Mads Mikkelsen

Acting

Born Nov 22, 1965

From 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.

Mads Mikkelsen

Known For

Mufasa: The Lion King

Doctor Strange

Dust Bunny

Casino Royale

The Last Viking

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The Hunt

Clash of the Titans

Filmography — Acting

Mufasa: The Lion King

Doctor Strange

Dust Bunny

Casino Royale

The Last Viking

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The Hunt

Clash of the Titans

Polar

Another Round

The Three Musketeers

King Arthur

Chaos Walking

The Promised Land

Pusher

What Happens at Night

Arctic

At Eternity's Gate

The Salvation

Riders of Justice

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

A Royal Affair

Valhalla Rising

Charlie Countryman

Adam's Apples

Bleeder

The Green Butchers

Pusher II

Torremolinos 73

Flame & Citron

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

The Door

Flickering Lights

Men & Chicken

The Phantom

I Am Dina

Shake It All About

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

After the Wedding

NWR

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh

Prague

Exit

Open Hearts

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Wildside

The Black Kaiser

Now

Hannibal: This Is My Design

Move On

Becoming Bond

Angel of the Night

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Café Hector

The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

Gambler

Return of the Goat II: New World Order

Last Meals

North

Behind the Moomins

A.M.I.

Mona's World

Tubabu

Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon