Name
Ulrich Thomsen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-12-06 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Odense, Denmark
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.
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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- 1998 The Celebration as Christian
- 2005 Adam's Apples as Adam
- 2000 Flickering Lights as Peter
- 2007 Hitman as Mikhail Belicoff
- 2008 The Broken as Dr Robert Zachman
- 2004 Brothers as Michael
- 2024 Boundless as Carl Mørck
- 2007 Opium: Diary of a Madwoman as Dr. Brenner
- 2009 The International as Jonas Skarssen
- 2011 Season of the Witch as Eckhardt
- 2003 Blueprint as Dr. Martin Fisher
- 1998 Baby Doom as Magnus
- 2004 The Rocket Post as Gerhard Zucher
- 2010 Centurion as Gorlacon
- 2009 Lulu and Jimi as Harry Hass
- 2007 The Substitute as Jesper Osböll
- 2009 Tell-Tale as Lethe
- 1998 Angel of the Night as Alex
- 2002 Killing Me Softly as Klaus
- 2010 The Silence as Peer Sommer
- 2011 The Thing as Dr. Sander Halvorson
- 2006 Clash of Egos as Tonny
- 2010 In a Better World as Claus
- 2003 The Inheritance as Christoffer
- 2008 Fear Me Not as Mikael
- 2023 Before It Ends as Lauritz
- 1996 The Biggest Heroes as Peter
- 2005 Allegro as Zetterstrom
- 2022 Take My Hand as Claes
- 1998 Election Night as Peter
- 1996 Portland as Lasse
- 2007 Impossibly Yours as Jan
- 2002 P.O.V. - Point of View as Henrik
- 1997 Credo as Svane
- 2012 Aya as Mr. Overby
- 2001 The Zookeeper as Dragov
- 2013 The Notebook as Offizier
- 2023 Ripple as Hammer
- 2013 The Miracle as Jakob
- 2014 A Second Chance as Simon
- 2013 In der Überzahl as Stig Sørensen
- 1996 Café Hector as Christian
- 2004 Sergeant Pepper as Johnny Sínger
- 1999 The World Is Not Enough as Davidov
- 2016 The Commune as Erik
- Soon Apparat
- 2015 Mortdecai as Romanov
- 2001 Mike Bassett: England Manager as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
- 2002 Max as Captain Mayr
- 2024 Stockholm Bloodbath as Hemming Gadh
- 2015 Summer of '92 as Richard Møller Nielsen
- 2003 Baby as Marc
- 2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Templar Master
- 2001 The Weight of Water as John Hontvedt
- 2017 Small Town Killers as Edward
- 2016 In Embryo as Peter
- 2009 Duplicity as Big Swiss Suit
- 1997 A Regular Thing as Holger
- 2017 Darling as Kristian
- 1997 Royal Blues as Christian
- 2015 Shadow of a Hero as Gustaf (voice)
- 2003 Ins Leben zurück as Eric Lundgren
- 1993 Hit the Bag as Slipse-Peter
- 2019 1989: A Spy Story as Jeremy Redman
- 2019 Gooseboy as Knud Heinesen
- 2019 The Space Between the Lines as Bernhard
- 2021 The Marco Effect as Carl Mørck
- 2020 Mother at War as Feldwebel Meier
- 2020 The Good Traitor as Henrik Kauffmann
- 2000 Solen er så rød as Sælger
- 2020 The Idiots Who Started The Party as Sig selv
- 2022 A Violent Man as Warden Goodwillie
- 2005 The Celebration in Retrospect as self
- 2025 Dead Language as Esben
- 2025 Run as Matt
- 2018 In Love & War as Müller
- 1994 Nightwatch as Rod 1
- 2027 The Riders
- 2001 Mostly Martha as Sam Thalberg
- Soon Masculine Misunderstandings as Troels
- 2026 Austerity as Nikolajs far
- 1999 Deep Water as Flygge
- 2013 Banshee ( 38 episodes ) as Kai Proctor
- 2009 The Left Wing Gang ( 5 episodes ) as Jørn Moos
- 2013 The Blacklist ( 10 episodes ) as Alexander Kirk
- 2013 Banshee: Origins ( 2 episodes ) as Kai Proctor
- 2022 Trom ( 6 episodes ) as Hannios Martinsson
- 1999 Dybt vand ( 2 episodes ) as Flygge
- 2008 Fringe ( 1 episode ) as Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X
- 2006 The Virgin Queen ( 4 episodes ) as Baron
- 2011 Those Who Kill ( 2 episodes ) as Martin Høeg
- 2017 Counterpart ( 10 episodes ) as Aldrich
- 2007 The Company ( 2 episodes ) as Starik Zhilov
- 2022 Shining Girls ( 2 episodes ) as Britta's Husband
- 2019 Face to Face ( 16 episodes ) as Bjørn Rasmussen
- 2024 Grundtvig ( 3 episodes ) as Grundtvig
- 2020 The New Pope ( 9 episodes ) as Doctor Lindegard
- 1996 Charlot og Charlotte ( 1 episode ) as Læge 1
- 2010 ZULU Comedy Galla ( 1 episode ) as Ulrich Thomsen
- 2023 Agent ( 1 episode ) as Ulrich Thomsen
- 2015 Ditte & Louise ( 1 episode ) as Sig selv
- 2022 All Exclusive ( 1 episode ) as Sig selv
- 2001 Alias ( 1 episode ) as Ulrich Kottor
- 1996 Bryggeren ( 1 episode ) as Gartner Jørgensen
- 2026 Lanterns ( 1 episode ) as Sinestro
