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
Season of the Witch (2011)
as Eckhardt
The Thing (2011)
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
Hitman (2007)
as Mikhail Belicoff
Mortdecai (2015)
as Romanov
Centurion (2010)
as Gorlacon
The International (2009)
as Jonas Skarssen
Killing Me Softly (2002)
as Klaus
Duplicity (2009)
as Big Swiss Suit
Boundless (2024)
as Carl Mørck
Adam's Apples (2005)
as Adam
The Marco Effect (2021)
as Carl Mørck
Nightwatch (1994)
as Rod 1
The Celebration (1998)
as Christian
The Silence (2010)
as Peer Sommer
Flickering Lights (2000)
as Peter
Stockholm Bloodbath (2024)
as Hemming Gadh
In a Better World (2010)
as Claus
Small Town Killers (2017)
as Edward
A Second Chance (2014)
as Simon
Café Hector (1996)
as Christian
The Broken (2008)
as Dr Robert Zachman
The Weight of Water (2001)
as John Hontvedt
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman (2007)
as Dr. Brenner
Max (2002)
as Captain Mayr
Before It Ends (2023)
as Lauritz
Masculine Misunderstandings (—)
as Troels
The Commune (2016)
as Erik
Austerity (2026)
as Nikolajs far
Run (2025)
as Matt
Deep Water (1999)
as Flygge
The Good Traitor (2020)
as Henrik Kauffmann
In Love & War (2018)
as Müller
Mostly Martha (2001)
as Sam Thalberg
The Inheritance (2003)
as Christoffer
Tell-Tale (2009)
as Lethe
Brothers (2004)
as Michael
Angel of the Night (1998)
as Alex
A Violent Man (2022)
as Warden Goodwillie
The Notebook (2013)
as Offizier
Darling (2017)
as Kristian
The Riders (2027)
Actor
Baby Doom (1998)
as Magnus
Mother at War (2020)
as Feldwebel Meier
Credo (1997)
as Svane
Gooseboy (2019)
as Knud Heinesen
Summer of '92 (2015)
as Richard Møller Nielsen
Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
Baby (2003)
as Marc
Ripple (2023)
as Hammer
The Zookeeper (2001)
as Dragov
The Space Between the Lines (2019)
as Bernhard
Election Night (1998)
as Peter
Clash of Egos (2006)
as Tonny
Apparat (—)
Actor
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)
as Sig selv
Fear Me Not (2008)
as Mikael
The Biggest Heroes (1996)
as Peter
The Substitute (2007)
as Jesper Osböll
Lulu and Jimi (2009)
as Harry Hass
Impossibly Yours (2007)
as Jan
Take My Hand (2022)
as Claes
Blueprint (2003)
as Dr. Martin Fisher
A Regular Thing (1997)
as Holger
Sergeant Pepper (2004)
as Johnny Sínger
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Slipse-Peter
Solen er så rød (2000)
as Sælger
The Rocket Post (2004)
as Gerhard Zucher
Dead Language (2025)
as Esben
1989: A Spy Story (2019)
as Jeremy Redman
In der Überzahl (2013)
as Stig Sørensen
Royal Blues (1997)
as Christian
Allegro (2005)
as Zetterstrom
In Embryo (2016)
as Peter
Portland (1996)
as Lasse
Shadow of a Hero (2015)
as Gustaf (voice)
The Celebration in Retrospect (2005)
as self
Aya (2012)
as Mr. Overby
Ins Leben zurück (2003)
as Eric Lundgren
P.O.V. - Point of View (2002)
as Henrik
The Miracle (2013)
as Jakob