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Mads Mikkelsen

Mads Mikkelsen

Birthday: 1965-11-22 | Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. Originally a gymnast and dancer, he rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergeant Allan Fischer in the television series Rejseholdet (2000–2004), Niels in Open Hearts (2002), Svend in The Green Butchers (2003), Ivan in Adam's Apples (2005) and Jacob Petersen in After the Wedding (2006). Mikkelsen achieved worldwide recognition for playing the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). His other roles include Igor Stravinsky in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2008), Johann Friedrich Struensee in A Royal Affair (2012), his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award-winning performance as Lucas in the Danish film The Hunt (2012), Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Kaecilius in Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), Galen Erso in Lucasfilm's Rogue One (2016), Cliff Unger in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding (2019), and his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020). A. O. Scott of The New York Times remarked that in the Hollywood scene, Mikkelsen has "become a reliable character actor with an intriguing mug" but stated that on the domestic front "he is something else: a star, an axiom, a face of the resurgent Danish cinema".

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
2022
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as    Galen Erso

2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

as    Gellert Grindelwald

2021
Riders of Justice

as    Markus

2021
Chaos Walking

as    Mayor David Prentiss

2020
Another Round

as    Martin

2019
Polar

as    Duncan Vizla

2019
Arctic

as    H. Overgård

2018
At Eternity's Gate

as    The Priest

2016
Doctor Strange

as    Kaecilius

2015
Men & Chicken

as    Elias

2015
The Salvation

as    Jon Jensen

2014
2013
Hannibal

as    Hannibal Lecter

2013
The Hunt

as    Lucas

2013
Charlie Countryman

as    Nigel

2012
A Royal Affair

as    Johann Friedrich Struensee

2012
Move On

as    Sam Larkin

2012
NWR

as    Self

2011
The Three Musketeers

as    Rochefort

2010
Clash of the Titans

as    Draco

2010
Valhalla Rising

as    One-Eye

2009
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

as    Igor Stravinsky

2008
Flame & Citron

as    Citron

2006
Prague

as    Christoffer

2006
After the Wedding

as    Jacob Pederson

2006
Casino Royale

as    Le Chiffre

2006
Exit

as    Thomas Skepphult

2005
Adam's Apples

as    Ivan

2004
King Arthur

as    Tristan