Ulrich ThomsenFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Fair-haired Danish actor Ulrich Thomsen initially sailed to fame on the basis of his lead role in the Dogme 95 Thomas Vinterberg-directed seriocomedy The Celebration (1998). In that film, Thomsen played Christian, a restaurant proprietor headquartered in France, who scandalizes his entire...Read More

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Season of the Witch

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Robbie Sheehan

Synopsis: Director Dominic Sena reenlists his Gone in 60 Seconds star Nicolas Cage on this 14th century supernatural thriller for Relativity Media. As the Black Plague spreads across Europe, a group of knights are enlisted to help give safe passage to a girl whose alleged powers of witchcraft are suspected Read More

3/19/10
The Frost

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen

2009
Tell Tale

Actors: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller, Dallas Roberts

Synopsis: Josh Lucas stars as a man whose heart transplant leads him on a frenzied journey to find the killer of his heart's previous owner before its past catches up to him in this retooling of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale. Directors Tony and Ridley Scott produce the Scott Free production being helmed by Read More

1/1/09
Fear Me Not

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Emma Sehested Hoeg, Lars Brygmann, Stine Stengade, Josephine Marcher Sandig

Synopsis: Director Kristian Levring examines middle-class disenfranchisement in contemporary Copenhagen with this chilling psychological drama about a family man who just can't help but suspect that he's not as happy as he should be. Mikael (Ulrich Thomsen) is a workaholic husband and father who's recently Read More

12/19/08
Hitman

Actors: Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko, Robert Knepper, Ulrich Thomsen

Synopsis: An international assassin known only as Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) carries out high-profile hits for a mysterious organization known only as "The Agency" in this adaptation of the popular Eidos Interactive video-game series. Agent 47 is an elite, genetically engineered assassin who takes great Read More

11/21/07
Adam's Apples

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen

Synopsis: An overly-optimistic preacher with a penchant for taking in lost causes to help around his remote church finds his rose-tinted view of the world challenged by a psychotic neo-Nazi he is trying to reform in this jet black comedy from Green Butchers screenwriter/director Anders Thomas Jensen. Vicar Read More

3/16/07
Clash of Egos

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mille Dinesen, Line Kruse, Kristian Halken

Synopsis: Danish director Tomas Villum Jensen's acerbic satire Clash of Egos stars Ulrich Thomsen as Tonny, a husband and father so rage-addled that he got sent to jail for KO'ing a man in public. Tonny's wife, Tanja (Ellen Hillingso), grew humiliated and promptly divorced him, but Tonny luckily managed to Read More

2007
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Kirsti Stubo, Zsolt László, Eniko Borcsok, Gyonyver Bognar

Synopsis: Director Janos Szasz and co-screenwriter Andras Szeker draw inspiration from the unfinished diaries of pioneering Hungarian neurologist Dr. Jozsef Brenner (better known by his pen name Geza Csath) for this grim tale of a drug-addicted doctor and a deeply disturbed mental patient. Dr. Jozsef Read More

2007
The Broken

Actors: Lena Headey, Ulrich Thomsen, Melvil Poupaud, Michelle Duncan, Asier Newman, Richard Jenkins

Synopsis: A woman is thrust into a world where everything is subtly unfamiliar in this edgy thriller from writer and director Sean Ellis. Gina McVay (Lena Headey) is a radiologist who is enjoying dinner one evening with her family and her boyfriend Stefan (Melvil Poupaud) when a mirror shatters for no Read More

2007
Lulu & Jimi

Actors: Jennifer Decker, Ray Fearon, Katrin Sass, Udo Kier, Rolf Zacher

Synopsis: Rock 'n' roll energy and colorful style drive Oskar Roehler's lively romance following two young lovers as they reject their bigoted society and hit the road to escape the oppressive powers that be. For Lulu and Jimi it was love at first sight. But Lulu's meddling mother Gertrude will do anything Read More

2007
Vikaren

Actors: Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider, Sofie Gråbøl, Sonja Richter, Olivia Stenderup Garre

Synopsis: When a sixth grade class gets a malevolent new substitute who aims to train her students for an upcoming international competition in Paris, the suspicious students attempt to uncover the truth about their strange new substitute. The parents all seem to love the newly arrived educator, but the Read More

2007
Kingdom of Heaven

Actors: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis: Ridley Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humble French blacksmith who is searching for a reason to go on after the death of his wife and children. Balian is approached by Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson Read More

5/6/05
Brothers

Actors: Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Bent Mejding, Solbjørg Højfeldt

Synopsis: Two brothers unwittingly exchange roles under the fog of war in this powerful drama. Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) and Jannick (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) are two brothers who have always meshed as well as oil and water. Michael is a caring husband and father who risen to the rank of major in the Danish Army Read More

5/6/05
Allegro

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Helena Christensen, Henning Moritzen, Niels Skousen, Ellen Hillingso

Synopsis: Drawing inspiration from famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi classic Stalker, director/co-screenwriter Christoffer Boe's heady tale of love and memory follows an acclaimed Danish pianist as he sets out to a mysterious area known only as "The Zone" in hopes of reclaiming his Read More

2005
Inheritance

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Lisa Werlinder, Ghita Nørby, Lars Brygmann, Karina Skands

