Kostja Ullmann
Acting
- Born:
- 1984-05-30
- 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
Filmography
Die dritte Hochzeit
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
In the Rose Garden
Where's Wanda?
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
Paradise
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
Lucy Goes Gangsta
The Hippocratic Silence
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Westwall
Die Heimsuchung
Meeresleuchten
Heimat
Christmas Crossfire
Asphalt Burning
Diary of an Uber Driver
Das Gipfeltreffen
Suddenly Love
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Bella Germania
Beat
Wuff
Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
Riccardo’s Dream Date
Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen
Happy Burnout
My Blind Date with Life
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
Emerald Green
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Das Spiel beginnt
Paare
3 Türken und ein Baby
Coming In
Sapphire Blue
A Most Wanted Man
Junges Deutschland
Neo Magazin Royale
GrossStadtklein
Ruby Red
Sources of Life
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
The Guardians
World Without End
Die Tote ohne Alibi
Im Leben von …
Flesh and Blood
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Single By Contract
Lotta & ...
Der verlorene Sohn
The Wild Chicks and Life
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Warten auf Angelina
Das Wunder von Berlin
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
Special Escort
The Hunt for Troy
Punish Me
Verliebt, na und wie!
The Ode to Joy
Die große Maus-Show
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
Black Strawberries
Der Staatsanwalt
The School Trip
Summer Storm
Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
SOKO Köln
Familie XXL
Das Duo
Albtraum einer Ehe
Einsatz in Hamburg
Donna Leon
The Peppercorns
Zwei Männer am Herd
Leute heute
Taff
Tietjen und Bommes
The Air Rescue Team
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
Wolffs Revier
Morgenmagazin
DAS!
Großstadtrevier
NDR Talk Show
Kölner Treff
Scene of the Crime
Stahlnetz