Ulrik

David Dencik), a transsexual once known as Ulrik, waits for the go-ahead from the Danish state for her final operation.

GreenCine Daily 2009

David Dencik), a transsexual once known as Ulrik, waits for the go-ahead from the Danish state for her final operation.

GreenCine Daily 2009

David Dencik), a transsexual once known as Ulrik, waits for the go-ahead from the Danish state for her final operation.

GreenCine Daily 2009

Between his new relationship with Marete and his anticipation of his first grandson, Ulrik is feeling like, perhaps, he does indeed have a future.

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: A Somewhat Gentle Man Marshall Fine 2011

As played by Stellan Skarsgard in Hans Petter Moland's A Somewhat Gentle Man, opening in limited release Friday 1/14/11, Ulrik is leaving prison after finishing a 12-year murder sentence, with little life left in his eyes.

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: A Somewhat Gentle Man Marshall Fine 2011

Ulrik's moderately meaningless life consists mainly of working as a mechanic during the day and watching Polish game shows in a dingy basement at night.

New movies: 'The Adjustment Bureau,' 'Take Me Home Tonight' 2011

What's interesting is the cast of offbeat characters who infiltrate Ulrik's dull existence.

New movies: 'The Adjustment Bureau,' 'Take Me Home Tonight' 2011

He even gets Ulrik a job as a mechanic in a garage owned by a worrywart named Sven Bjorn Sundquist.

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: A Somewhat Gentle Man Marshall Fine 2011

Photograph by Ralph Gibson; Ulrik Jantzen, courtesy of Big portrait Architect Bjarke Ingels At his offices in one of Chelsea's historic factory buildings, the ebullient Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is hovering over an oddly shaped Taskboard model.

Building a Better Future Richard B. Woodward 2011

Ulrik Jantzen, courtesy of Big THE FUTURE IS HERE | A rendering of the 57th Street building Ingenious solutions to messy design challenges have become a BIG trademark.

Building a Better Future Richard B. Woodward 2011