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Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

Acting

Born: December 6, 1963Odense, Denmark

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
Run

Run

Matt

2025
Dead Language

Dead Language

Esben

2025
Boundless

Boundless

Carl Mørck

2024
Stockholm Bloodbath

Stockholm Bloodbath

Hemming Gadh

2024
Ripple

Ripple

2023
Before It Ends

Before It Ends

Lauritz

2023
A Violent Man

A Violent Man

Warden Goodwillie

2022
Take My Hand

Take My Hand

Claes

2022
The Marco Effect

The Marco Effect

Carl Mørck

2021
Mother at War

Mother at War

Feldwebel Meier

2020
The Idiots Who Started The Party

The Idiots Who Started The Party

Sig selv

2020
The Good Traitor

The Good Traitor

Henrik Kauffmann

2020
Gooseboy

Gooseboy

Knud Heinesen

2019
The Space Between the Lines

The Space Between the Lines

Bernhard

2019
1989: A Spy Story

1989: A Spy Story

Jeremy Redman

2019
In Love & War

In Love & War

Müller

2018
Darling

Darling

Kristian

2017
Small Town Killers

Small Town Killers

Edward

2017
In Embryo

In Embryo

Peter

2016
The Commune

The Commune

Erik

2016
Summer of '92

Summer of '92

Richard Møller Nielsen

2015
Shadow of a Hero

Shadow of a Hero

Gustaf (voice)

2015
Mortdecai

Mortdecai

Romanov

2015
A Second Chance

A Second Chance

Simon

2014
The Miracle

The Miracle

Jakob

2013
The Notebook

The Notebook

Offizier

2013
In der Überzahl

In der Überzahl

Stig Sørensen

2013
Aya

Aya

Mr. Overby

2012
The Thing

The Thing

Dr. Sander Halvorson

2011
Season of the Witch

Season of the Witch

Eckhardt

2011
In a Better World

In a Better World

Claus

2010
The Silence

The Silence

Peer Sommer

2010
Centurion

Centurion

Gorlacon

2010
Tell-Tale

Tell-Tale

Lethe

2009
Duplicity

Duplicity

Big Swiss Suit

2009
The International

The International

Jonas Skarssen

2009
Lulu and Jimi

Lulu and Jimi

Harry Hass

2009
Fear Me Not

Fear Me Not

Mikael

2008
The Broken

The Broken

Dr Robert Zachman

2008
Hitman

Hitman

Mikhail Belicoff

2007
Impossibly Yours

Impossibly Yours

Jan

2007
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

Dr. Brenner

2007
The Substitute

The Substitute

Jesper Osböll

2007
Clash of Egos

Clash of Egos

Tonny

2006
The Celebration in Retrospect

The Celebration in Retrospect

self

2005
Allegro

Allegro

Zetterstrom

2005
Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

Templar Master

2005
Adam's Apples

Adam's Apples

Adam

2005
Sergeant Pepper

Sergeant Pepper

Johnny Sínger

2004
Brothers

Brothers

Michael

2004
The Rocket Post

The Rocket Post

Gerhard Zucher

2004
Blueprint

Blueprint

Dr. Martin Fisher

2003

Ins Leben zurück

Eric Lundgren

2003
Baby

Baby

Marc

2003
The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Christoffer

2003
Max

Max

Captain Mayr

2002
Killing Me Softly

Killing Me Softly

Klaus

2002
P.O.V. - Point of View

P.O.V. - Point of View

Henrik

2002
The Zookeeper

The Zookeeper

Dragov

2001
Mike Bassett: England Manager

Mike Bassett: England Manager

Dr. Hans Shoegaarten

2001
Mostly Martha

Mostly Martha

Sam Thalberg

2001
The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

John Hontvedt

2001
Flickering Lights

Flickering Lights

Peter

2000

Solen er så rød

Sælger

2000
The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough

Davidov

1999
Angel of the Night

Angel of the Night

Alex

1998
The Celebration

The Celebration

Christian

1998
Baby Doom

Baby Doom

Magnus

1998
Election Night

Election Night

Peter

1998
Credo

Credo

Svane

1997
Royal Blues

Royal Blues

Christian

1997
A Regular Thing

A Regular Thing

Holger

1997
The Biggest Heroes

The Biggest Heroes

Peter

1996
Portland

Portland

Lasse

1996
Café Hector

Café Hector

Christian

1996
Nightwatch

Nightwatch

Rod 1

1994

Hit the Bag

Slipse-Peter

1993