Kostas Sommer (Greek: Κώστας Î£ÏŒÎ¼Î¼ÎµÏ ; 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.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. 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 Î£Ï„Î±Ï Î•Î»Î»Î¬Ï‚) pageant. He
was starring opposite actress Fay Zafirakou, (Greek: Φαίη
Î–Î±Ï†ÎµÎ¹Ï Î¬ÎºÎ¿Ï…), in the Greek TV series Tis Agapis Maheria
(Greek: Της αγάπης Î¼Î±Ï‡Î±Î¹Ï Î¹Î¬), (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.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).
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.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. 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 Î£Ï„Î±Ï Î•Î»Î»Î¬Ï‚) pageant. He
was starring opposite actress Fay Zafirakou, (Greek: Φαίη
Î–Î±Ï†ÎµÎ¹Ï Î¬ÎºÎ¿Ï…), in the Greek TV series Tis Agapis Maheria
(Greek: Της αγάπης Î¼Î±Ï‡Î±Î¹Ï Î¹Î¬), (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.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).
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