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Ulrich Thomsen

Born 1963-12-06
📍 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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Filmography 97

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