Ulrich Thomsen
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Ulrich Thomsen graduated from The Danish National School of Theatre and
Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which playing on several theaters in
Copenhagen, i.e. Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks
Teater. His debut on film was in Ole Bornedal's Nightwatch (1994). Since then a number
of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterberg's The Biggest Heroes (1996), Susanne Bier's Credo (1997) and
Anders Thomas Jensen's Flickering Lights (2000). However, the major breakthrough came in the film
The Celebration (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg, playing the part as Christian, the son. This
performance made him well known outside Denmark, earning him a bad guy
role in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999) and a part in the English film
Killing Me Softly (2002).