Since 1985, he has played the character of Dr. Carsten Flöter on the popular German TV series Lindenstraße on ARD.

A second kiss was in 1990 with character Robert Engel (actor Martin Armknecht) this brought about discussions on LGBT topics in the media.

His other television credits include Schillerstraße (an improvisational comedy show) and he is often a guest on Genial daneben (a quiz programme with comedians).

[2][3] He joined a freelance theater group, which was invited to various arts festivals, this was a hobby that could be a profession.

[5] He also took acting classes, played at the Comedia Theater in Cologne and started working at the Schauspielhaus.

[4] Uecker became known as Dr. Carsten Flöter in the television series Lindenstraße (translated as 'Linden Road'), where he kissed actor Günter Barton in 1987.

[8] The WDR and the Lindenstraße production company GFF then filed criminal charges against the unknown person.

[8] He has worked alongside Hella von Sinnen, Ralph Morgenstern and Dirk Bach in 'Cologne Homopromis'.