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 Thing (2011)
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
Hitman (2007)
as Mikhail Belicoff
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
as Davidov
Killing Me Softly (2002)
as Klaus
Centurion (2010)
as Gorlacon
Mortdecai (2015)
as Romanov
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Eckhardt
The Marco Effect (2021)
as Carl Mørck
Adam's Apples (2005)
as Adam
The International (2009)
as Jonas Skarssen
Duplicity (2009)
as Big Swiss Suit
The Celebration (1998)
as Christian
Boundless (2024)
as Carl Mørck
Stockholm Bloodbath (2024)
as Hemming Gadh
Nightwatch (1994)
as Rod 1
Run (2025)
as Matt
The Broken (2008)
as Dr Robert Zachman
The Silence (2010)
as Peer Sommer
The Weight of Water (2001)
as John Hontvedt
Café Hector (1996)
as Christian
Tell-Tale (2009)
as Lethe
Flickering Lights (2000)
as Peter
Mostly Martha (2001)
as Sam Thalberg
In a Better World (2010)
as Claus
A Second Chance (2014)
as Simon
The Riders (—)
Actor
Mother at War (2020)
as Feldwebel Meier
Brothers (2004)
as Michael
The Notebook (2013)
as Offizier
Max (2002)
as Captain Mayr
Summer of '92 (2015)
as Richard Møller Nielsen
Fear Me Not (2008)
as Mikael
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
Angel of the Night (1998)
as Alex
Take My Hand (2022)
as Claes
The Good Traitor (2020)
as Henrik Kauffmann
The Commune (2016)
as Erik
The Inheritance (2003)
as Christoffer
Baby Doom (1998)
as Magnus
In Love & War (2018)
as Müller
Dead Language (2025)
as Esben
Small Town Killers (2017)
as Edward
The Substitute (2007)
as Jesper Osböll
Blueprint (2003)
as Dr. Martin Fisher
The Zookeeper (2001)
as Dragov
In Embryo (2016)
as Peter
The Rocket Post (2004)
as Gerhard Zucher
Darling (2017)
as Kristian
A Violent Man (2022)
as Warden Goodwillie
Before It Ends (2023)
as Lauritz
Lulu and Jimi (2009)
as Harry Hass
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
as Dr. Brenner
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)
as Sig selv
The Space Between the Lines (2019)
as Bernhard
Baby (2003)
as Marc
P.O.V. - Point of View (2002)
as Henrik
Impossibly Yours (2007)
as Jan
Sergeant Pepper (2004)
as Johnny Sínger
Gooseboy (2019)
as Knud Heinesen
1989: A Spy Story (2019)
as Jeremy Redman
Credo (1997)
as Svane
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Slipse-Peter
Portland (1996)
as Lasse
Clash of Egos (2006)
as Tonny
Election Night (1998)
as Peter
Ins Leben zurück (2003)
as Eric Lundgren
Aya (2012)
as Mr. Overby
The Biggest Heroes (1996)
as Peter
Allegro (2005)
as Zetterstrom
The Celebration in Retrospect (2005)
as self
Solen er så rød (2000)
as Sælger
Royal Blues (1997)
as Christian
In der Überzahl (2013)
as Stig Sørensen
Shadow of a Hero (2015)
as Gustaf (voice)
Ripple (2023)
Actor
A Regular Thing (1997)
as Holger
Masculine Misunderstandings (—)
as Troels
Apparat (—)
Actor
The Miracle (2013)
as Jakob