Mads Mikkelsen
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
Credits
- 2024 · Mufasa: The Lion King as Kiros (voice)
- 2023 · Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford as Self
- 2023 · The Promised Land as Ludvig Kahlen
- 2023 · The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Self
- 2023 · Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as Dr. Voller
- 2023 · Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds as Self
- 2022 · Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as Gellert Grindelwald
- 2021 · Being James Bond as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Return of the Goat II: New World Order as Government Official
- 2021 · Chaos Walking as Mayor David Prentiss
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Riders of Justice as Markus
- 2020 · Another Round as Martin
- 2019 · Polar as Duncan Vizla
- 2018 · Arctic as H. Overgård
- 2018 · At Eternity's Gate as The Priest
- 2017 · The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
- 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Galen Erso
- 2016 · Doctor Strange as Kaecilius
- 2016 · The Phantom as Le Fantôme
- 2016 · HideoTube as
- 2015 · Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon as Self
- 2015 · Men & Chicken as Elias
- 2014 · Hannibal: This Is My Design as Self
- 2014 · The Salvation as Jon Jensen
- 2013 · Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas as Michael Kohlhaas
- 2013 · Hannibal as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- 2013 · Charlie Countryman as Nigel
- 2012 · Move On as Sam Larkin
- 2012 · The Hunt as Lucas
- 2012 · A Royal Affair as Johann Friedrich Struensee
- 2012 · NWR as Self
- 2011 · The Three Musketeers as Rochefort
- 2010 · Clash of the Titans as Draco
- 2010 · Behind the Moomins as Self
- 2009 · The Door as David Andernach
- 2009 · Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky as Igor Stravinsky
- 2009 · Valhalla Rising as One-Eye
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Flame & Citron as Citron
- 2006 · Casino Royale as Le Chiffre
- 2006 · Becoming Bond as Self
- 2006 · Prague as Christoffer
- 2006 · Exit as Thomas Skepphult
- 2006 · Gambler as Himself
- 2006 · After the Wedding as Jacob Pederson
- 2005 · Adam's Apples as Ivan
- 2005 · Klovn as Fodboldspiller
- 2004 · Pusher II as Tonny
- 2004 · King Arthur as Tristan
- 2003 · Torremolinos 73 as Magnus
- 2003 · The Green Butchers as Svend
- 2003 · The Boy Below as Far
- 2003 · Now as Jakob (young)
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself as Horst
- 2002 · Open Hearts as Niels
- 2002 · I Am Dina as Niels
- 2001 · Mona's World as Casper
- 1998 · Wildside as Jimmy
- 1995 · Agnetas Nyårskarameller as Guest
- Future · The Black Kaiser as The Black Kaiser
- 2001 · Shake It All About as Jacob
- 2000 · Flickering Lights as Arne
- 2000 · Unit One as Allan Fischer
- 1999 · Bleeder as Lenny
- 1999 · Tom Merritt as Elmer Karr
- 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
- Future · Dust Bunny as
- Future · Tubabu as
- Future · The Last Viking as Manfred
- Future · Billion Dollar Spy as Adolf Tolkachev