Synopsis: A man is torn between love, family, and a responsibility he does not want in this drama. Christoffer (Ulrich Thomsen) used to work for his family's steel company, but when the stress of the job began taking a serious toll on his health, he left the firm and now happily runs a restaurant in Read More

7/9/04
Sergeant Pepper

Actors: Neil Lennart Thomas

Synopsis: A young boy immersed in a fantasy world of his own crosses paths with a real-live talking terrier -- who just happens to be the inheritor of a palatial estate -- in this family-oriented fantasy from Mostly Martha director Sandra Nettelbeck. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

2004
Blueprint

Actors: Franka Potente, Ulrich Thomsen, Hilmir Snær Gudnason, Katja Studt, Justus VonDohnanyi

Synopsis: An unexpected revelation throws a young woman's history into strange new relief in this sci-fi-slanted drama. Siri Sellin (Franka Potente) is a respected concert pianist who makes the startling discovery that her eerie resemblance to her mother is more than the usual similarities between mother Read More

2004
Max

Synopsis: In the wake of his rise to power, Adolf Hitler became known as perhaps the most villainous and destructive political leader of the 20th century. But what was he like before he formed the Nazi party? Screenwriter and director Menno Meyjes explores that question in this drama, a work of fiction Read More

12/27/02
The Weight of Water

Actors: Catherine McCormack, Sarah Polley, Sean Penn, Josh Lucas, Elizabeth Hurley

Synopsis: A woman studying a crime of the past finds her own life becoming a morass of suspicion and deceit in this drama based on the novel by Anita Shreve. Jean Janes (Catherine McCormack) is a photographer working on a project that would document surviving evidence of a multiple murder that occurred a Read More

11/1/02
Mostly Martha

Actors: Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Maxime Foerste, August Zirner, Ulrich Thomsen

Synopsis: Sandra Nettelbeck spins this gentle drama about how a child's presence can change the lives of the most shy and career-minded of adults. Martha (Martina Gedeck) is the chef of a popular Hamburg eatery who fusses and obsesses over each dish before it leaves the kitchen. The demands of her job and Read More

8/16/02
Killing Me Softly

Actors: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes

Synopsis: The director of such highly regarded films as Yellow Earth (1984) and Farewell, My Concubine (1993), Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige makes his English-language debut with this erotic thriller adapted from the novel by Nicci French. Alice (Heather Graham) is an American Web designer living in Illinois Read More

2002
Flickering Lights

Actors: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Gråbøl

Synopsis: A career criminal stumbles upon his big chance to get out of the business, though not everyone thinks it's such a good idea, in this witty thriller. Torkild (Soren Pilmark) is the leader of a band of small-time crooks; having just celebrated his 40th birthday (which coincided with his being dumped Read More

2001
The Zookeeper

Actors: Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen, Om Puri, Javor Loznica

Synopsis: A man who has devoted his life to animals rather than dealing with the emotional and political uncertainties of humans finds he's challenged when his zoo becomes a battlefield in this downbeat drama. Ludovic (Sam Neill) lives and works in an unnamed city in the Balkans; once an idealistic Read More

2001
P. O. V. - Point of View

Actors: Trine Dyrholm, Gareth Williams, Ulrich Thomsen

Synopsis: A bride leaves her groom at the altar, letting a chance occurrence shape her life in this Dutch drama. Kamilla (Trine Dyrholm) is engaged to marry her boyfriend, Henrik (Ulrich Thomsen), but as their wedding day approaches, she becomes more and more hesitant about the idea of tying the knot. Read More

2001
Mike Bassett: England Manager

Actors: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Philip Jackson, Bradley Walsh, Phill Jupitus

Synopsis: The great British obsession with football (soccer to Americans) receives a thorough skewering in this mock documentary look at perhaps the most hapless coach in the history of professional sport. The manager of England's national football unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack, and suddenly the Read More

2001
The World Is Not Enough

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench

Synopsis: James Bond, the world's greatest secret agent, is sent once more into the breach in the name of Queen, Country, and a dry martini. In the 19th Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must resolve a potentially deadly power struggle between two unstable nations, with control of the world's oil supply Read More

11/19/99
The Celebration

Actors: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann

Synopsis: This Danish comedy drama won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It opens in rural Denmark as family members assemble for the 60th birthday celebration of patriarch Helge (Henning Moritzen). At the family estate are Helge's children: France-based restaurateur Christian (Ulrich Read More

10/16/98
Angel of the Night

Actors: Maria Karlsen, Mette Louise Holland, Tomas Villum Jensen, Ulrich Thomsen, Karin Rorbech

Synopsis: Denmark never seemed more like Transylvania than in this horror effort from Copenhagen. Rebecca (Maria Karlsen) is a young woman who has recently inherited a house from her grandmother. Joined by her best friend (Mette Louise Holland) and her significant other (Tomas Villum Jensen), Rebecca Read More

1998
Portland

Synopsis: Drug-dealing Danish thugs engage in various criminal activities in violently hip but gritty crime drama. The interesting cinematography provides one of the film's points of interest. But for one scene all exterior shots seemed to be filmed in grainy black and white high contrast film that is then Read More

1996