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.
Life and career 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, (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.
Ullmann played the lead role, Luca Behrendt, in the 2008 movie Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt.
Ullmann will voice Wirt in the German dub of Over the Garden Wall.
Filmography + Films Year Title Role 1998 König auf Mallorca (King of Mallorca) 2001 Albtraum einer Ehe (A Marriage Turned Nightmare) Michael Schiffer 2002 Familie XXL (Family XXL) Timo Kramer 2004 Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe (My Path to You is Called Love) Alexander Niebauer 2004 Summer Storm Achim 2004 (The School Trip) Tobi 2005/III Game Over (Short) Nick 2005 Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman Joe Reinhardt 2005 Franziska Spiegel – Eine Erinnerung (Short) (Franziska Spiegel – A Memory) Stefanies Freund 2006 Baruto no Gakuen (The Baltic Academy) Hermann Lake 2006 Verliebt, na und wie! (In Love, and How!) Partygast 2006 (Hounded) Jan Winkler 2007 (The Hunt for Troy) Demetrios 2007 (Special Escort) Lasse 2008 Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt (The Time Called Life) Luca 2008 (The Miracle of Berlin) Marco Kaiser 2008 (Waiting for Angelina) Momme Ulmer 2008 Das tapfere Schneiderlein (The Brave Little Tailor) Schneider David 2009 (The Wild Chicks and Life) Max Fischer 2009 (The Prodigal Son) Rainer Schröder 2010 Single by Contract Chriz 2010 (Amigo – Death Upon Arrival) Rio Bosch 2011 (My Own Flesh and Blood) Oliver 2012 Die Tote ohne Alibi (The Dead Woman Without an Alibi) Tim Berners 2012 Schutzengel (Guardian Angel) Kurt 2012 Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung (Getting Married Isn't the Answer, Either) Luca 2013 Sources of Life Junger Klaus 2013 Ruby Red James 2013/VIII The Key (Short) 2013 Grossstadtklein (Big City, Small Town) Ronny 2014 A Most Wanted Man Rasheed 2014 Sapphire Blue James 2014 Coming In Tom 2015 3 Türken und ein Baby (3 Turks and a Baby) Celal Yildiz 2016 (Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys) Leo Schmackes 2017 My Blind Date With Life Saliya Kahawatte 2017 Lotta y la cara sería de la vida (Lotta and the Serious Side of Life) 2018 Beat Jasper 2020 Christmas Crossfire Samuel 2023 Paradise Max Toma
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