Life and career

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 a number of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterberg's The Biggest Heroes (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 played a part in the 2002 English film Killing Me Softly. He stars as series regular in Banshee playing the role of primary antagonist, Kai Proctor. Aside from his native language Danish, Thomsen is fluent in German and English.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Nattevagten
1996	The Biggest Heroes	Peter
1996	Portland	Lasse
1997	Sekten	Svane
1998	Election Night	Peter	Short movie
1998	Festen (The Celebration)	Christian Klingenfeldt-Hansen	Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1999	Dybt vand
1999	The World Is Not Enough	Sasha Davidov
2000	The Weight of Water
2000	Flickering Lights (Blinkende lygter)	Peter
2001	The Zookeeper
2001	Mike Bassett: England Manager	Dr. Hans Shoegaarten
2001	Bella Martha	Samuel "Sam" Thalberg
2002	Max	Karl Mayr
2002	Killing Me Softly	Klaus
2003	Inheritance, TheThe Inheritance	Christoffer	BodilAward for Best Actor in an Leading Role Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
2004	Blueprint	Dr. Martin Fisher
2004	Brødre (Brothers)	Michael	Nominated—Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
	Sergeant Pepper
2005	Adam's Apples (Adams æbler)	Adam Pedersen
	Kingdom of Heaven	Templar Master
	Allegro	Zetterstrøm
2006	The Rocket Post
	Sprængfarlig Bombe
2007	Opium: Diary of a Madwoman	Dr. Brenner
	Vikaren	Jesper Osböll
	Hitman	Mikhail Belicoff
2008	The Broken
	Reservations
	Fear Me Not	Mikael	Nominated—Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
	Blekingegade
2009	Lulu and Jimi
	The International	Jonas Skarssen
	Duplicity
	Tell-Tale	Lethe
2010	Centurion	Gorlacon
2010	In a Better World	Claus
	The Silence	Peer Sommer
2011	Season of the Witch	Johann Eckhardt
	The Thing	Dr. Sander Halvorson
2012	Aya	Mr. Overby	Short film
2013	The Notebook	Officer
2014	A Second Chance	Simon
2015	Mortdecai	Romanov
2016	The Commune

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Alias	Ulrich Kottor
2005	The Virgin Queen	Baron Casper Breuner	Miniseries
2011	Fringe	Man in Zeppelin, aka Mr X
2013-2016	Banshee	Kai Proctor	Series regular
2016	The Blacklist	Alexander Kirk

[ Source: Wikipedia ]