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.
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Acting
Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
as Templar Master
2005
Movie
Hitman
as Mikhail Belicoff
2007
TV
The Blacklist
as Alexander Kirk
2013
Movie
The World Is Not Enough
as Davidov
1999
Movie
The Thing
as Dr. Sander Halvorson
2011
TV
Fringe
as Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X
2008
Movie
Mortdecai
as Romanov
2015
Movie
Season of the Witch
as Eckhardt
2011
Movie
Centurion
as Gorlacon
2010
Movie
The International
as Jonas Skarssen
2009
TV
Banshee
as Kai Proctor
2013
Movie
The Celebration
as Christian
1998
Movie
Duplicity
as Big Swiss Suit
2009
Movie
Adam's Apples
as Adam
2005
TV
Alias
as Ulrich Kottor
2001
Movie
In a Better World
as Claus
2010
TV
Counterpart
as Aldrich
2017
Movie
Killing Me Softly
as Klaus
2002
Movie
Nightwatch
as Rod 1
1994
TV
The New Pope
as Doctor Lindegard
2020
Movie
Flickering Lights
as Peter
2000
Movie
The Broken
as Dr Robert Zachman
2008
Movie
The Commune
as Erik
2016
TV
Shining Girls
as Britta's Husband
2022
