Ulrich Thomsen
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.
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Masculine Misunderstandings
as Troels
Austerity
as Nikolajs far
Lanterns
as Sinestro
Run
as Matt
Dead Language
as Esben
Grundtvig
as Grundtvig
Boundless
as Carl Mørck
Stockholm Bloodbath
as Hemming Gadh
Ripple
as Hammer
Before It Ends
as Lauritz
Agent
as Ulrich Thomsen
All Exclusive
as Sig selv
Shining Girls
as Britta's Husband
Trom
as Hannios Martinsson
A Violent Man
as Warden Goodwillie
Take My Hand
as Claes
The Marco Effect
as Carl Mørck
Mother at War
as Feldwebel Meier
The Idiots Who Started The Party
as Sig selv
The Good Traitor
as Henrik Kauffmann
The New Pope
as Doctor Lindegard
Face to Face
as Bjørn Rasmussen
Gooseboy
as Knud Heinesen
The Space Between the Lines
as Bernhard
1989: A Spy Story
as Jeremy Redman
In Love & War
as Müller
Counterpart
as Aldrich
Darling
as Kristian
Small Town Killers
as Edward
In Embryo
as Peter
The Commune
as Erik
Summer of '92
as Richard Møller Nielsen
Ditte & Louise
as Sig selv
Shadow of a Hero
as Gustaf (voice)
Mortdecai
as Romanov
A Second Chance
as Simon
The Miracle
as Jakob
The Blacklist
as Alexander Kirk
The Notebook
as Offizier
Banshee: Origins
as Kai Proctor
In der Überzahl
as Stig Sørensen
Aya
as Mr. Overby
The Thing
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
Those Who Kill
as Martin Høeg
Season of the Witch
as Eckhardt
ZULU Comedy Galla
as Ulrich Thomsen
In a Better World
as Claus
The Silence
as Peer Sommer
Centurion
as Gorlacon
The Left Wing Gang
as Jørn Moos
Tell-Tale
as Lethe
Duplicity
as Big Swiss Suit
The International
as Jonas Skarssen
Lulu and Jimi
as Harry Hass
Fear Me Not
as Mikael
The Broken
as Dr Robert Zachman
Fringe
as Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X
The Company
as Starik Zhilov
Impossibly Yours
as Jan
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman
as Dr. Brenner
The Substitute
as Jesper Osböll
Clash of Egos
as Tonny
The Virgin Queen
as Baron Casper Breuner
The Celebration in Retrospect
as self
Allegro
as Zetterstrom
Adam's Apples
as Adam
Sergeant Pepper
as Johnny Sínger
Brothers
as Michael
The Rocket Post
as Gerhard Zucher
Blueprint
as Dr. Martin Fisher
The Inheritance
as Christoffer
Max
as Captain Mayr
Killing Me Softly
as Klaus
P.O.V. - Point of View
as Henrik
The Zookeeper
as Dragov
Alias
as Ulrich Kottor
Mike Bassett: England Manager
as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
Mostly Martha
as Sam Thalberg
The Weight of Water
as John Hontvedt
Flickering Lights
as Peter
The World Is Not Enough
as Davidov
Dybt vand
as Flygge
Angel of the Night
as Alex
The Celebration
as Christian
Baby Doom
as Magnus
Election Night
as Peter
Credo
as Svane
Royal Blues
as Christian
A Regular Thing
as Holger
Bryggeren
as Gartner Jørgensen
The Biggest Heroes
as Peter
Charlot og Charlotte
as Læge 1
Portland
as Lasse
Café Hector
as Christian
Nightwatch
as Rod 1