Name
Mads Mikkelsen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1965-11-22 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæsˈme̝kl̩sn̩]; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. 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 film 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), Kaecilius in Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), Galen Erso in Lucasfilm's Rogue One (2016), his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020), Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Dr. Jürgen Voller in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), and Captain Ludwig Kahlen in The Promised Land (2023). Outside of film, he is known for his roles as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal (2013–2015) and Cliff Unger in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding (2019).
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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- 2002 Open Hearts as Niels
- 2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself as Horst
- 2005 Adam's Apples as Ivan
- 1996 Pusher as Tonny
- 2000 Flickering Lights as Arne
- 2006 After the Wedding as Jacob Pederson
- 2003 The Green Butchers as Svend
- 2004 Pusher II as Tonny
- 1998 Wildside as Jimmy
- 2008 Flame & Citron as Citronen
- 2004 King Arthur as Tristan
- 2003 Torremolinos 73 as Magnus
- 2006 Exit as Thomas Skepphult
- 2013 Charlie Countryman as Nigel
- 2006 Casino Royale as Le Chiffre
- 2002 I Am Dina as Niels
- 2001 Shake It All About as Jacob
- 2006 Prague as Christoffer
- 2009 Valhalla Rising as One-Eye
- 2009 Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky as Igor Stravinsky
- 1999 Bleeder as Lenny
- 2010 Clash of the Titans as Draco
- 2009 The Door as David Andernach
- 2001 Mona's World as Casper
- 2023 Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds as Self
- 2012 The Hunt as Lucas
- 2013 Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as Michael Kohlhaas
- 2012 Move On as Sam Larkin
- 2003 Now as Jakob (young)
- 2023 The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Self
- 2006 Gambler as Himself
- Soon The Black Kaiser as The Black Kaiser
- 2023 The Promised Land as Ludvig Kahlen
- 2003 The Boy Below as Far
- 2012 NWR as Self
- 2014 The Salvation as Jon Jensen
- 1996 Café Hector as Anders
- 2015 Men & Chicken as Elias
- 2025 Dust Bunny as Intriguing Neighbor
- 2023 Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford as Self
- 2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Galen Erso
- 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King as Kiros (voice)
- 2015 Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon as Self
- 2025 The Last Viking as Manfred
- 2014 Hannibal: This Is My Design as Self
- 1998 Angel of the Night as Ronnie
- 2018 Arctic as H. Overgård
- 2021 Chaos Walking as Mayor David Prentiss
- 2019 Polar as Duncan Vizla
- 2018 At Eternity's Gate as The Priest
- 1996 The Flower Prisoner as Max
- 1997 The Caretaker as Alex
- Soon Tubabu
- 2020 Another Round as Martin
- 2017 The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
- 2020 Riders of Justice as Markus
- 2010 Behind the Moomins as Self
- 1999 Tom Merritt as Elmer Karr
- 2016 Doctor Strange as Kaecilius
- 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as Gellert Grindelwald
- 2011 The Three Musketeers as Rochefort
- 2016 The Phantom as Le Fantôme
- 2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Dr. Voller
- 2006 Becoming Bond as Self
- 2021 Return of the Goat II: New World Order as Government Official
- 2023 Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon as Self
- Soon Sirius
- Soon Last Meals as Walter Karat
- 2025 Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh as Self
- 2012 A Royal Affair as Johann Friedrich Struensee
- Soon A.M.I. as Lt. Teague
- 2025 North as Severin (voice)
- Soon Ghost Ships as Voice over
- Soon What Happens at Night as Brother Emmanuel
- 2024 Switzerland: Falling for Autumn as Himself
- 2004 Blood on the Land: The Making of a King as Self
- 2026 Brohr as Jasper Puch
- 2000 Unit One ( 32 episodes ) as Allan Fischer
- 2013 Hannibal ( 39 episodes ) as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- 1995 Agnetas Nyårskarameller ( 1 episode ) as Guest
- 2021 Marvel Studios Legends ( 1 episode ) as Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2009 Skavlan ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2016 HideoTube ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Klovn ( 1 episode ) as Fodboldspiller
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
