Kostas Sommer

Kostas Sommer (Greek: Κώστας Σόμμερ; born 17 May 1975) is a Greek/German Lobbyist, Entrepreneur and very well known Actor, Television host who has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows. In 2005, he appeared in the Hollywood film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo starring Rob Schneider, as the Greek gigolo Assapopoulos Mariolis. The role was Sommer's first Hollywood role, after his only audition since arriving in Los Angeles.

Kostas Sommer
Born
Konstantinos Sommer

(1975-05-17) 17 May 1975[1]
Germany
EducationGerman School of Athens
UCLA
OccupationActor, TV Host, Model
Websitewww.kostasommer.com/

Life and career

Sommer was born in Germany, to a Greek father, from Crete, and a German mother. He uses his mother's maiden name as his stage name. Sommer spent most of his childhood years in Germany and later moved to Greece.[2] Sommer attended the German School of Athens. He was bitten by the acting bug as a young boy, and continued working in television and film in Greece. He started modeling at age 12, and graduated of UCLA (Arts and Psychology) in 1997.

He is a very well known Greek celebrity appearing in numerous magazines and commercials as a model before participating in big screen film productions such as Brides by Pantelis Voulgaris, The Boston Strangler, A Breath's Distance ,Golden Beach and Extreme Sommer. Some of his television credits include Love Came From Afar, Soko Germany. He has also appeared in several broadway plays include playing the part of Joe Bonaparte in Golden Boy and Liliom. He enjoys extreme sports as well as skydiving, jetski, speed boat, car and motorcycle racing/stunts. Some of his other hobbies include kickboxing, sailing, scuba diving, track and field and firearms. He currently lives between Athens and Los Angeles Sommer made a guest appearance during the April 2006 Miss Star Hellas, (Greek: Μις Σταρ Ελλάς) pageant. He was starring opposite actress Fay Zafirakou, (Greek: Φαίη Ζαφειράκου), in the Greek TV series Tis Agapis Maheria (Greek: Της αγάπης μαχαιριά), (The Knives of Love) by Stratos Markidis for ANT1. This series had a personal connection to Kostas since the story is based in Cretan traditions.[3]

Parallel to his acting career he was also a successful, globally very well connected businessman, entrepreneur while owning different sorts of restaurants, clubs and concierge companies etc. After being a candidate for the European parliament in 2017, he has been involved in politics and is considered to be a top lobbyist in business and politics, with highly influential connections in both worlds. Developing Projects, and consulting parties and businesses. Sommer is also an active member/founder in various philanthropic and nonprofit environmental organizations such as allforblue (cleaning oceans, shores and beaches).

Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2001–2002 I Agapi Irthe Apo Makria Ilia TV debut, Lead role
2003–2004 Apostasi Anapnois Aris Lead role
2004–2005 To Spiti Dipla Sti Thalassa Lead role
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Manolis Assasopoulos Lead role
2006 Available Men Stephen TV movie
2006 To Kokkino Domatio Stratos Episode: "I Diva"
2006 Safe Sex TV Stories Stavros Episode: "I Gravata"
2006–2007 Tis Agapis Mahairia Sifis Stamatakis Lead role
2008 Show Sexy Himself Host
2009 Xtreme Sommer Himself Host, Producer
2010–2011 Lena – Liebe meines Lebens Tony Weiss Lead role, 180 episodes
2011–2012 Einai Stigmes Lead role
2015 SOKO München Dietmar Kruse Episode: "Herzblut"
2015 Summer in Greece Kostas Katakis TV movie
2016 Der Athen Krimi - Trojanische Pferde Raffael TV movie
2016–2017 Prodosies Peter Theofanous Lead role
2017 Survival Secret Himself Host
2018 The Show World Panos epidode : Years Body Tattoo Show Party
2019 Star Foodies! Greece Edition Himself Guest star, 1 episode
Cinema
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Boston Strangler: The Untold Story Frank Asarian
2008 Deep End Nikos
2009 Shoot the Duke Harry
2012 God Loves Caviar
2015 O Klearhos, i Marina & o Kontos
2019 Berlin, I Love You Agent TBA

References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290335/bio
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2006-07-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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