Cast & creator
Kostja Ullmann
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime
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.
53
film credits
46
television credits
99
1958–2026 · acting roles
5.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (99)
Showing 99 of 99 credits
Scene of the Crime
Deniz Ghubar / Arian Bakhtari
1970Scene of the Crime
Kerim Korkmaz
1970Scene of the Crime
Marc Landauer
1970Scene of the Crime
Roger Stahl
1970
DAS!
Self
1991
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Leute heute
Self
1997
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
SOKO Köln
Carsten Völkel
2003
Taff
self
1997
Großstadtrevier
Raja Arumugan
1986
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
Benjamin Amberg
1997
Wolffs Revier
Dominik Brennecke
1992
The Peppercorns
Rafael
1999Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
Der Staatsanwalt
Alex Schulz
2005
Neo Magazin Royale
2013
Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall
Frank
1995
Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Self
2019
The Air Rescue Team
Martin
1997
Where's Wanda?
Jonas Vinson
2024
Die große Maus-Show
Self
2006
Donna Leon
Antonio De Vita
2000
Das Gipfeltreffen
Self
2020Da kommst Du nie drauf! - Die große Show der schrägen Fragen
Self
2017
World Without End
Holger
2012Das Duo
Fabian Bergius
2002
A Most Wanted Man
Rasheed
2014
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
David Rilling
2004
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Olli
2026Im Leben von …
Self
2012Einsatz in Hamburg
Richie Renner
2000
Stahlnetz
Nicolai
1958
Beat
Jasper
2018
Paare
2015Zwei Männer am Herd
Jan
1999
Paradise
Max Toma
2023
Lotta & ...
Junis
2010
Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year
Butler James
2025
Sapphire Blue
Schulgeist James Pimplebottom
2014
Asphalt Burning
Tyske Roy
2020
Ruby Red
James
2013
Diary of an Uber Driver
Ben Hoffmann
2020
My Blind Date with Life
Saliya Kahawatte
2017
Emerald Green
James A. P. Pimplebottom
2016
Bella Germania
Vincenzo Marconi (jung)
2019Bella Germania
Junger Vincenzo
2019Sechs auf einen Streich – Die Märchenshow im Ersten
Self
2018
Gags - Comedy Deluxe
2024
Das Spiel beginnt
Self
2015
Bibi & Tina: Girls vs. Boys
Leo Schmackes
2016Riccardo’s Dream Date
Self
2017
3 Türken und ein Baby
Celal Yildiz
2015
The Guardians
Polizist
2012
Single By Contract
Chriz
2010
The Wild Chicks and Life
Herbergsvater Max
2009
Summer Storm
Achim
2004
Christmas Crossfire
Samuel
2020
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
Klaus Störtebeker
2022
Black Strawberries
Jonas
2005
Das Wunder von Berlin
Marco Kaiser
2008
Die Tote ohne Alibi
Tim Berners
2012
Auris - Die Frequenz des Todes
2022
Westwall
Henning Badtke
2021
Punish Me
Jan Winkler
2007
Familie XXL
Timo Kramer
2002
Wuff
Daniel
2018
Heiraten ist nichts für Feiglinge
Theo
2016Heimat
2021
The Hunt for Troy
Demetrios
2007
Coming In
Tom
2014
Die Zeit, die man Leben nennt
Luca
2008
Warten auf Angelina
Momme Ulmer
2008
Flesh and Blood
Oliver
2011
The School Trip
Tobi
2004
Sources of Life
Klaus, jung
2013
Lucy Goes Gangsta
Lucy's Father
2022
Kilimandscharo - Reise ins Leben
Tom Färber
2017
Amigo - Dead on Arrival
Rio Bosch
2010
Der verlorene Sohn
Rainer Schröder
2009
The Ode to Joy
Herman Lake
2006Mein Weg zu dir heißt Liebe
Alexander
2004
Secret Love: The Schoolboy and the Mailwoman
Joe Reinhardt
2005
Suddenly Love
Jakob
2019
GrossStadtklein
Ronny
2013
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Schneider David
2008
Special Escort
Lasse
2007
Heiraten ist auch keine Lösung
Luca
2012
In the Rose Garden
2025
The Hippocratic Silence
Rico Weber
2022
Meeresleuchten
Matti Rosner
2021
Happy Burnout
Datty
2017
Die Heimsuchung
Ben
2021Albtraum einer Ehe
Michael Schiffer
2001Verliebt, na und wie!
Gast
2006Junges Deutschland
himself
2014Die dritte Hochzeit
Philipp
2026