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.

Filmography

• 2028Call of Duty — The Archer
• 2027Sirius
• 2026Brohr — Jasper Puch
• 2025Dust Bunny — Intriguing Neighbor
• 2025North — Severin (voice)
• 2025The Last Viking — Manfred
• 2024Mufasa: The Lion King — Kiros (voice)
• 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — Dr. Voller
• 2023The Promised Land — Ludvig Kahlen
• 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore — Gellert Grindelwald
• 2021Chaos Walking — Mayor David Prentiss
• Marvel Studios Legends — Kaecilius (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021Return of the Goat II: New World Order — Government Official
• 2020Another Round — Martin
• 2020Riders of Justice — Markus
• 2019Polar — Duncan Vizla, Executive Producer
• 2018Arctic — H. Overgård
• 2018At Eternity's Gate — The Priest
• 2016Doctor Strange — Kaecilius
• HideoTube
• 2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — Galen Erso
• 2015Men & Chicken — Elias
• 2014The Salvation — Jon Jensen
• 2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas — Michael Kohlhaas
• 2013Charlie Countryman — Nigel
• Hannibal — Dr. Hannibal Lecter
• 2012A Royal Affair — Johann Friedrich Struensee
• 2012Move On — Sam Larkin
• 2012The Hunt — Lucas
• 2011The Three Musketeers — Rochefort
• 2010Clash of the Titans — Draco
• 2010Valhalla Rising — One-Eye
• 2009Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky — Igor Stravinsky
• 2009The Door — David Andernach
• 2008Flame & Citron — Citronen
• 2006After the Wedding — Jacob Pederson
• 2006Casino Royale — Le Chiffre
• 2006Exit — Thomas Skepphult
• 2006Prague — Christoffer
• 2005Adam's Apples — Ivan
• Klovn — Fodboldspiller
• 2004King Arthur — Tristan
• 2004Pusher II — Tonny
• 2003Now — Jakob (young)
• 2003The Boy Below — Far
• 2003The Green Butchers — Svend
• 2003Torremolinos 73 — Magnus
• 2002I Am Dina — Niels
• 2002Open Hearts — Niels
• 2002Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself — Horst
• 2001Mona's World — Casper
• 2001Shake It All About — Jacob
• 2000Flickering Lights — Arne
• Unit One — Allan Fischer, Casting
• 1999Bleeder — Lenny
• 1999Tom Merritt — Elmer Karr
• 1998Angel of the Night — Ronnie
• 1998Wildside — Jimmy
• 1997The Caretaker — Alex
• 1996Café Hector — Anders
• 1996Pusher — Tonny
• 1996The Flower Prisoner — Max
• Agnetas Nyårskarameller — Guest
• A.M.I. — Lt. Teague
• Ghost Ships — Voice over
• Last Meals — Walter Karat
• The Black Kaiser — The Black Kaiser, Executive Producer
• What Happens at Night — Brother Emmanuel

Appearances as themselves (16)

• 2025Mads Mikkelsen, Devil In The Flesh — Self
• 2024Switzerland: Falling for Autumn — Himself
• 2023Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds — Self
• 2023Indiana Jones: Chasing an Icon — Self
• 2023The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — Self
• 2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford — Self
• 2017The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' — Self
• 2015Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon — Self
• 2014Hannibal: This Is My Design — Self
• 2012NWR — Self
• 2010Behind the Moomins — Self
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• 2006Becoming Bond — Self
• 2006Gambler — Himself
• 2004Blood on the Land: The Making of a King — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest