Acting
Ulrich Thomsen
EN, DA, YI, DE cinema · 85 credits
Born
6 December 1963 (age 62)
Birthplace
Odense, Denmark
Also known as Ulrik Thomsen · اولریش تامسن
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
Filmography
Austerity
as Nikolajs far
Dead Language
as Esben
Run
as Matt
Boundless
as Carl Mørck
Stockholm Bloodbath
as Hemming Gadh
Before It Ends
as Lauritz
Ripple
as Hammer
Take My Hand
as Claes
A Violent Man
as Warden Goodwillie
The Marco Effect
as Carl Mørck
American Sausage Standoff
Director, Writer, Producer
Mother at War
as Feldwebel Meier
The Good Traitor
as Henrik Kauffmann
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Sig selv
1989: A Spy Story
as Jeremy Redman
Gooseboy
as Knud Heinesen
The Space Between the Lines
as Bernhard
In Love & War
as Müller
Small Town Killers
as Edward
Darling
as Kristian
The Commune
as Erik
In Embryo
as Peter, Director, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer
A Second Chance
as Simon
Mortdecai
as Romanov
Summer of '92
as Richard Møller Nielsen
Shadow of a Hero
as Gustaf (voice)
The Notebook
as Offizier
The Miracle
as Jakob
In der Überzahl
as Stig Sørensen
Aya
as Mr. Overby
Season of the Witch
as Eckhardt
The Thing
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
Centurion
as Gorlacon
The Silence
as Peer Sommer
In a Better World
as Claus
The International
as Jonas Skarssen
Lulu and Jimi
as Harry Hass
Tell-Tale
as Lethe
Duplicity
as Big Swiss Suit
The Broken
as Dr Robert Zachman
Fear Me Not
as Mikael
Hitman
as Mikhail Belicoff
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
as Dr. Brenner
The Substitute
as Jesper Osböll
Clash of Egos
as Tonny
Adam's Apples
as Adam
Allegro
as Zetterstrom
Kingdom of Heaven
as Templar Master
Manderlay
Thanks
Brothers
as Michael
The Rocket Post
as Gerhard Zucher
Sergeant Pepper
as Johnny Sínger
Blueprint
as Dr. Martin Fisher
The Inheritance
as Christoffer
Baby
as Marc, Executive Producer
Ins Leben zurück
2003
Ins Leben zurück
as Eric Lundgren
Killing Me Softly
as Klaus
P.O.V. - Point of View
as Henrik
Max
as Captain Mayr
The Zookeeper
as Dragov
Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
The Weight of Water
as John Hontvedt
Mostly Martha
as Sam Thalberg
Flickering Lights
as Peter
The World Is Not Enough
as Davidov
Deep Water
as Flygge
The Celebration
as Christian
Baby Doom
as Magnus
Election Night
as Peter
Credo
as Svane
A Regular Thing
as Holger
Royal Blues
as Christian
The Biggest Heroes
as Peter
Portland
as Lasse
Café Hector
as Christian
Nightwatch
as Rod 1
Slaget på tasken
1993
Hit the Bag
as Slipse-Peter