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Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

4 films · 317 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19982010

Born 6 December 1963 · Odense, Denmark

Ulrich Thomsen 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.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 317 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19982010

  • Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role2016
  • Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role2004
  • Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role2004
  • Silver Shell for Best Actor2004
  • Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1999
  • Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1999
  • Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1997

How their films are shot

Measured across 317 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ulrich takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 61% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Ulrich takes.

Time of day

Day61%
Night34%

Lighting

Natural58%
Low key32%
High key9%

Shot size

Medium44%
Wide24%
Closeup22%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle10%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral50%
Tense25%
Lonely15%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 317 frames from Ulrich Thomsen's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.