Ulrich Thomsen
84 movies · 23 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 6, 1963 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Odense, Denmark
- Also known as
- Ulrik Thomsen · اولریش تامسن
Biography
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.
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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.
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Known for
Ulrich Thomsen: movies and TV shows
Acting (104)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Masculine Misunderstandings
as Troels
- 2026 Austerity
as Nikolajs far
- 2026
- 2025 Run
as Matt
- 2025 Dead Language
as Esben
- 2024
- 2024 Boundless
as Carl Mørck
- 2024 Stockholm Bloodbath
as Hemming Gadh
- 2023 Ripple
as Hammer
- 2023 Before It Ends
as Lauritz
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 A Violent Man
as Warden Goodwillie
- 2022 Take My Hand
as Claes
- 2021 The Marco Effect
as Carl Mørck
- 2020 Mother at War
as Feldwebel Meier
- 2020 The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Sig selv
- 2020 The Good Traitor
as Henrik Kauffmann
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019 Gooseboy
as Knud Heinesen
- 2019 The Space Between the Lines
as Bernhard
- 2019 1989: A Spy Story
as Jeremy Redman
- 2018 In Love & War
as Müller
- 2017
- 2017 Darling
as Kristian
- 2017 Small Town Killers
as Edward
- 2016 In Embryo
as Peter
- 2016 The Commune
as Erik
- 2015 Summer of '92
as Richard Møller Nielsen
- 2015
- 2015 Shadow of a Hero
as Gustaf (voice)
- 2015 Mortdecai
as Romanov
- 2015 A Second Chance
as Simon
- 2013 The Miracle
as Jakob
- 2013
- 2013 The Notebook
as Offizier
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 In der Überzahl
as Stig Sørensen
- 2012 Aya
as Mr. Overby
- 2011 The Thing
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
- 2011
- 2011 Season of the Witch
as Eckhardt
- 2010
- 2010 In a Better World
as Claus
- 2010 The Silence
as Peer Sommer
- 2010 Centurion
as Gorlacon
- 2009
- 2009 Tell-Tale
as Lethe
- 2009 Duplicity
as Big Swiss Suit
- 2009 The International
as Jonas Skarssen
- 2009 Lulu and Jimi
as Harry Hass
- 2008 Fear Me Not
as Mikael
- 2008 The Broken
as Dr Robert Zachman
- 2008
- 2007 Hitman
as Mikhail Belicoff
- 2007
- 2007 Impossibly Yours
as Jan
- 2007 Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
as Dr. Brenner
- 2007 The Substitute
as Jesper Osböll
- 2006 Clash of Egos
as Tonny
- 2006
- 2005 Allegro
as Zetterstrom
- 2005 Kingdom of Heaven
as Templar Master
- 2005 Adam's Apples
as Adam
- 2004 Sergeant Pepper
as Johnny Sínger
- 2004 Brothers
as Michael
- 2004 The Rocket Post
as Gerhard Zucher
- 2003 Blueprint
as Dr. Martin Fisher
- 2003 Ins Leben zurück
as Eric Lundgren
- 2003 Baby
as Marc
- 2003 The Inheritance
as Christoffer
- 2002 Max
as Captain Mayr
- 2002 Killing Me Softly
as Klaus
- 2002 P.O.V. - Point of View
as Henrik
- 2001 The Zookeeper
as Dragov
- 2001
- 2001 Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
- 2001 Mostly Martha
as Sam Thalberg
- 2001 The Weight of Water
as John Hontvedt
- 2000 Flickering Lights
as Peter
- 2000 Solen er så rød
as Sælger
- 1999 The World Is Not Enough
as Davidov
- 1999 Deep Water
as Flygge
- 1999
- 1998 Angel of the Night
as Alex
- 1998 The Celebration
as Christian
- 1998 Baby Doom
as Magnus
- 1998 Election Night
as Peter
- 1997 Credo
as Svane
- 1997 Royal Blues
as Christian
- 1997 A Regular Thing
as Holger
- 1996
- 1996 The Biggest Heroes
as Peter
- 1996
- 1996 Portland
as Lasse
- 1996 Café Hector
as Christian
- 1994 Nightwatch
as Rod 1
- 1993 Hit the Bag
as Slipse-Peter
Behind the camera (5)
- 2021 American Sausage Standoff
Producer, Director, Writer
- 2016 In Embryo
Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Producer
- 2006 Han, hun og Strindberg
Producer
- 2005 Manderlay
Thanks
- 2003 Baby
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2026 Lanterns: The Official Podcast
1 episode
- 2005