Ulrich Thomsen

Acting

Born 1963-12-06 Odense, Denmark 106 credits Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 3 Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2

Awards

Won 3 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Awards

Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 3 won

2016 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won Sommeren '92
2004 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won The Inheritance
1999 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won The Celebration

European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2 nominated

2017 Best European Film Nominated The Commune
2011 Best European Film Nominated In a Better World

European Film Award for Best Actor 2 nominated

2005 Best Actor Nominated Brothers
1998 Best Actor Nominated The Celebration

Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2 won

2004 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won The Inheritance
1999 Best Actor in a Leading Role Won The Celebration

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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.