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Mads Mikkelsen

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Mads Mikkelsen's great successes parallel those achieved by the Danish film industry since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.

Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success Pusher (1996), he slowly grew to become one of Denmark's biggest movie actors. The success in his home country includes Flickering Lights (2000), En kort en lang (2001) and the Emmy-winning police series Rejseholdet (2000).

His success has taken him abroad where he has played alongside Gérard Depardieu in I Am Dina (2002) as well as in the Spanish comedy Torremolinos 73 (2003) and the American blockbuster King Arthur (2004).

He played the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the critically acclaimed NBC series Hannibal (2013), from 2013 to 2015, with great success.
BornNovember 22, 1965
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BornNovember 22, 1965
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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Harrison Ford, Toby Jones, and Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Thomas Kretschmann and Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Mads Mikkelsen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Mads Mikkelsen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
Mads Mikkelsen and Ivan Urgant in Mads Mikkelsen/Oleg Mityaev (2019)
Mads Mikkelsen and Ivan Urgant in Mads Mikkelsen/Oleg Mityaev (2019)
Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round (2020)
Mads Mikkelsen in Episode #18.93 (1990)
Mads Mikkelsen and Lasse Wenkers in Pusher II (2004)
Mads Mikkelsen in Pusher II (2004)
Mads Mikkelsen and Leif Sylvester in Pusher II (2004)
Mads Mikkelsen in Pusher II (2004)

Known for

Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal (2013)
Hannibal
8.5
TV Series
  • Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Mads Mikkelsen in The Hunt (2012)
The Hunt
8.3
  • Lucas
  • 2012
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange
7.5
  • Kaecilius
  • 2016
Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round (2020)
Another Round
7.7
  • Martin
  • 2020

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  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
    • Post-production
  • The Bastard
    • Post-production
  • Dust Bunny
    • In Production
  • The Billion Dollar Spy
    • Pre-production
  • Jude Law, Dan Fogler, Mads Mikkelsen, William Nadylam, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Williams, Ezra Miller, Victoria Yeates, and Callum Turner in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
    Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
  • Return of the Goat II: New World Order (2021)
    Return of the Goat II: New World Order
  • Ray McKinnon, Mads Mikkelsen, David Oyelowo, Kurt Sutter, Mylène Dinh-Robic, Nick Jonas, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, and Cynthia Erivo in Chaos Walking (2021)
    Chaos Walking
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Riders of Justice (2020)
    Riders of Justice
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round (2020)
    Another Round
  • Death Stranding (2019)
    Death Stranding
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Polar (2019)
    Polar
  • Willem Dafoe in At Eternity's Gate (2018)
    At Eternity's Gate
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Arctic (2018)
    Arctic
  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Abrey Steve in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Le Fantôme (2016)
    Le Fantôme
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange (2016)
    Doctor Strange
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal (2013)
    Hannibal
  • Rihanna in Rihanna: Bitch Better Have My Money (2015)
    Rihanna: Bitch Better Have My Money
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Men & Chicken (2015)
    Men & Chicken

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  • Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round (2020)
    Another Round
  • Death Stranding (2019)
    Death Stranding

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  • Level Up Norge (2016)
    Level Up Norge
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    • November 22, 1965
    • Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Hanne JacobsenDecember 2, 2000 - present (2 children)
    • Lars Mikkelsen(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Voiced Randall Boggs in the Danish dubbed version of Monsters, Inc. (2001).
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    • 6 Interviews
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    • 4 Pictorials

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    He was a professional dancer for 8 years.
  • Quotes
    [on the fact that he is voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" over and over] I'd rather be voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" than "the ugliest man in Denmark".
    • Often plays a character with a defective left eye: Ivan in Adam's Apples (2005), Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (2006), One Eye in Valhalla Rising (2009), Rochefort in The Three Musketeers (2011) and Duncan Vizla in Polar (2019)

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