Ulrich Thomsen
Actor
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.
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As Director
Filmography
Kingdom of Heaven
as Templar Master 2005
Hitman
as Mikhail Belicoff 2007
The World Is Not Enough
as Davidov 1999
The Thing
as Dr. Sander Halvorson 2011
Mortdecai
as Romanov 2015
Season of the Witch
as Eckhardt 2011
Centurion
as Gorlacon 2010
The International
as Jonas Skarssen 2009
The Celebration
as Christian 1998
Duplicity
as Big Swiss Suit 2009
Adam's Apples
as Adam 2005
In a Better World
as Claus 2010
Killing Me Softly
as Klaus 2002
Nightwatch
as Rod 1 1994
Flickering Lights
as Peter 2000
The Broken
as Dr Robert Zachman 2008
The Commune
as Erik 2016