Mads Mikkelsen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-11-22 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mads Mikkelsen
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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Known For
Acting
The Black Kaiser
as The Black Kaiser
Bitch Better Have My Money
as Accountant
(2025)
The Last Viking
as Manfred
(2024)
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Kiros (voice)
(2023)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Dr. Voller
(2023)
The Promised Land
as Ludvig Kahlen
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
(2022)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
as Gellert Grindelwald
(2021)
Chaos Walking
as Mayor David Prentiss
(2021)
Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Return of the Goat II: New World Order
as Government Official
(2020)
Another Round
as Martin
(2020)
Riders of Justice
as Markus
(2019)
Polar
as Duncan Vizla
(2018)
Arctic
as H. Overgård
(2018)
At Eternity's Gate
as The Priest
(2017)
(2016)
Doctor Strange
as Kaecilius
(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Galen Erso
(2016)
The Phantom
as Le Fantôme
(2015)
Men & Chicken
as Elias
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
The Salvation
as Jon Jensen
(2014)
Hannibal: This Is My Design
as Self
(2013)
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as Michael Kohlhaas
(2013)
Charlie Countryman
as Nigel
(2012)
The Hunt
as Lucas
(2012)
A Royal Affair
as Johann Friedrich Struensee
(2012)
Move On
as Sam Larkin
(2012)
NWR
as Self
(2011)
The Three Musketeers
as Rochefort
(2010)
Clash of the Titans
as Draco
(2010)
Behind the Moomins
as Self
(2009)
Valhalla Rising
as One-Eye
(2009)
The Door
as David Andernach
(2009)
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
as Igor Stravinsky
(2008)
Flame & Citron
as Citron
(2006)
Casino Royale
as Le Chiffre
(2006)
After the Wedding
as Jacob Pederson
(2006)
Exit
as Thomas Skepphult
(2006)
Prague
as Christoffer
(2006)
Becoming Bond
as Self
(2006)
Gambler
as Himself
(2005)
Adam's Apples
as Ivan
(2004)
King Arthur
as Tristan
(2004)
Pusher II
as Tonny
(2003)
The Green Butchers
as Svend
(2003)
Torremolinos 73
as Magnus
(2003)
Now
as Jakob (young)
(2003)
The Boy Below
as Far
(2002)
Open Hearts
as Niels
(2002)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
as Horst
(2002)
I Am Dina
as Niels
(2001)
Shake It All About
as Jacob
(2001)
Mona's World
as Casper
(2000)
Flickering Lights
as Arne
(1999)
Bleeder
as Lenny
(1999)
Tom Merritt
as Elmer Karr
(1998)
Wildside
as Jimmy
(1998)
Angel of the Night
as Ronnie
(1997)
The Caretaker
as Alex
(1996)
Pusher
as Tonny
(1996)
The Flower Prisoner
as Max
(1996)
Café Hector
as Anders
Crew
The Black Kaiser
Executive Producer
(2019)
Polar
Executive Producer