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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mads Mikkelsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Hannibal

Mufasa: The Lion King

Marvel Studios Legends

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The Last Viking

Casino Royale

Klovn

All Movies (76)

• Dust Bunny2025 · as Intriguing Neighbor
• Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh2025 · as Self
• North2025 · as Severin (voice)
• The Last Viking2025 · as Manfred
• Mufasa: The Lion King2024 · as Kiros (voice)
• Switzerland: Falling for Autumn2024 · as Himself
• Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford2023 · as Self
• The Promised Land2023 · as Ludvig Kahlen
• The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023 · as Self
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny2023 · as Dr. Voller
• Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds2023 · as Self
• Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon2023 · as Self
• Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore2022 · as Gellert Grindelwald
• Return of the Goat II: New World Order2021 · as Government Official
• Chaos Walking2021 · as Mayor David Prentiss
• Riders of Justice2020 · as Markus
• Another Round2020 · as Martin
• Polar2019 · as Duncan Vizla
• Arctic2018 · as H. Overgård
• At Eternity's Gate2018 · as The Priest
• The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'2017 · as Self
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016 · as Galen Erso
• Doctor Strange2016 · as Kaecilius
• The Phantom2016 · as Le Fantôme
• Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon2015 · as Self
• Men & Chicken2015 · as Elias
• Hannibal: This Is My Design2014 · as Self
• The Salvation2014 · as Jon Jensen
• Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas2013 · as Michael Kohlhaas
• Charlie Countryman2013 · as Nigel
• Move On2012 · as Sam Larkin
• The Hunt2012 · as Lucas
• A Royal Affair2012 · as Johann Friedrich Struensee
• NWR2012 · as Self
• The Three Musketeers2011 · as Rochefort
• Behind the Moomins2010 · as Self
• Clash of the Titans2010 · as Draco
• The Door2009 · as David Andernach
• Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky2009 · as Igor Stravinsky
• Valhalla Rising2009 · as One-Eye
• Flame & Citron2008 · as Citronen
• Casino Royale2006 · as Le Chiffre
• Becoming Bond2006 · as Self
• Prague2006 · as Christoffer
• Exit2006 · as Thomas Skepphult
• Gambler2006 · as Himself
• After the Wedding2006 · as Jacob Pederson
• Adam's Apples2005 · as Ivan
• Pusher II2004 · as Tonny
• Blood on the Land: The Making of a King2004 · as Self
• King Arthur2004 · as Tristan
• Torremolinos 732003 · as Magnus
• The Green Butchers2003 · as Svend
• The Boy Below2003 · as Far
• Now2003 · as Jakob (young)
• Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself2002 · as Horst
• Open Hearts2002 · as Niels
• I Am Dina2002 · as Niels
• Shake It All About2001 · as Jacob
• Mona's World2001 · as Casper
• Flickering Lights2000 · as Arne
• Bleeder1999 · as Lenny
• Tom Merritt1999 · as Elmer Karr
• Angel of the Night1998 · as Ronnie
• Wildside1998 · as Jimmy
• The Caretaker1997 · as Alex
• Pusher1996 · as Tonny
• The Flower Prisoner1996 · as Max
• Café Hector1996 · as Anders
• The Black Kaiser— · as The Black Kaiser
• Tubabu—
• Sirius—
• Last Meals— · as Walter Karat
• A.M.I.— · as Lt. Teague
• Ghost Ships— · as Voice over
• What Happens at Night— · as Brother Emmanuel

All TV Shows (8)

• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
• HideoTube2016
• Hannibal2013 · as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
• Skavlan2009 · as Self - Guest
• Klovn2005 · as Fodboldspiller
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Unit One2000 · as Allan Fischer
• Agnetas Nyårskarameller1995 · as Guest