Known For
Acting
Born
May 30, 1984
Place of Birth
Hamburg, Germany
Credits
93 titles
Kostja Ullmann
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
Olli
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
Butler James
In the Rose Garden
Where's Wanda?
Jonas Vinson
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
Paradise
Max Toma
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
Lucy Goes Gangsta
Lucy's Father
The Hippocratic Silence
Rico Weber
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Klaus Störtebeker
Westwall
Henning Badtke
Die Heimsuchung
Ben
Meeresleuchten
Matti Rosner
Heimat
Christmas Crossfire
Samuel
Asphalt Burning
Tyske Roy
Diary of an Uber Driver
Ben Hoffmann
Das Gipfeltreffen
Self
Suddenly Love
Jakob
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Self
Bella Germania
Vincenzo Marconi (jung)
Beat
Jasper
Wuff
Daniel
Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten
Self
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
Tom Färber
Riccardo’s Dream Date
Self
Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen
Self
Happy Burnout
Datty
My Blind Date with Life
Saliya Kahawatte
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
Theo
Emerald Green
James A. P. Pimplebottom
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Leo Schmackes
Das Spiel beginnt
Self
Paare
3 Türken und ein Baby
Celal Yildiz
Coming In
Tom
Sapphire Blue
Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
A Most Wanted Man
Rasheed
Junges Deutschland
himself
Neo Magazin Royale
GrossStadtklein
Ronny
Ruby Red
James
Sources of Life
Klaus, jung
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
Luca
The Guardians
Polizist
World Without End
Holger
Die Tote ohne Alibi
Tim Berners
Im Leben von …
Self
Flesh and Blood
Oliver
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Rio Bosch