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