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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.
Oslo, mid-day. A man walks into a bank with a cap pulled low and a calm voice. He gives the teller a deadline. No alarms. No heroics. One mistake and someone dies. Minutes later, he’s gone. The cash is gone. And a woman lies dead. Detective Harry Hole takes the case and sees the detail that doesn’t fit. The robbery looks clean. Too clean. Like a message. Then Harry gets hit from the side. An old girlfriend is found murdered in her apartment, and the evidence points straight at him. The department tightens the leash. The press smells blood. Someone wants Harry chasing two fires at once. As the bank robber strikes again, the pattern sharpens. Precise timing. Controlled fear. A plan built around pressure, not chaos. Harry digs into money trails, security footage, and the quiet lives of people who think they’re invisible. Every step forward costs him trust, allies, and time. The deeper he goes, the more the two cases start to echo each other. Motive hides behind a personal history. Revenge wears a professional mask. And Harry realizes the killer isn’t running from the police. He’s leading them. Oslo turns into a clock. Every tick brings another deadline. Harry has one job. Find the mind behind the robberies. Clear his own name. And stop the next call that ends with a body on the floor.
