Ulrich Thomsen

Acting · Born 1963-12-06 in Odense, Denmark

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…

Filmography

• The Celebration as Christian
• Adam's Apples as Adam
• Flickering Lights as Peter
• In a Better World as Claus
• Kingdom of Heaven as Templar Master
• Hitman as Mikhail Belicoff
• The Broken as Dr Robert Zachman
• Brothers as Michael
• Boundless as Carl Mørck
• Opium: Diary of a Madwoman as Dr. Brenner

TV

• Banshee as Kai Proctor
• The Blacklist as Alexander Kirk
• Fringe as Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X
• The New Pope as Doctor Lindegard
• The Left Wing Gang as Jørn Moos
• Banshee: Origins as Kai Proctor
• Trom as Hannios Martinsson
• Dybt vand as Flygge
• The Virgin Queen as Baron
• Those Who Kill as Martin Høeg