Kostja Ullmann
Known for
Kostja Ullmann is a screen veteran recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. Rasheed in 'A Most Wanted Man' is the role that outgrew the rest. He appears in 'Ruby Red' too. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. A run of 25 years is the headline number here.
Kostja Ullmann
34 Movies
21 Series
Kostja Ullmann is a screen veteran recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. Rasheed in 'A Most Wanted Man' is the role that outgrew the rest. He appears in 'Ruby Red' too. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. A run of 25 years is the headline number here.
Movies
Plays Olli
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
2026
Plays Rasheed
A Most Wanted Man
2014
Plays Max Toma
Paradise
2023
Plays James
Ruby Red
2013
Plays Saliya Kahawatte
My Blind Date with Life
2017
Plays Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
Sapphire Blue
2014
Plays Tyske Roy
Asphalt Burning
2020
Plays James A. P. Pimplebottom
Emerald Green
2016
Plays Achim
Summer Storm
2004
Plays Leo Schmackes
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
2016
Plays Jan Winkler
Punish Me
2007
Plays Daniel
Wuff
2018
Plays Polizist
The Guardians
2012
Plays Celal Yildiz
3 Türken und ein Baby
2015
Plays Samuel
Christmas Crossfire
2020
Plays Chriz
Single By Contract
2010
Plays Herbergsvater Max
The Wild Chicks and Life
2009
Plays Klaus Störtebeker
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
2022
Plays Tom
Coming In
2014
Plays Luca
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
2008
Plays Lucy's Father
Lucy Goes Gangsta
2022
Plays Tim Berners
Die Tote ohne Alibi
2012
Plays Tom Färber
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
2017
Plays Joe Reinhardt
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
2005
Plays Herman Lake
The Ode to Joy
2006
Plays Klaus, jung
Sources of Life
2013
Plays Jakob
Suddenly Love
2019
Plays Ronny
GrossStadtklein
2013
Plays Momme Ulmer
Warten auf Angelina
2008
Plays Datty
Happy Burnout
2017
Plays Schneider David
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
2008
Plays Matti Rosner
Meeresleuchten
2021
TV Shows
Plays Jonas Vinson
Where's Wanda?
2024
Plays Holger
World Without End
2012
Plays Jasper
Beat
2018
Plays Ben Hoffmann
Diary of an Uber Driver
2020
Plays Butler James
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
2025
Plays Henning Badtke
Westwall
2021
Plays Deniz Ghubar / Arian Bakhtari
Scene of the Crime
1970
Plays Vincenzo Marconi (jung)
Bella Germania
2019
Plays Benjamin Amberg
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
Plays Fabian Bergius
Das Duo
2002
Plays David Rilling
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
2004
Plays Martin
The Air Rescue Team
1997
Plays Junis
Lotta & ...
2010
Plays Dominik Brennecke
Wolffs Revier
1992
Plays Rafael
The Peppercorns
1999
Plays Alex Schulz
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
Plays Frank
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
1995
Plays Raja Arumugan
Großstadtrevier
1986
Plays Carsten Völkel
SOKO Köln
2003
Plays Antonio De Vita
Donna Leon
2000
Plays Nicolai
Stahlnetz
1958
Latest Trailers
Watch Trailer
Paradise
Full Filmography
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Olli
2026
Film
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
Butler James · 6 episodes
2025–
TV
Where's Wanda?
Jonas Vinson · 8 episodes
2024–
TV
Paradise
Max Toma
2023
Film
Lucy Goes Gangsta
Lucy's Father
2022
Film
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Klaus Störtebeker
2022
Film
Westwall
Henning Badtke · 6 episodes
2021–
TV
Meeresleuchten
Matti Rosner
2021
Film
Christmas Crossfire
Samuel
2020
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Kostja Ullmann and where are they from?
Kostja Ullmann is 42 years old, born on May 30, 1984 in Hamburg, Germany.
What are the most famous roles of Kostja Ullmann?
Kostja Ullmann is best known for roles in A Most Wanted Man, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue.
How many movies has Kostja Ullmann been in?
Over a 25-year career (since 2001), Kostja Ullmann has appeared in 34 movies and 21 TV shows.
What was Kostja Ullmann's first movie?
The career of Kostja Ullmann began with Albtraum einer Ehe (2001).
What is Kostja Ullmann's most recent movie or series?
Kostja Ullmann's most recent release is Die dritte Hochzeit, which premiered on September 29, 2026.
What TV shows has Kostja Ullmann appeared in?
On television, Kostja Ullmann has appeared in Scene of the Crime, World Without End, Beat, Where's Wanda?.
Kostja Ullmann
1984-05-30 · 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.