Kostas Sommer

Kostas Sommer is a Greek actor and 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.

Life and career Sommer was born in Germany, to a German-born Greek father, from Crete, and a German mother. Sommer spent most of his childhood years in Germany and later moved to Greece. 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 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. He currently lives between Athens and Los Angeles. He was starring in the Greek TV series Tis Agapis Maheria , (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. Kostas is also a very renowned lobbyist, active in the political as well as the business genre with many substantial deals and connections to his name. In 2019 he ran for a member of the European Parliament, and in 2023 for Regional Councillor for the Region of Attica.

Personal life In early 2000s, Sommer had been in a relationship with tv presenter Gogo Mastrokosta. From 2015 to 2019, Sommer had been in a relationship with model-actress Nafsika Panagiotakopoulou. On August 25, 2021, Sommer married makeup artist Valentine Papadaki after two years of being in a relationship. They have two children: a son, Jason (b. September 2, 2021) and a daughter, Simone (b. December 22, 2022).

Filmography +Television Year Title Role Notes 2002–2003 I Agapi Irthe Apo Makria Ilia Lead role, TV debut 2003–2004 Apostasi Anapnois Aris Lead role 2004–2005 To Spiti Dipla Sti Thalassa 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 Host2018 The Show World Panosepidode : Years Body Tattoo Show Party 2019 Star Foodies! Greece Edition Himself Guest star, 1 episode

+Cinema Year Title Role Notes 2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Manolis Assasopoulos 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