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Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

Birthday: 1963-12-06 | Place of Birth: Odense, Denmark

Ulrich Thomsen is a Danish actor. Thomsen was born in Fyn, Denmark and graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which playing on several theatres in Copenhagen, such as Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater. His film debut was in 1994 in Nattevagten, (Nightwatch) directed by Ole Bornedal. Since then a number of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterberg's De største Helte (1996), Susanne Bier's Sekten (1997) and Anders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights (2000). The major breakthrough in his career came in the 1998 film Festen followed by an important 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 also played a part in the 2002 English film Killing Me Softly, consolidating his status as a European actor.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Take My Hand

as    Claes

2022
Trom

as    Hannios Martinsson

2022
A Violent Man

as    Warden Goodwillie

2021
The Marco Effect

as    Carl Mørck

2020
Mother at War

as    Feldwebel Meier

2020
The Good Traitor

as    Henrik Kauffmann

2020
2019
The Space Between The Lines

as    Bernhard

2018
In Love & War

as    Müller

2016
The Commune

as    Erik

2015
Mortdecai

as    Romanov

2013
The Miracle

as    Jakob

2013
Banshee

as    Kai Proctor

2011
In a Better World

as    Claus

2011
The Thing

as    Dr. Sander Halvorson

2011
Season of the Witch

as    Eckhardt

2010
Centurion

as    Gorlacon

2010
The Silence

as    Peer Sommer

2009
The International

as    Jonas Skarssen

2009
Tell-Tale

as    Lethe

2008
The Broken

as    Dr Robert Zachman

2008
Fear Me Not

as    Mikael

2007
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

as    Dr. Brenner

2007
Impossibly Yours

as    Jan

2007
The Substitute

as    Jesper

2007
Hitman

as    Mikhail Belicoff