Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen
Biography
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (born November 22, 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), his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020) and Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022). 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
Actor
as The Black Kaiser
as Manfred
as Adolf Tolkachev
as Kiros (voice)
as Ludvig Kahlen
as Dr. Voller
as Self
as Gellert Grindelwald
as Self (archive footage)
as Government Official
as Mayor David Prentiss
as Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Markus
as Martin
as Duncan Vizla
as H. Overgård
as The Priest
as Galen Erso
as Kaecilius
as Le Fantôme
as Elias
as Self
as Jon Jensen
as Michael Kohlhaas
as Nigel
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
as Sam Larkin
as Lucas
as Johann Friedrich Struensee
as Self
as Rochefort
as Draco
as Self
as David Andernach
as Igor Stravinsky
as One-Eye
as Self - Guest
as Citron
as Le Chiffre
as Self
as Christoffer
as Thomas Skepphult
as Himself
as Jacob Pederson
as Ivan
as Fodboldspiller
as Tonny
as Tristan
as Magnus
as Svend
as Far
as Jakob (young)
as Self
as Horst
as Niels
as Niels
as Jacob
as Casper
as Arne
as Allan Fischer
as Lenny
as Elmer Karr
as Ronnie
as Jimmy
as Alex
as Tonny
as Max
as Anders
as Guest
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Writer
as Writers' Assistant