Kostas Sommer

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Costas Sommer Κώστας Σόμμερ
Born	(1975-05-17) 17 May 1975 Germany
Occupation	Actor, model
Website
http://www.kostasommer.com/

Costas or Kostas Sommer (Greek: Κώστας Σόμμερ; born 17 May 1975) is a Greek model and actor 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. This role is Sommer’s first Hollywood role, after nailing his only audition since arriving in Los Angeles.

He was born in Germany, where he spent most of his childhood years and later moved to Greece,^[1] Sommer attended the German School of Athens. He was bit by the acting bug as a young boy, and continued working in television and film in Greece. He is a very well known Greek celebrity appearing in numerous magazines as a model before landing roles in big screen film productions such as Brides by Pantelis Voulgaris, A Breath's Distance for ATA Studios and Golden Beach. Some of his television credits include Love Came From Afar, Aliki, and The Bachelors. 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.^[2]

Trivia

Costas speaks fluently Greek, German, English and French.^[3]
He was born to a Greek father, from Crete, and a German mother.
Started modeling at age 12.
He uses his mother's maiden name as his stage name.
He is a graduate of UCLA in acting 1997.
Shoot the Duke (2009) (completed) .... Harry
Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009) .... Ottis
Boston Strangler: The Untold Story (2008) (V) .... Frank Asarian
2010- Lena-Liebe meines Lebens (German Telenovela) .... Toni

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Name	Sommer, Kostas
Alternative names
Short description	Greek actor
Date of birth	17 May 1975
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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