Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (born November 22, 1965) is a Danish actor. Originally a gymnast and dancer, 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 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), Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal (2013–2015), Kaecilius in Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), Galen Erso in Lucasfilm's Rogue One (2016), Cliff Unger in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding (2019), his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020) and Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).
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".
Acted in
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Kiros (voice)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
The Promised Land
2023
as Ludvig Kahlen
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Self
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
as Dr. Voller
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023
as Self
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
as Gellert Grindelwald
Being James Bond
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Return of the Goat II: New World Order
2021
as Government Official
Chaos Walking
2021
as Mayor David Prentiss
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
Riders of Justice
2020
as Markus
Another Round
2020
as Martin
Polar
2019
as Duncan Vizla
Arctic
2018
as H. Overgård
At Eternity's Gate
2018
as The Priest
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017
as Self
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Galen Erso
Doctor Strange
2016
as Kaecilius
The Phantom
2016
as Le Fantôme
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
as Self
Men & Chicken
2015
as Elias
Hannibal: This Is My Design
2014
as Self
The Salvation
2014
as Jon Jensen
Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
2013
as Michael Kohlhaas
Hannibal
2013
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Charlie Countryman
2013
as Nigel
Move On
2012
as Sam Larkin
The Hunt
2012
as Lucas
A Royal Affair
2012
as Johann Friedrich Struensee
NWR
2012
as Self
The Three Musketeers
2011
as Rochefort
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Draco
Behind the Moomins
2010
as Self
The Door
2009
as David Andernach
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
2009
as Igor Stravinsky
Valhalla Rising
2009
as One-Eye
Flame & Citron
2008
as Citron
Casino Royale
2006
as Le Chiffre
Becoming Bond
2006
as Self
Prague
2006
as Christoffer
Exit
2006
as Thomas Skepphult
Gambler
2006
as Himself
After the Wedding
2006
as Jacob Pederson
Adam's Apples
2005
as Ivan
Klovn
2005
as Fodboldspiller
Pusher II
2004
as Tonny
King Arthur
2004
as Tristan
Torremolinos 73
2003
as Magnus
The Green Butchers
2003
as Svend
The Boy Below
2003
as Far
Now
2003
as Jakob (young)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
2002
as Horst
Open Hearts
2002
as Niels
I Am Dina
2002
as Niels
Shake It All About
2001
as Jacob
Mona's World
2001
as Casper
Flickering Lights
2000
as Arne
Unit One
2000
as Allan Fischer
Bleeder
1999
as Lenny
Tom Merritt
1999
as Elmer Karr
Angel of the Night
1998
as Ronnie
Wildside
1998
as Jimmy
The Caretaker
1997
as Alex
Pusher
1996
as Tonny
The Flower Prisoner
1996
as Max
Café Hector
1996
as Anders
The Black Kaiser
as The Black Kaiser
Dust Bunny
The Last Viking
as Manfred
Tubabu
Billion Dollar Spy
as Adolf Tolkachev