Acting
Kostja Ullmann
DE, NO, EN, JA cinema · 53 credits
Born
30 May 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Hamburg, Germany
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
Paradise
as Max Toma
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
as Klaus Störtebeker
The Hippocratic Silence
as Rico Weber
Lucy Goes Gangsta
as Lucy's Father
Meeresleuchten
as Matti Rosner
Asphalt Burning
as Tyske Roy
Christmas Crossfire
as Samuel
Suddenly Love
as Jakob
Wuff
as Daniel
My Blind Date with Life
as Saliya Kahawatte
Happy Burnout
as Datty
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
as Tom Färber
Emerald Green
as James A. P. Pimplebottom
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
as Leo Schmackes
3 Türken und ein Baby
as Celal Yildiz
A Most Wanted Man
as Rasheed
Sapphire Blue
as Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Coming In
as Tom
Ruby Red
as James
GrossStadtklein
as Ronny
Sources of Life
as Klaus, jung
The Guardians
as Polizist
Die Tote ohne Alibi
as Tim Berners
Flesh and Blood
as Oliver
Single By Contract
as Chriz
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
as Rio Bosch
The Wild Chicks and Life
as Herbergsvater Max
Der verlorene Sohn
as Rainer Schröder
Warten auf Angelina
as Momme Ulmer
Das Wunder von Berlin
as Marco Kaiser
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
as Schneider David
Special Escort
as Lasse
Punish Me
as Jan Winkler
The Hunt for Troy
as Demetrios
The Ode to Joy
as Herman Lake
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
as Joe Reinhardt
Black Strawberries
as Jonas
Summer Storm
as Achim
The School Trip
as Tobi
Familie XXL
as Timo Kramer
Albtraum einer Ehe
2001
Albtraum einer Ehe
as Michael Schiffer