Christian Ulmen

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Christian Ulmen
Christian Ulmen Berlinale 2008.jpg
Ulmen in 2008
Born (1975-09-22) 22 September 1975 (age 48)
Occupation(s)Actor, entertainer, presenter
Spouses
Huberta Ulmen
(m. 20052010)
(m. 2011)
Children2

Christian Ulmen (born 22 September 1975) is a German television presenter, actor, entertainer, voice actor, narrator, filmmaker and businessman.

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Career

Ulmen was born in Neuwied. He started his television career in 1996 as a video jockey on MTV Europe. He is known for his creative, and sometimes provocative, humour, which he displayed in TV shows such as Unter Ulmen or Mein neuer Freund , the German adaptation of Channel 4's My New Best Friend , and the award-winning TV series Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich . Ulmen has also appeared in leading roles in successful cinema productions including Berlin Blues (2003), the screenplay Atomised (2006), based on Michel Houellebecq's novel of the same title, and Men in the City directed by Simon Verhoeven and released in October 2009.

From 2013 to 2021, Ulmen and Nora Tschirner played a team of investigators who also happen to be a couple, in the Weimar-based episodes of the Tatort series. [1]

Personal life

Ulmen with his wife Collien Fernandes in 2012 Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2012 - Christian Ulmen - Collien Ulmen-Fernandes.jpg
Ulmen with his wife Collien Fernandes in 2012

Ulmen is agnostic.

Ulmen met his future wife Huberta in 1999 and they eventually married in 2005. They have a son together, but divorced in 2010.

In August 2010, Ulmen met Collien Fernandes and the couple married on 22 June 2011. They welcomed their first child in April 2012.

Selected filmography

Audiobooks (excerpt)

Awards

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References

  1. "Bericht: Tatort-Macher angeln sich Tschirner und Ulmen". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). dpad Presseagentur. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012.