Acting
Kostja Ullmann
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
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Film · 2026
Die dritte Hochzeit
Film · 2026
In the Rose Garden
Film · 2025
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
Series · 2025
Where's Wanda?
Series · 2024
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
Series · 2024
Paradise
Film · 2023
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
Film · 2022
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Film · 2022
The Hippocratic Silence
Film · 2022
Lucy Goes Gangsta
Film · 2022
Die Heimsuchung
Film · 2021
Heimat
Film · 2021
Meeresleuchten
Film · 2021
Westwall
Series · 2021
Asphalt Burning
Film · 2020
Christmas Crossfire
Film · 2020
Diary of an Uber Driver
Series · 2020
Das Gipfeltreffen
Series · 2020
Suddenly Love
Film · 2019
Bella Germania
Series · 2019
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Series · 2019
Bella Germania
Series · 2019
Wuff
Film · 2018
Beat
Series · 2018
Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten
Series · 2018
My Blind Date with Life
Film · 2017
Happy Burnout
Film · 2017
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
Film · 2017
Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen
Series · 2017
Riccardo’s Dream Date
Series · 2017
Emerald Green
Film · 2016
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Film · 2016
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
Film · 2016
3 Türken und ein Baby
Film · 2015
Paare
Series · 2015
Das Spiel beginnt
Series · 2015
A Most Wanted Man
Film · 2014
Junges Deutschland
Film · 2014
Sapphire Blue
Film · 2014
Coming In
Film · 2014
Ruby Red
Film · 2013
GrossStadtklein
Film · 2013
Sources of Life
Film · 2013
Neo Magazin Royale
Series · 2013
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
Film · 2012
The Guardians
Film · 2012
Die Tote ohne Alibi
Film · 2012
World Without End
Series · 2012
Im Leben von …
Series · 2012
Flesh and Blood
Film · 2011
Single By Contract
Film · 2010
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Film · 2010
Lotta & ...
Series · 2010
The Wild Chicks and Life
Film · 2009
Der verlorene Sohn
Film · 2009
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
Film · 2008
Warten auf Angelina
Film · 2008
Das Wunder von Berlin
Film · 2008
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Film · 2008
Special Escort
Film · 2007
Punish Me
Film · 2007
The Hunt for Troy
Film · 2007
Verliebt, na und wie!
Film · 2006
The Ode to Joy
Film · 2006
Die große Maus-Show
Series · 2006
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
Film · 2005
Black Strawberries
Film · 2005
Der Staatsanwalt
Series · 2005
Summer Storm
Film · 2004
Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe
Film · 2004
The School Trip
Film · 2004
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
Series · 2004
SOKO Köln
Series · 2003
Familie XXL
Film · 2002
Das Duo
Series · 2002
Albtraum einer Ehe
Film · 2001
Einsatz in Hamburg
Series · 2000
Donna Leon
Series · 2000
The Peppercorns
Series · 1999
Zwei Männer am Herd
Series · 1999
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Series · 1997
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Series · 1997
The Air Rescue Team
Series · 1997
Leute heute
Series · 1997
Taff
Series · 1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Series · 1997
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
Series · 1995
Wolffs Revier
Series · 1992
Morgenmagazin
Series · 1992
DAS!
Series · 1991
Großstadtrevier
Series · 1986
NDR Talk Show
Series · 1979
Kölner Treff
Series · 1976
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Stahlnetz
Series · 1958