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
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.
Born
May 30, 1984
Hamburg, Germany
Known For
Acting
Movies
53 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.9
Known For
A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Rasheed
Sapphire Blue
2014
as Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Paradise
2023
as Max Toma
My Blind Date with Life
2017
as Saliya Kahawatte
Ruby Red
2013
as James
Asphalt Burning
2020
as Tyske Roy
Emerald Green
2016
as James A. P. Pimplebottom
Summer Storm
2004
as Achim
3 Türken und ein Baby
2015
as Celal Yildiz
The Guardians
2012
as Polizist
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