Ulrich Thomsen
Encyclopedia
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.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Thomsen was born in Fyn
FYN
Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Fyn is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FYN gene.This gene is a member of the protein-tyrosine kinase oncogene family. It encodes a membrane-associated tyrosine kinase that has been implicated in the control of cell growth...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance
Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance
The Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance is an acting and performance school in Copenhagen, Denmark.The institution is divided into two autonomous units, the Danish National School of Theatre and the Danish National School of Contemporary Dance...
in 1993, after which playing on several theatres in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, such as Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater.
His film debut was in 1994 in Nattevagten
Nattevagten
Nightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal. It is a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes.Ole Bornedal also directed the Hollywood remake...
, (Nightwatch) directed by Ole Bornedal
Ole Bornedal
Ole Bornedal is a Danish film director, actor and producer.He wrote and directed Nattevagten , a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes...
. Since then a number of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production....
's De største Helte (1996), Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier is a Danish film director best known for her feature films Brothers, After the Wedding and the Academy-Award-winning In a Better World.-Life and work:Susanne Bier was born to Jewish parents in Copenhagen, Denmark...
's Sekten (1997) and Anders Thomas Jensen
Anders Thomas Jensen
Anders Thomas Jensen is a Danish screenwriter and film director.Jensen won the Oscar for his 1998 film Election Night...
's Flickering Lights
Flickering Lights
Flickering Lights is a 2000 Danish action-comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen.-Plot:Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 Danish kroner which they were supposed to bring him...
(2000). The major breakthrough in his career came in the 1998 film Festen followed by an important role in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...
(1999) portraying the part of henchman Sasha Davidov. This established Thomsen as an international actor, famous outside his native Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. He also played a part in the 2002 English film Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly (film)
Killing Me Softly is an erotic thriller 2002 film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Based on the novel by Nicci French , it introduces several substantial changes to the story and focuses heavily on the intense sexual relationship between the two lead...
, consolidating his status as a European actor.
Filmography
- 1994: NattevagtenNattevagtenNightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal. It is a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as a night-watchman, and becomes implicated in a series of murders of prostitutes.Ole Bornedal also directed the Hollywood remake...
- 1996: De største helte
- 1997: Sekten
- 1998: ValgaftenElection Night (film)Election Night is a 1998 Danish short comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It won an Academy Award in 1999 for Best Short Subject...
(Short movie) - 1998: Festen (The Celebration)
- 1999: Dybt vand
- 1999: The World Is Not EnoughThe World Is Not EnoughThe World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...
- 2000: The Weight of Water
- 2000: Flickering LightsFlickering LightsFlickering Lights is a 2000 Danish action-comedy directed by Anders Thomas Jensen.-Plot:Four small-time gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they steal over 4,000,000 Danish kroner which they were supposed to bring him...
(Blinkende lygter) - 2001: The Zookeeper
- 2001: Bella Martha
- 2002: MaxMax (film)Max is a 2002 British/Hungarian/Canadian fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler...
- 2002: Killing Me SoftlyKilling Me Softly (film)Killing Me Softly is an erotic thriller 2002 film directed by Chen Kaige and starring Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Based on the novel by Nicci French , it introduces several substantial changes to the story and focuses heavily on the intense sexual relationship between the two lead...
- 2003: Arven
- 2004: BlueprintBlueprint (film)Blueprint is a 2003 German drama film directed by Rolf Schübel. It is based on the novel written by Charlotte Kerner. The film raises the ethical issue of human cloning.-Plot:...
- 2004: Brødre (Brothers)
- 2004: Sergeant Pepper
- 2005: Adam's ApplesAdam's ApplesAdam's Apples is a 2005 Danish comedy-drama film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. The film revolves around the theme of the Book of Job. The main roles are played by Ulrich Thomsen and Mads Mikkelsen.- Plot :...
(Adams æbler) - 2005: Kingdom of HeavenKingdom of Heaven (film)Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic action film directed by Ridley Scott and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McKidd, Alexander Siddig, Ghassan Massoud, Edward Norton, Jon Finch, Michael Sheen and Liam...
- 2005: AllegroAllegro (2005 film)Allegro is a 2005 Danish film directed by Christoffer Boe, who also wrote the screenplay together with Mikael Wulff. It is Christoffer Boe's second film as a director...
- 2005: The Virgin Queen (TV miniseries)
- 2006: The Rocket Post
- 2006: Sprængfarlig Bombe
- 2007: Opium
- 2007: Vikaren
- 2007: HitmanHitman (2007 film)Hitman is a 2007 film directed by Xavier Gens and based on the video game series of the same name. A gun-for-hire "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered assassin known as Agent 47. He is hired by a group, 'The Organization' and becomes ensnared in a political conspiracy. He finds himself pursued by...
- 2008: The BrokenThe Broken (film)The Broken is a horror film written and directed by Sean Ellis and starring Lena Headey.- Plot :Gina McVey is a radiologist who is enjoying dinner one evening with her family and her boyfriend Stefan when a mirror shatters for no apparent reason...
- 2008: Reservations
- 2008: Fear Me NotFear Me NotFear Me Not is a Danish psychological thriller film released in 2008, directed by Kristian Levring. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was produced by Nordisk Film.-Plot:...
- 2009: Lulu and Jimi
- 2009: The InternationalThe International (film)The International is a 2009 thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer. The film follows an Interpol agent and an American attorney who investigate corruption within the IBBC, a fictional merchant bank based in Luxembourg. It serves organized crime and corrupt governments as a banker and as an arms...
- 2009: DuplicityDuplicity (film)Duplicity is a 2009 American romantic comedy spy film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, and starring Clive Owen and Julia Roberts. The plot follows two corporate spies with a romantic history who collaborate to carry out a complicated con...
- 2009: Tell-TaleTell-Tale (film)Tell-Tale is a 2009 thriller film inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Tell-Tale Heart. It is directed by Michael Cuesta and stars Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, and Brian Cox and is produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.-Plot:...
- 2010: CenturionCenturion (film)Centurion is a 2010 British action thriller film directed by Neil Marshall, loosely based on the supposed disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion in Caledonia in the second century CE. The film stars Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko and Dominic West....
- 2010: In a Better WorldIn a Better WorldIn a Better World is a 2010 Danish-Swedish drama thriller film written by Anders Thomas Jensen and directed by Susanne Bier. The film stars Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and a refugee camp in Africa.A Danish majority...
- 2011: Season of the Witch
- 2011: FringeFringe (TV series)Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
(TV Series) - 2011: The ThingThe Thing (2011 film)The Thing is a 2011 science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., and written by Eric Heisserer. It is a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, the plot taking place immediately prior to the events of that film...