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
Hitman (2007)
as Mikhail Belicoff
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Eckhardt
Killing Me Softly (2002)
as Klaus
The International (2009)
as Jonas Skarssen
Mortdecai (2015)
as Romanov
Centurion (2010)
as Gorlacon
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
as Dr. Brenner
Duplicity (2009)
as Big Swiss Suit
Boundless (2024)
as Carl Mørck
Adam's Apples (2005)
as Adam
The Celebration (1998)
as Christian
Nightwatch (1994)
as Rod 1
In a Better World (2010)
as Claus
The Silence (2010)
as Peer Sommer
Before It Ends (2023)
as Lauritz
Impossibly Yours (2007)
as Jan
Masculine Misunderstandings (—)
as Troels
Café Hector (1996)
as Christian
Baby Doom (1998)
as Magnus
Max (2002)
as Captain Mayr
Gooseboy (2019)
as Knud Heinesen
The Marco Effect (2021)
as Carl Mørck
The Weight of Water (2001)
as John Hontvedt
Flickering Lights (2000)
as Peter
The Inheritance (2003)
as Christoffer
The Broken (2008)
as Dr Robert Zachman
The Notebook (2013)
as Offizier
Apparat (—)
Actor
Mostly Martha (2001)
as Sam Thalberg
Allegro (2005)
as Zetterstrom
Small Town Killers (2017)
as Edward
Credo (1997)
as Svane
Run (2025)
as Matt
Stockholm Bloodbath (2024)
as Hemming Gadh
Ripple (2023)
Actor
A Regular Thing (1997)
as Holger
The Space Between the Lines (2019)
as Bernhard
The Riders (2027)
Actor
A Second Chance (2014)
as Simon
Tell-Tale (2009)
as Lethe
Election Night (1998)
as Peter
Darling (2017)
as Kristian
Clash of Egos (2006)
as Tonny
Brothers (2004)
as Michael
The Celebration in Retrospect (2005)
as self
The Commune (2016)
as Erik
Aya (2012)
as Mr. Overby
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
Solen er så rød (2000)
as Sælger
In Love & War (2018)
as Müller
Angel of the Night (1998)
as Alex
The Good Traitor (2020)
as Henrik Kauffmann
The Zookeeper (2001)
as Dragov
The Substitute (2007)
as Jesper Osböll
In der Überzahl (2013)
as Stig Sørensen
Summer of '92 (2015)
as Richard Møller Nielsen
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)
as Sig selv
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Slipse-Peter
Baby (2003)
as Marc
Fear Me Not (2008)
as Mikael
The Biggest Heroes (1996)
as Peter
The Rocket Post (2004)
as Gerhard Zucher
A Violent Man (2022)
as Warden Goodwillie
Blueprint (2003)
as Dr. Martin Fisher
Shadow of a Hero (2015)
as Gustaf (voice)
Mother at War (2020)
as Feldwebel Meier
Portland (1996)
as Lasse
Take My Hand (2022)
as Claes
Lulu and Jimi (2009)
as Harry Hass
Dead Language (2025)
as Esben
Ins Leben zurück (2003)
as Eric Lundgren
1989: A Spy Story (2019)
as Jeremy Redman
Sergeant Pepper (2004)
as Johnny Sínger
In Embryo (2016)
as Peter
P.O.V. - Point of View (2002)
as Henrik
Royal Blues (1997)
as Christian
The Miracle (2013)
as Jakob