Mads Mikkelsen
Birthday: 1965-11-22 | Place of Birth: Copenhagen, DenmarkMads 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".
Known For
Acting
Role
as Dr. Voller
as Galen Erso
as Gellert Grindelwald
as Markus
as Mayor David Prentiss
as Martin
as Duncan Vizla
as H. Overgård
as The Priest
as Kaecilius
as Elias
as Jon Jensen
as Michael Kohlhaas
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
as Lucas
as Nigel
as Johann Friedrich Struensee
as Sam Larkin
as Self
as Rochefort
as Draco
as Igor Stravinsky
as One-Eye
as Citron
as Christoffer
as Jacob Pederson
as Le Chiffre
as Thomas Skepphult
as Ivan
as Tristan
