Kostja Ullmann
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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
Credits
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
as Rasheed
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me (2026)
as Olli
Sapphire Blue (2014)
as Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Ruby Red (2013)
as James
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
as Saliya Kahawatte
Asphalt Burning (2020)
as Tyske Roy
Paradise (2023)
as Max Toma
Emerald Green (2016)
as James A. P. Pimplebottom
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys (2016)
as Leo Schmackes
3 Türken und ein Baby (2015)
as Celal Yildiz
Summer Storm (2004)
as Achim
The Wild Chicks and Life (2009)
as Herbergsvater Max
Single By Contract (2010)
as Chriz
The Guardians (2012)
as Polizist
Christmas Crossfire (2020)
as Samuel
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt (2022)
as Klaus Störtebeker
Heimat (2021)
Actor
The School Trip (2004)
as Tobi
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge (2016)
as Theo
Familie XXL (2002)
as Timo Kramer
Das Wunder von Berlin (2008)
as Marco Kaiser
Black Strawberries (2005)
as Jonas
The Hunt for Troy (2007)
as Demetrios
Flesh and Blood (2011)
as Oliver
Die Tote ohne Alibi (2012)
as Tim Berners
Coming In (2014)
as Tom
Der verlorene Sohn (2009)
as Rainer Schröder
Sources of Life (2013)
as Klaus, jung
Wuff (2018)
as Daniel
Amigo - Dead on Arrival (2010)
as Rio Bosch
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt (2008)
as Luca
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben (2017)
as Tom Färber
Suddenly Love (2019)
as Jakob
GrossStadtklein (2013)
as Ronny
Lucy Goes Gangsta (2022)
as Lucy's Father
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman (2005)
as Joe Reinhardt
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes (2022)
Actor
Das tapfere Schneiderlein (2008)
as Schneider David
Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe (2004)
as Alexander
In the Rose Garden (2025)
Actor
Special Escort (2007)
as Lasse
Punish Me (2007)
as Jan Winkler
Meeresleuchten (2021)
as Matti Rosner
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung (2012)
as Luca
The Hippocratic Silence (2022)
as Rico Weber
The Ode to Joy (2006)
as Herman Lake
Happy Burnout (2017)
as Datty
Verliebt, na und wie! (2006)
as Gast
Die Heimsuchung (2021)
as Ben
Warten auf Angelina (2008)
as Momme Ulmer
Albtraum einer Ehe (2001)
as Michael Schiffer
Junges Deutschland (2014)
as himself
Die dritte Hochzeit (2026)
as Philipp