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Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen’s screen credits include Lucas in The Hunt, Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, and Kaecilius in Doctor Strange.
Born November 22, 1965 Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark5 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2028Call of DutyThe ArcherUpcoming
- 2027SiriusActorUpcoming
- 2026BrohrJasper Puch
- 2025Dust BunnyIntriguing Neighbor
- 2025Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The FleshSelf
- 2025NorthSeverin (voice)
- 2025The Last VikingManfred
- 2024Mufasa: The Lion KingKiros (voice)
- 2024Switzerland: Falling for AutumnHimself
- 2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordSelf
- 2023The Promised LandLudvig Kahlen
- 2023The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinySelf
- 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyDr. Voller
- 2023Hideo Kojima: Connecting WorldsSelf
- 2023Indiana Jones: Chasing an IconSelf
- 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreGellert Grindelwald
- 2021Return of the Goat II: New World OrderGovernment Official
- 2021Chaos WalkingMayor David Prentiss
- 2020Riders of JusticeMarkus
- 2020Another RoundMartin
- 2019PolarProducer · Duncan Vizla
- 2018ArcticH. Overgård
- 2018At Eternity's GateThe Priest
- 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'Self
- 2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red DragonSelf
- 2015Men & ChickenElias
- 2014Hannibal: This Is My DesignSelf
- 2014The SalvationJon Jensen
- 2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasMichael Kohlhaas
- 2013Charlie CountrymanNigel
- 2012Move OnSam Larkin
- 2012A Royal AffairJohann Friedrich Struensee
- 2012NWRSelf
- 2011The Three MusketeersRochefort
- 2010Behind the MoominsSelf
- 2010Valhalla RisingOne-Eye
- 2009The DoorDavid Andernach
- 2009Coco Chanel & Igor StravinskyIgor Stravinsky
- 2008Flame & CitronCitronen
- 2006Becoming BondSelf
- 2006PragueChristoffer
- 2006ExitThomas Skepphult
- 2006GamblerHimself
- 2006After the WeddingJacob Pederson
- 2005Adam's ApplesIvan
- 2004Pusher IITonny
- 2004Blood on the Land: The Making of a KingSelf
- 2004King ArthurTristan
- 2003Torremolinos 73Magnus
- 2003The Green ButchersSvend
- 2003The Boy BelowFar
- 2003NowJakob (young)
- 2002Wilbur Wants to Kill HimselfHorst
- 2002Open HeartsNiels
- 2002I Am DinaNiels
- 2001Shake It All AboutJacob
- 2001Mona's WorldCasper
- 2000Flickering LightsArne
- 1999BleederLenny
- 1999Tom MerrittElmer Karr
- 1998Angel of the NightRonnie
- 1998WildsideJimmy
- 1997The CaretakerAlex
- 1996PusherTonny
- 1996The Flower PrisonerMax
- 1996Café HectorAnders
- A.M.I.Lt. Teague
- Ghost ShipsVoice over
- Last MealsWalter Karat
- The Black KaiserProducer · The Black Kaiser
- What Happens at NightBrother Emmanuel
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