Ulrich Thomsen
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ulrich Thomsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Templar Master
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
as Davidov
The Thing (2011)
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
The International (2009)
as Jonas Skarssen
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Eckhardt
Hitman (2007)
as Mikhail Belicoff
Mortdecai (2015)
as Romanov
Duplicity (2009)
as Big Swiss Suit
The Celebration (1998)
as Christian
Killing Me Softly (2002)
as Klaus
Adam's Apples (2005)
as Adam
Centurion (2010)
as Gorlacon
Boundless (2024)
as Carl Mørck
Stockholm Bloodbath (2024)
as Hemming Gadh
The Marco Effect (2021)
as Carl Mørck
The Weight of Water (2001)
as John Hontvedt
Mother at War (2020)
as Feldwebel Meier
Max (2002)
as Captain Mayr
Nightwatch (1994)
as Rod 1
The Broken (2008)
as Dr Robert Zachman
In a Better World (2010)
as Claus
A Second Chance (2015)
as Simon
The Silence (2010)
as Peer Sommer
Flickering Lights (2000)
as Peter
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
Before It Ends (2023)
as Lauritz
Tell-Tale (2009)
as Lethe
Café Hector (1996)
as Christian
The Good Traitor (2020)
as Henrik Kauffmann
Small Town Killers (2017)
as Edward
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
as Dr. Brenner
The Commune (2016)
as Erik
The Inheritance (2003)
as Christoffer
The Notebook (2013)
as Offizier
Mostly Martha (2001)
as Sam Thalberg
Masculine Misunderstandings (—)
as Troels
A Violent Man (2022)
as Warden Goodwillie
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)
as Sig selv
The Riders (—)
Actor
Brothers (2004)
as Michael
In Love & War (2018)
as Müller
Baby Doom (1998)
as Magnus
Austerity (2026)
as Nikolajs far
Run (2025)
as Matt
The Substitute (2007)
as Jesper Osböll
Election Night (1998)
as Peter
Deep Water (1999)
as Flygge
Summer of '92 (2015)
as Richard Møller Nielsen
Fear Me Not (2008)
as Mikael
Credo (1997)
as Svane
Apparat (—)
Actor
Ripple (2023)
as Hammer
Impossibly Yours (2007)
as Jan
Angel of the Night (1998)
as Alex
The Zookeeper (2001)
as Dragov
Darling (2017)
as Kristian
Gooseboy (2019)
as Knud Heinesen
Sergeant Pepper (2004)
as Johnny Sínger
A Regular Thing (1997)
as Holger
The Space Between the Lines (2019)
as Bernhard
The Rocket Post (2004)
as Gerhard Zucher
Baby (2003)
as Marc
Allegro (2005)
as Zetterstrom
Solen er så rød (2000)
as Sælger
Shadow of a Hero (2015)
as Gustaf (voice)
Blueprint (2003)
as Dr. Martin Fisher
1989: A Spy Story (2019)
as Jeremy Redman
The Biggest Heroes (1996)
as Peter
Dead Language (2025)
as Esben
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Slipse-Peter
Take My Hand (2022)
as Claes
Clash of Egos (2006)
as Tonny
In Embryo (2016)
as Peter
Lulu and Jimi (2009)
as Harry Hass
Aya (2012)
as Mr. Overby
The Celebration in Retrospect (2005)
as self
In der Überzahl (2013)
as Stig Sørensen
P.O.V. - Point of View (2002)
as Henrik
Portland (1996)
as Lasse
Ins Leben zurück (2003)
as Eric Lundgren
Royal Blues (1997)
as Christian
The Miracle (2013)
as Jakob