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Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

Actor, also producer, director, writer and editor · Born December 6, 1963 (62) · Odense, Denmark

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.

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Born
December 6, 1963 (62)
From
Odense, Denmark
Works as
Actor, also producer, director, writer and editor
Titles
62 on MovieCove · 107 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 10% in 30 days

What are Ulrich Thomsen's films like?

Across their 51 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Self
18%
Survival
18%
Bonds
17%
Power
8%
Society
8%
Ideas
6%
Justice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 44 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 5 · Dark 29

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 6 · Charged 11 · Intense 27

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 7

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 31 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 12

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 25

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 22 · Open-ended 17 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

34 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 34 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 34
Shadow
14 of 34
Ally
2 of 34
Threshold guardian
2 of 34
Shapeshifter
1 of 34
Trickster
1 of 34
Show the 34 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
42
Melancholic
27
Dread
19
Contemplative
10
Absurd
8
Other
28

How their films linger

Unsettling19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet29
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous11

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ulrich Thomsen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 44 of their 62 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (16).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ulrich Thomsen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

107 credits, 62 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Austerity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Nikolajs far

  • Lanterns(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sinestro

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Run(2025)

    as Matt

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Dead Language (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Esben

  • Grundtvig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Grundtvig

  • Boundless(2024)

    as Carl Mørck

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Stockholm Bloodbath(2023)

    as Hemming Gadh

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Ripple(2023)

    as Hammer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Before It Ends(2023)

    as Lauritz

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Ulrich Thomsen

  • All Exclusive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Sig selv

  • Shining Girls(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Britta's Husband

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Trom(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Hannios Martinsson

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • A Violent Man(2021)

    as Warden Goodwillie

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Take My Hand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Claes

  • American Sausage Standoff(2019)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Marco Effect(2021)

    as Carl Mørck

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Erna at War(2020)

    as Feldwebel Meier

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Idioterne der startede Festen(2020)

    as Sig selv

  • The Good Traitor(2020)

    as Henrik Kauffmann

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The New Pope(2020)

    Show 9 episodes · as Doctor Lindegard

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Face to Face(2019)

    Show 16 episodes · as Bjørn Rasmussen

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Gooseboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Knud Heinesen

  • The Space Between the Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Bernhard

  • 1989: A Spy Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Jeremy Redman

  • In Love and War(2018)

    as Müller

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Counterpart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Aldrich

  • Darling(2017)

    as Kristian

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Small Town Killers(2017)

    as Edward

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • In Embryo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Executive Producer · Producer · Writer · as Peter

  • The Commune(2016)

    as Erik

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Summer of '92(2015)

    as Richard Møller Nielsen

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Ditte & Louise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Sig selv

  • Shadow of a Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Gustaf (voice)

  • Mortdecai(2015)

    as Romanov

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Second Chance(2014)

    as Simon

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Jakob

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · as Alexander Kirk

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Notebook(2013)

    as Offizier

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Banshee(2013)

    Show 38 episodes · as Kai Proctor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Banshee: Origins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kai Proctor

  • In der Überzahl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Stig Sørensen

  • Aya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Mr. Overby

  • The Thing(2011)

    as Dr. Sander Halvorson

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Den som dræber(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Martin Høeg

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Season of the Witch(2011)

    as Eckhardt

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • ZULU Comedy Galla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Ulrich Thomsen

  • In a Better World(2010)

    as Claus

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Silence(2010)

    as Peer Sommer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Centurion(2010)

    as Gorlacon

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Left Wing Gang(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Jørn Moos

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Tell Tale(2009)

    as Lethe

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Duplicity(2009)

    as Big Swiss Suit

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The International(2009)

    as Jonas Skarssen

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Lulu and Jimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Harry Hass

  • Den du frygter(2008)

    as Mikael

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Broken(2008)

    as Dr Robert Zachman

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Fringe(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Hitman(2007)

    as Mikhail Belicoff

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · as Starik Zhilov

  • Impossibly Yours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jan

  • Opium: Diary of a Madwoman(2007)

    as Dr. Brenner

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Substitute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jesper Osböll

  • Sprængfarlig bombe(2006)

    as Tonny

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Han, hun og Strindberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • The Virgin Queen(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Baron Casper Breuner

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Allegro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Zetterstrom

  • Manderlay(2005)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Kingdom of Heaven(2005)

    as Templar Master

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Adam's Apples(2005)

    as Adam

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant Pepper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Johnny Sínger

  • Brothers(2004)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Rocket Post (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Gerhard Zucher

  • Blueprint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Dr. Martin Fisher

  • Ins Leben zurück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Eric Lundgren

  • Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Executive Producer · as Marc

  • The Inheritance(2003)

    as Christoffer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Max(2002)

    as Captain Mayr

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Killing Me Softly(2002)

    as Klaus

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • P.O.V. - Point of View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Henrik

  • The Zookeeper(2001)

    as Dragov

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Alias(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Ulrich Kottor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Mike Bassett: England Manager(2001)

    as Dr. Hans Shoegaarten

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Mostly Martha(2001)

    as Sam Thalberg

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Weight of Water(2000)

    as John Hontvedt

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Flickering Lights(2000)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Solen er så rød (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Sælger

  • The World Is Not Enough(1999)

    as Davidov

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Deep Water(1999)

    as Flygge

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Dybt vand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Flygge

  • Angel of the Night(1998)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Celebration(1998)

    as Christian

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Baby Doom(1998)

    as Magnus

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Election Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Peter

  • Credo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Svane

  • Royal Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Christian

  • A Regular Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Holger

  • Bryggeren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Gartner Jørgensen

  • The Biggest Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Peter

  • Charlot og Charlotte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Læge 1

  • Portland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Lasse

  • Café Hector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Christian

  • Nightwatch(1994)

    as Rod 1

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Hit the Bag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Slipse-Peter

  • Apparat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Masculine Misunderstandings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Troels

  • The Riders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 107 titles, 104 of them dated from 1993 to 2026; peak year 2010.

Biggest box office

Hitman (2007)

$101M worldwide

Highest rated

The Celebration (1998)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Lanterns (2026)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19932026

Peak 2010 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 21 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1994Screen debut· Nightwatch
  • 1998First top-billed film· Election Night
  • 1998Breakout· The Celebration
  • 2019Career best· Face to Face

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting104 of 107: 102 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting2 of 107: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 107: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing4 of 107: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 107: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

107 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1990s17 · acting2000s37 · 35 acting · 3 crew2010s29 · 29 acting · 1 crew2020s21 · 20 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 30% of 40 roles
9404091419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Ulrich Thomsen's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of the 49 of 50 with a score; across their 44 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Midcredits score across 61 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 61 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Ripple (2023)

97th percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Celebration (1998)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ulrich Thomsen's work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles41–94 · median 78 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity19 titles11–71 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles30–87 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles26–76 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles43–85 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ulrich Thomsen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ulrich Thomsen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Anders Thomas Jensen shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles