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Mads Mikkelsen
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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 S…
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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. 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Mads Mikkelsen's Filmography
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Call of Duty
as The Archer
Brohr
as Jasper Puch
Dust Bunny
as Intriguing Neighbor
Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh
as Self
North
as Severin (voice)
The Last Viking
as Manfred
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Kiros (voice)
Switzerland: Falling for Autumn
as Himself
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
as Self
The Promised Land
as Ludvig Kahlen
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
as Dr. Voller
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
as Self
Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon
as Self
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
as Gellert Grindelwald
Return of the Goat II: New World Order
as Government Official
Chaos Walking
as Mayor David Prentiss
Riders of Justice
as Markus
Another Round
as Martin
Polar
as Duncan Vizla
Arctic
as H. Overgård
At Eternity's Gate
as The Priest
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Galen Erso
Doctor Strange
as Kaecilius
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
Men & Chicken
as Elias
No Poster
Hannibal: This Is My Design
as Self
The Salvation
as Jon Jensen
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
as Michael Kohlhaas
Charlie Countryman
as Nigel
Move On
as Sam Larkin
The Hunt
as Lucas
A Royal Affair
as Johann Friedrich Struensee
NWR
as Self
The Three Musketeers
as Rochefort
No Poster
Behind the Moomins
as Self
Clash of the Titans
as Draco
Valhalla Rising
as One-Eye
The Door
as David Andernach
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
as Igor Stravinsky
Flame & Citron
as Citronen
Casino Royale
as Le Chiffre
Becoming Bond
as Self
Prague
as Christoffer
Exit
as Thomas Skepphult
Gambler
as Himself
After the Wedding
as Jacob Pederson
Adam's Apples
as Ivan
Pusher II
as Tonny
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
as Self
King Arthur
as Tristan
Torremolinos 73
as Magnus
The Green Butchers
as Svend
The Boy Below
as Far
Now
as Jakob (young)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
as Horst
Open Hearts
as Niels
I Am Dina
as Niels
Shake It All About
as Jacob
Mona's World
as Casper
Flickering Lights
as Arne
Bleeder
as Lenny
Tom Merritt
as Elmer Karr
Angel of the Night
as Ronnie
Wildside
as Jimmy
The Caretaker
as Alex
Pusher
as Tonny
The Flower Prisoner
as Max
Café Hector
as Anders
What Happens at Night
as Brother Emmanuel
A.M.I.
as Lt. Teague
No Poster
The Black Kaiser
as The Black Kaiser
Ghost Ships
as Voice over
Last Meals
as Walter Karat
No Poster