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