Ulrich Thomsen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-12-06 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Odense, Denmark
Ulrich Thomsen
Biography
Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film The Celebration and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series Banshee (2013–2016).
Ulrich Thomsen was born in (Næsby) Odense, Denmark and graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which he performed in several theatres in Copenhagen, such as Dr Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater.
His film debut was in 1994 in Nightwatch, directed by Ole Bornedal. Since then, he has starred in several roles, including, among others, Thomas Vinterberg's The Biggest Heroes (1996), Susanne Bier's Sekten (1997) and Anders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights (2000). The breakthrough in his career came in the 1998 film, Followed by an essential role in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999) portraying the part of henchman Sasha Davidov.
This established Thomsen as an international actor, famous outside his native Denmark. He played a part in the 2002 English film Killing Me Softly. In 2009, he played Jonas Skarssen, the lead villain in Tom Tykwer's The International. From 2013 to 2016, he starred as a series regular in Banshee, playing the primary antagonist, Kai Proctor. Aside from his native language, Danish, Thomsen is fluent in German and English. He is vegan.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
Boundless
as Carl Mørck
(2024)
Stockholm Bloodbath
as Hemming Gadh
(2023)
Before It Ends
as Lauritz
(2023)
(2022)
A Violent Man
as Warden Goodwillie
(2022)
Take My Hand
as Claes
(2021)
The Marco Effect
as Carl Mørck
(2020)
Mother at War
as Feldwebel Meier
(2020)
The Good Traitor
as Henrik Kauffmann
(2020)
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Himself
(2019)
1989: A Spy Story
as Jeremy Redman
(2019)
The Space Between the Lines
as Bernhard
(2019)
Gooseboy
as Knud Heinesen
(2018)
In Love & War
as Müller
(2017)
Darling
as Kristian
(2017)
Small Town Killers
as Edward
(2016)
The Commune
as Erik
(2016)
In Embryo
as Peter
(2015)
Mortdecai
as Romanov
(2015)
Summer of '92
as Richard Møller Nielsen
(2015)
Shadow of a Hero
as Gustaf (voice)
(2014)
A Second Chance
as Simon
(2013)
The Notebook
as Offizier
(2013)
In der Überzahl
as Stig Sørensen
(2013)
The Miracle
as Jakob
(2012)
Aya
as Mr. Overby
(2011)
Season of the Witch
as Eckhardt
(2011)
The Thing
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
(2010)
Centurion
as Gorlacon
(2010)
The Silence
as Peer Sommer
(2010)
In a Better World
as Claus
(2009)
The International
as Jonas Skarssen
(2009)
Duplicity
as Big Swiss Suit
(2009)
Tell-Tale
as Lethe
(2009)
Lulu and Jimi
as Harry Hass
(2008)
The Broken
as Dr Robert Zachman
(2008)
Fear Me Not
as Mikael
(2007)
Hitman
as Mikhail Belicoff
(2007)
The Substitute
as Jesper
(2007)
Impossibly Yours
as Jan
(2007)
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
as Dr. Brenner
(2006)
Clash of Egos
as Tonny
(2005)
Kingdom of Heaven
as Templar Master
(2005)
Adam's Apples
as Adam
(2005)
Allegro
as Zetterstrom
(2005)
(2004)
Brothers
as Michael
(2004)
The Rocket Post
as Gerhard Zucher
(2004)
Sergeant Pepper
as Johnny Sínger
(2003)
Blueprint
as Dr. Martin Fisher
(2003)
The Inheritance
as Christoffer
(2003)
Baby
as Marc
(2003)
Ins Leben zurück
as Eric Lundgren
(2002)
Killing Me Softly
as Klaus
(2002)
Max
as Captain Mayr
(2002)
P.O.V. - Point of View
as Henrik
(2001)
The Zookeeper
as Dragov
(2001)
Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
(2000)
Flickering Lights
as Peter
(2000)
The Weight of Water
as John Hontvedt
(2000)
Solen er så rød
as Sælger
(1999)
The World Is Not Enough
as Davidov
(1998)
The Celebration
as Christian
(1998)
Election Night
as Peter
(1998)
Angel of the Night
as Alex
(1998)
Baby Doom
as Magnus
(1997)
Credo
as Svane
(1997)
Royal Blues
as Christian
(1997)
A Regular Thing
as Holger
(1996)
The Biggest Heroes
as Peter
(1996)
Café Hector
as Christian
(1996)
Portland
as Lasse
(1994)
Nightwatch
as Red 1
(1993)
Slaget på tasken
as Slipse-Peter
Crew
(2021)
American Sausage Standoff
Writer, Director, Producer
(2016)
In Embryo
Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Producer
(2006)
Han, hun og Strindberg
Producer
(2005)
Manderlay
Thanks
(2003)
Baby
Executive Producer