Amigo - Dead on Arrival as Rio Bosch
- 2021 Heimat
- 2014 Junges Deutschland as himself
- 2013 Sources of Life as Klaus, jung
- 2012 The Guardians as Polizist
- 2012 Die Tote ohne Alibi as Tim Berners
- 2014 Sapphire Blue as Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
- 2008 Das tapfere Schneiderlein as Schneider David
- 2014 Coming In as Tom
- 2011 Flesh and Blood as Oliver
- 2007 The Hunt for Troy as Demetrios
- 2015 3 Türken und ein Baby as Celal Yildiz
- 2022 Lucy Goes Gangsta as Lucy's Father
- 2009 Der verlorene Sohn as Rainer Schröder
- 2016 Emerald Green as James A. P. Pimplebottom
- 2001 Albtraum einer Ehe as Michael Schiffer
- 2002 Familie XXL as Timo Kramer
- 2016 Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys as Leo Schmackes
- 2017 My Blind Date with Life as Saliya Kahawatte
- 2006 Verliebt, na und wie! as Gast
- 2017 Happy Burnout as Datty
- 2025 In the Rose Garden
- 2016 Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge as Theo
- 2005 Black Strawberries as Jonas
- 2006 The Ode to Joy as Herman Lake
- 2017 Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben as Tom Färber
- 2018 Wuff as Daniel
- 2019 Suddenly Love as Jakob
- 2020 Asphalt Burning as Tyske Roy
- 2020 Christmas Crossfire as Samuel
- 2021 Meeresleuchten as Matti Rosner
- 2026 My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me as Olli
- 2026 Die dritte Hochzeit as Philipp
- 2019 Bella Germania ( 1 episode ) as Vincenzo Marconi (jung)
- 1997 Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP ( 2 episodes )
- 1992 Wolffs Revier ( 1 episode ) as Dominik Brennecke
- 1999 The Peppercorns ( 1 episode ) as Rafael
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Deniz Ghubar / Arian Bakhtari
- 2005 Der Staatsanwalt ( 1 episode ) as Alex Schulz
- 2000 Einsatz in Hamburg ( 1 episode ) as Richie Renner
- 2002 Das Duo ( 1 episode ) as Fabian Bergius
- 2020 Diary of an Uber Driver ( 6 episodes ) as Ben Hoffmann
- 2004 Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie ( 1 episode ) as David Rilling
- 1995 Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall ( 1 episode ) as Frank
- 1997 Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP ( 1 episode ) as Benjamin Amberg
- 1999 Zwei Männer am Herd ( 1 episode ) as Jan
- 1986 Großstadtrevier ( 1 episode ) as Raja Arumugan
- 1997 The Air Rescue Team ( 1 episode ) as Martin
- 2006 Die große Maus-Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 SOKO Köln ( 1 episode ) as Carsten Völkel
- 2015 Paare ( 1 episode )
- 2015 Das Spiel beginnt ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Kerim Korkmaz
- 2017 Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Donna Leon ( 1 episode ) as Antonio De Vita
- 2024 Where's Wanda? ( 8 episodes ) as Jonas Vinson
- 1958 Stahlnetz ( 1 episode ) as Nicolai
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Marc Landauer
- 2019 Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 World Without End ( 8 episodes ) as Holger
- 1997 Leute heute ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Lotta & ... ( 1 episode ) as Junis
- 2012 Im Leben von … ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Bella Germania ( 3 episodes ) as Junger Vincenzo
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Roger Stahl
- 2017 Riccardo’s Dream Date ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Beat ( 7 episodes ) as Jasper
- 2013 Neo Magazin Royale ( 1 episode )
- 1976 Kölner Treff ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Taff ( 1 episode ) as self
- 2024 Gags - Comedy Deluxe ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Morgenmagazin ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Tietjen und Bommes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year ( 6 episodes ) as Butler James
- 2021 Westwall ( 6 episodes ) as Henning Badtke
- 2020 Das Gipfeltreffen ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2017 Beginner gegen Gewinner ( 1 episode )
