Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 6, 1963
Place of Birth:
Odense, 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.
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2025 | Dead Language | |
2024 | Boundless | Carl Mørck |
2024 | Stockholm Bloodbath | Hemming Gadh |
2023 | Before It Ends | Lauritz |
2023 | Ripple | |
2022 | Take My Hand | Claes |
2022 | A Violent Man | Warden Goodwillie |
2021 | The Marco Effect | Carl Mørck |
2020 | Mother at War | Feldwebel Meier |
2020 | The Good Traitor | Henrik Kauffmann |
2020 | The Idiots Who Started The Party | Himself |
2019 | 1989: A Spy Story | Jeremy Redman |
2019 | Gooseboy | Knud Heinesen |
2019 | The Space Between the Lines | Bernhard |
2018 | In Love & War | Müller |
2017 | Small Town Killers | Edward |
2017 | Darling | Kristian |
2016 | The Commune | Erik |
2016 | In Embryo | Peter |
2015 | Mortdecai | Romanov |
2015 | Summer of '92 | Richard Møller Nielsen |
2015 | Shadow of a Hero | Gustaf (voice) |
2014 | A Second Chance | Simon |
2013 | The Notebook | Offizier |
2013 | The Miracle | Jakob |
2013 | In der Überzahl | Stig Sørensen |
2012 | Aya | Mr. Overby |
2011 | Season of the Witch | Eckhardt |
2011 | The Thing | Dr. Sander Halvorson |
2010 | Centurion | Gorlacon |
2010 | The Silence | Peer Sommer |
2010 | In a Better World | Claus |
2009 | The International | Jonas Skarssen |
2009 | Lulu and Jimi | Harry Hass |
2009 | Tell-Tale | Lethe |
2009 | Duplicity | Big Swiss Suit |
2008 | The Broken | Dr Robert Zachman |
2008 | Fear Me Not | Mikael |
2007 | Hitman | Mikhail Belicoff |
2007 | Opium: Diary of a Madwoman | Dr. Brenner |
2007 | The Substitute | Jesper |
2007 | Impossibly Yours | Jan |
2006 | Clash of Egos | Tonny |
2005 | Adam's Apples | Adam |
2005 | Allegro | Zetterstrom |
2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Templar Master |
2005 | The Celebration in Retrospect | self |
2004 | Brothers | Michael |
2004 | The Rocket Post | Gerhard Zucher |
2004 | Sergeant Pepper | Johnny Sínger |
2003 | Blueprint | Dr. Martin Fisher |
2003 | The Inheritance | Christoffer |
2003 | Baby | Marc |
2003 | Ins Leben zurück | Eric Lundgren |
2002 | Killing Me Softly | Klaus |
2002 | P.O.V. - Point of View | Henrik |
2002 | Max | Captain Mayr |
2001 | The Zookeeper | Dragov |
2001 | Mike Bassett: England Manager | Dr. Hans Shoegaarten |
2000 | Flickering Lights | Peter |
2000 | The Weight of Water | John Hontvedt |
2000 | Solen er så rød | Sælger |
1999 | The World Is Not Enough | Davidov |
1998 | The Celebration | Christian |
1998 | Baby Doom | Magnus |
1998 | Angel of the Night | Alex |
1998 | Election Night | Peter |
1997 | Credo | Svane |
1997 | A Regular Thing | Holger |
1997 | Royal Blues | Christian |
1996 | The Biggest Heroes | Peter |
1996 | Portland | Lasse |
1996 | Café Hector | Christian |
1994 | Nightwatch | Red 1 |
1993 | Slaget på tasken | Slipse-Peter |
Apparat |
Year | TV Show | Role |
---|---|---|
2024 | Grundtvig | Grundtvig |
2023 | Agent | Ulrich Thomsen |
2022 | Trom | Hannios Martinsson |
2022 | Shining Girls | Britta's Husband |
2022 | All Exclusive | Sig selv |
2020 | The New Pope | Doctor Lindegard |
2019 | Face to Face | Bjørn Rasmussen |
2017 | Counterpart | Aldrich |
2015 | Ditte & Louise | Sig selv |
2013 | Banshee | Kai Proctor |
2013 | The Blacklist | Alexander Kirk |
2013 | Banshee: Origins | Kai Proctor |
2011 | Those Who Kill | Martin Høeg |
2010 | ZULU Comedy Galla | Ulrich Thomsen |
2009 | The Left Wing Gang | Jørn Moos |
2008 | Fringe | Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X |
2007 | The Company | Starik Zhilov |
2006 | The Virgin Queen | Baron |
2001 | Alias | Ulrich Kottor |
1999 | Dybt vand | Flygge |
1996 | Bryggeren | Gartner Jørgensen |
1996 | Charlot og Charlotte | Læge 1 |