Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

Born 1963-12-06 (age 62) Odense, Denmark
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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 (NÌsby) 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 GasvÌrks 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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Known For

Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven

2005

as Templar Master

Hitman
Hitman

2007

as Mikhail Belicoff

The World Is Not Enough
The Thing
The Thing

2011

as Dr. Sander Halvorson

Centurion
Centurion

2010

as Gorlacon

Mortdecai
Mortdecai

2015

as Romanov

Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch

2011

as Eckhardt

Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly

2002

as Klaus

The International
The International

2009

as Jonas Skarssen

Adam's Apples
Adam's Apples

2005

as Adam

Stockholm Bloodbath
Stockholm Bloodbath

2024

as Hemming Gadh

The Substitute
The Substitute

2007

as Jesper OsbĂśll

Duplicity
Duplicity

2009

as Big Swiss Suit

The Celebration
The Celebration

1998

as Christian

Summer of '92
Summer of '92

2015

as Richard Møller Nielsen

The Broken
The Broken

2008

as Dr Robert Zachman

Boundless
Boundless

2024

as Carl Mørck

Nightwatch
Nightwatch

1994

as Rod 1

Brothers
Brothers

2004

as Michael

The Marco Effect
The Marco Effect

2021

as Carl Mørck