Kostja Ullmann
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 30, 1984 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Hamburg, Germany
- Credits
- 94
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
A Most Wanted Man
2014Movie
Rasheed
Ruby Red
2013Movie
James
Sapphire Blue
2014Movie
Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Emerald Green
2016Movie
James A. P. Pimplebottom
Paradise
2023Movie
Max Toma
My Blind Date with Life
2017Movie
Saliya Kahawatte
Filmography
Die dritte Hochzeit
2026Movie
Philipp
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
2026Movie
Olli
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
2025TV
Butler James
In the Rose Garden
2025Movie
Where's Wanda?
2024TV
Jonas Vinson
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
2024TV
Paradise
2023Movie
Max Toma
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
2022Movie
Lucy Goes Gangsta
2022Movie
Lucy's Father
The Hippocratic Silence
2022Movie
Rico Weber
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
2022Movie
Klaus Störtebeker
Westwall
2021TV
Henning Badtke
Die Heimsuchung
2021Movie
Ben
Meeresleuchten
2021Movie
Matti Rosner
Heimat
2021Movie
Christmas Crossfire
2020Movie
Samuel
Asphalt Burning
2020Movie
Tyske Roy
Diary of an Uber Driver
2020TV
Ben Hoffmann
Das Gipfeltreffen
2020TV
Self
Suddenly Love
2019Movie
Jakob
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
2019TV
Self
Bella Germania
2019TV
Vincenzo Marconi (jung), Junger Vincenzo
Beat
2018TV
Jasper
Wuff
2018Movie
Daniel
Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten
2018TV
Self
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
2017Movie
Tom Färber
Riccardo’s Dream Date
2017TV
Self
Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen
2017TV
Self
Happy Burnout
2017Movie
Datty
My Blind Date with Life
2017Movie
Saliya Kahawatte
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
2016Movie
Theo
Emerald Green
2016Movie
James A. P. Pimplebottom
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
2016Movie
Leo Schmackes
Das Spiel beginnt
2015TV
Self
Paare
2015TV
3 Türken und ein Baby
2015Movie
Celal Yildiz
Coming In
2014Movie
Tom
Sapphire Blue
2014Movie
Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
A Most Wanted Man
2014Movie
Rasheed
Junges Deutschland
2014Movie
himself
Neo Magazin Royale
2013TV
GrossStadtklein
2013Movie
Ronny
Ruby Red
2013Movie
James
Sources of Life
2013Movie
Klaus, jung
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
2012Movie
Luca
The Guardians
2012Movie
Polizist
World Without End
2012TV
Holger
Die Tote ohne Alibi
2012Movie
Tim Berners
Im Leben von …
2012TV
Self
Flesh and Blood
2011Movie
Oliver
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
2010Movie
Rio Bosch
Single By Contract
2010Movie
Chriz
Lotta & ...
2010TV
Junis
Der verlorene Sohn
2009Movie
Rainer Schröder
The Wild Chicks and Life
2009Movie
Herbergsvater Max
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
2008Movie
Schneider David
Warten auf Angelina
2008Movie
Momme Ulmer
Das Wunder von Berlin
2008Movie
Marco Kaiser
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
2008Movie
Luca
Special Escort
2007Movie
Lasse
The Hunt for Troy
2007Movie
Demetrios
Punish Me
2007Movie
Jan Winkler
Verliebt, na und wie!
2006Movie
Gast
The Ode to Joy
2006Movie
Herman Lake
Die große Maus-Show
2006TV
Self
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
2005Movie
Joe Reinhardt
Black Strawberries
2005Movie
Jonas
Der Staatsanwalt
2005TV
Alex Schulz
The School Trip
2004Movie
Tobi
Summer Storm
2004Movie
Achim
Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe
2004Movie
Alexander
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
2004TV
David Rilling
SOKO Köln
2003TV
Carsten Völkel
Familie XXL
2002Movie
Timo Kramer
Das Duo
2002TV
Fabian Bergius
Albtraum einer Ehe
2001Movie
Michael Schiffer
Einsatz in Hamburg
2000TV
Richie Renner
Donna Leon
2000TV
Antonio De Vita
The Peppercorns
1999TV
Rafael
Zwei Männer am Herd
1999TV
Jan
Leute heute
1997TV
Self
Taff
1997TV
self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997TV
Self
The Air Rescue Team
1997TV
Martin
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997TV
Benjamin Amberg
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995TV
Frank
Wolffs Revier
1992TV
Dominik Brennecke
Morgenmagazin
1992TV
Self
DAS!
1991TV
Self
Großstadtrevier
1986TV
Raja Arumugan
NDR Talk Show
1979TV
Self
Kölner Treff
1976TV
Self
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Deniz Ghubar / Arian Bakhtari, Kerim Korkmaz, Marc Landauer, Roger Stahl
Stahlnetz
1958TV
Nicolai