Ulrich Thomsen graduated from The Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1993, after which playing on several theatres in Copenhagen, i.e. Dr. Dantes Aveny, Mungo Park and Østre Gasværks Teater. His debut on film was in Ole Bornedals Nattevagten. Since then a number of roles in, among others, Thomas Vinterbergs _De største Helte (1996)_ , Susanne Biers Sekten og Anders Thomas Jensens _Blinkende Lygter (2000)_ . However, the major breakthrough came in the film The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg, playing the part as Christian, the son. This performance made Ulrich Thomsen 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.