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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Self

Klovn

Fodboldspiller

Mufasa: The Lion King

Kiros (voice)

Hannibal

Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Marvel Studios Legends

Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)

Casino Royale

Le Chiffre

Unit One

Allan Fischer

Skavlan

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Summer Game Fest 2025	Self
2024	Mufasa: The Lion King	Kiros (voice)
2023	Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds	Self
2023	The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Self
2023	The Promised Land	Ludvig Kahlen
2023	Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford	Self
2023	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	Dr. Voller
2023	Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon	Self
2022	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	Gellert Grindelwald
2021	Being James Bond	Self (archive footage)
2021	Chaos Walking	Mayor David Prentiss
2021	Return of the Goat II: New World Order	Government Official
2020	Another Round	Martin
2020	Riders of Justice	Markus
2019	Polar	Duncan Vizla
2018	Arctic	H. Overgård
2018	At Eternity's Gate	The Priest
2017	The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'	Self
2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Galen Erso
2016	Doctor Strange	Kaecilius
2016	The Phantom	Le Fantôme
2015	Men & Chicken	Elias
2015	Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon	Self
2015	Hannibal: Reimagining Red Dragon	Self
2014	The Salvation	Jon Jensen
2014	Hannibal: This Is My Design	Self
2013	Charlie Countryman	Nigel
2013	Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas	Michael Kohlhaas
2012	A Royal Affair	Johann Friedrich Struensee
2012	The Hunt	Lucas
2012	Move On	Sam Larkin
2012	NWR	Self
2011	The Three Musketeers	Rochefort
2010	Clash of the Titans	Draco
2010	Behind the Moomins	Self
2009	Valhalla Rising	One-Eye
2009	Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky	Igor Stravinsky
2009	The Door	David Andernach
2008	Flame & Citron	Citron
2006	After the Wedding	Jacob Pederson
2006	Exit	Thomas Skepphult
2006	Casino Royale	Le Chiffre
2006	Prague	Christoffer
2006	Gambler	Himself
2006	Becoming Bond	Self
2005	Adam's Apples	Ivan
2004	Pusher II	Tonny
2004	King Arthur	Tristan
2003	The Green Butchers	Svend
2003	Torremolinos 73	Magnus
2003	Now	Jakob (young)
2003	The Boy Below	Far
2002	Open Hearts	Niels
2002	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself	Horst
2002	I Am Dina	Niels
2001	Shake It All About	Jacob
2001	Mona's World	Casper
2000	Flickering Lights	Arne
1999	Bleeder	Lenny
1999	Tom Merritt	Elmer Karr
1998	Wildside	Jimmy
1998	Angel of the Night	Ronnie
1997	The Caretaker	Alex
1996	Pusher	Tonny
1996	Café Hector	Anders
1996	The Flower Prisoner	Max
	The Black Kaiser	The Black Kaiser
	Dust Bunny
	The Last Viking	Manfred
	Tubabu
	Bitch Better Have My Money	Accountant
	Sirius
	Last Meals	Walter Karat
	Hannibal: The Series	Hannibal Lecter

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Bastarden
2021	Marvel Studios Legends	Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016	HideoTube
2013	Hannibal	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
2009	Skavlan	Self - Guest
2005	Klovn	Fodboldspiller
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2000	Unit One	Allan Fischer
1995	Agnetas Nyårskarameller	Guest