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Mads Mikkelsen

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.

Filmography

2025
Dust Bunny

as Resident 5B

Movie
2025
North
Movie
2025
The Last Viking

as Manfred

Movie
2024
Mufasa: The Lion King

as Kiros (voice)

Movie
2023
The Promised Land

as Ludvig Kahlen

Movie
2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

as Dr. Voller

Movie
2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

as Gellert Grindelwald

Movie
2021
Chaos Walking

as Mayor David Prentiss

Movie
2020
Riders of Justice

as Markus

Movie
2020
Another Round

as Martin

Movie
2019
Polar

as Duncan Vizla

Movie
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Galen Erso

Movie
2016
Doctor Strange

as Kaecilius

Movie
2012
The Hunt

as Lucas

Movie
2011
The Three Musketeers

as Rochefort

Movie
2010
Clash of the Titans

as Draco

Movie
2006
Casino Royale

as Le Chiffre

Movie
2004
King Arthur

as Tristan

Movie