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