Ulrich Thomsen
Born December 06, 1963 (Age: 62)
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ulrich Thomsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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Filmography
The Marco Effect
2021
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as Carl Mørck
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Age: 57
The Space Between the Lines
2019
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as Bernhard
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Age: 55
Mortdecai
2015
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as Romanov
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Age: 51
The Thing
2011
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as Dr. Sander Halvorson
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Age: 47
Season of the Witch
2011
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as Eckhardt
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Age: 47
In a Better World
2010
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as Claus
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Age: 46
The Silence
2010
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as Peer Sommer
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Age: 46
Centurion
2010
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as Gorlacon
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Age: 46
Duplicity
2009
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as Big Swiss Suit
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Age: 45
The International
2009
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as Jonas Skarssen
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Age: 45
Hitman
2007
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as Mikhail Belicoff
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Age: 43
The Celebration in Retrospect
2005
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as self
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Age: 41
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
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as Templar Master
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Age: 41
Sergeant Pepper
2004
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as Johnny Sínger
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Age: 41
The Inheritance
2003
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as Christoffer
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Age: 39
Max
2002
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as Captain Mayr
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Age: 38
Killing Me Softly
2002
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as Klaus
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Age: 38
P.O.V. - Point of View
2002
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as Henrik
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Age: 38
Mostly Martha
2001
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as Sam Thalberg
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Age: 37
The Weight of Water
2001
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as John Hontvedt
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Age: 37
Flickering Lights
2000
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as Peter
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Age: 36
No Image
Solen er så rød
2000
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as Sælger
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Age: 36
The World Is Not Enough
1999
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as Davidov
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Age: 35
Angel of the Night
1998
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as Alex
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Age: 34
The Celebration
1998
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as Christian
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Age: 34
Baby Doom
1998
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as Magnus
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Age: 34
Election Night
1998
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as Peter
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Age: 34
Credo
1997
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as Svane
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Age: 33
Royal Blues
1997
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as Christian
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Age: 33
A Regular Thing
1997
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as Holger
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Age: 33
The Biggest Heroes
1996
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as Peter
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Age: 32
Portland
1996
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as Lasse
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Age: 32
Café Hector
1996
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as Christian
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Age: 32
No Image
Hit the Bag
1993
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as Slipse-Peter
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Age: 29