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