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.

Filmography

• 2026Austerity — Nikolajs far
• Lanterns — Sinestro
• 2025Dead Language — Esben
• 2025Run — Matt
• 2024Boundless — Carl Mørck
• Grundtvig — Grundtvig
• 2024Stockholm Bloodbath — Hemming Gadh
• Agent — Ulrich Thomsen
• 2023Before It Ends — Lauritz
• 2023Ripple — Hammer
• 2022A Violent Man — Warden Goodwillie
• All Exclusive — Sig selv
• Shining Girls — Britta's Husband
• 2022Take My Hand — Claes
• Trom — Hannios Martinsson
• 2021American Sausage Standoff — Producer, Director, Writer
• 2021The Marco Effect — Carl Mørck
• 2020Mother at War — Feldwebel Meier
• 2020The Good Traitor — Henrik Kauffmann
• 2020The Idiots Who Started The Party — Sig selv
• The New Pope — Doctor Lindegard
• 20191989: A Spy Story — Jeremy Redman
• Face to Face — Bjørn Rasmussen
• 2019Gooseboy — Knud Heinesen
• 2019The Space Between the Lines — Bernhard
• 2018In Love & War — Müller
• Counterpart — Aldrich
• 2017Darling — Kristian
• 2017Small Town Killers — Edward
• 2016In Embryo — Peter, Writer, Director, Executive Producer
• 2016The Commune — Erik
• 2015A Second Chance — Simon
• Ditte & Louise — Sig selv
• 2015Mortdecai — Romanov
• 2015Shadow of a Hero — Gustaf (voice)
• 2015Summer of '92 — Richard Møller Nielsen
• Banshee — Kai Proctor
• Banshee: Origins — Kai Proctor
• 2013In der Überzahl — Stig Sørensen
• The Blacklist — Alexander Kirk
• 2013The Miracle — Jakob
• 2013The Notebook — Offizier
• 2012Aya — Mr. Overby
• 2011Season of the Witch — Eckhardt
• 2011The Thing — Dr. Sander Halvorson
• Those Who Kill — Martin Høeg
• 2010Centurion — Gorlacon
• 2010In a Better World — Claus
• 2010The Silence — Peer Sommer
• ZULU Comedy Galla — Ulrich Thomsen
• 2009Duplicity — Big Swiss Suit
• 2009Lulu and Jimi — Harry Hass
• 2009Tell-Tale — Lethe
• 2009The International — Jonas Skarssen
• The Left Wing Gang — Jørn Moos
• 2008Fear Me Not — Mikael
• Fringe — Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X
• 2008The Broken — Dr Robert Zachman
• 2007Hitman — Mikhail Belicoff
• 2007Impossibly Yours — Jan
• 2007Opium: Diary of a Madwoman — Dr. Brenner
• The Company — Starik Zhilov
• 2007The Substitute — Jesper Osböll
• 2006Clash of Egos — Tonny
• 2006Han, hun og Strindberg — Producer
• The Virgin Queen — Baron Casper Breuner
• 2005Adam's Apples — Adam
• 2005Allegro — Zetterstrom
• 2005Kingdom of Heaven — Templar Master
• 2005Manderlay — Thanks
• 2004Brothers — Michael
• 2004Sergeant Pepper — Johnny Sínger
• 2004The Rocket Post — Gerhard Zucher
• 2003Baby — Marc, Executive Producer
• 2003Blueprint — Dr. Martin Fisher
• 2003Ins Leben zurück — Eric Lundgren
• 2003The Inheritance — Christoffer
• 2002Killing Me Softly — Klaus
• 2002Max — Captain Mayr
• 2002P.O.V. - Point of View — Henrik
• Alias — Ulrich Kottor
• 2001Mike Bassett: England Manager — Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
• 2001Mostly Martha — Sam Thalberg
• 2001The Weight of Water — John Hontvedt
• 2001The Zookeeper — Dragov
• 2000Flickering Lights — Peter
• 2000Solen er så rød — Sælger
• 1999Deep Water — Flygge
• Dybt vand — Flygge
• 1999The World Is Not Enough — Davidov
• 1998Angel of the Night — Alex
• 1998Baby Doom — Magnus
• 1998Election Night — Peter
• 1998The Celebration — Christian
• 1997A Regular Thing — Holger
• 1997Credo — Svane
• 1997Royal Blues — Christian
• Bryggeren — Gartner Jørgensen
• 1996Café Hector — Christian
• Charlot og Charlotte — Læge 1
• 1996Portland — Lasse
• 1996The Biggest Heroes — Peter
• 1994Nightwatch — Rod 1
• 1993Hit the Bag — Slipse-Peter
• Apparat
• Masculine Misunderstandings — Troels
• The Riders

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2005The Celebration in Retrospect — self