Mads Mikkelsen

Known for ActingBorn 1965-11-22 (age 60)Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mads Mikkelsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

Hannibal: This Is My Design

Klovn

Hannibal

Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh

Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon

The Hunt

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

The Promised Land

Another Round

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Casino Royale

The Boy Below

Doctor Strange

Marvel Studios Legends

Mufasa: The Lion King

Adam's Apples

The Last Viking

Riders of Justice

A Royal Affair

Café Hector

NWR

Unit One

Pusher II

After the Wedding

At Eternity's Gate

Flickering Lights

The Green Butchers

Open Hearts

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

Dust Bunny

Pusher

Agnetas Nyårskarameller

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Flame & Citron

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Gambler

Chaos Walking

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Bleeder

Arctic

Men & Chicken

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Salvation

Polar

Charlie Countryman

The Phantom