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Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæs ˈme̝kl̩sn̩] ⓘ; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor, dancer and former gymnast. He rose to fame in Denmark for his diverse roles including 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 high profile roles also include Igor Stravinsky in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2008), Johann Friedrich Struensee in A Royal Affair (2012), 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. Mikkelsen was born on 22 November 1965 in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of mother Bente (Christiansen) Mikkelsen and father Henning Dittmann Mikkelsen, a cab driver. In his youth, he trained as a gymnast but then studied dancing and became fluent in Swedish. Mikkelsen's breakthrough role as a sensitive policeman in Niels Arden Oplev's Danish television series Rejseholdet (Unit One) (2000–03), won him the 2002 Best Actor Award from TvFestival.dk. In 2013, Mikkelsen appeared in Charlie Countryman alongside Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood, and later in the year, played the title character in Michael Kohlhaas, which had its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2018 he had a supporting role in Julian Schnabel's film At Eternity's Gate starring Willem Dafoe and in 2019, he starred in Jonas Åkerlund's action film Polar.
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Given Name: Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen
Born: Copenhagen, Denmark
Citizenship: Denmark
Birthday: November 22, 1965
Occupations: Actor, Dancer, Gymnast
Years Active: 1996-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Hanne Jacobsen
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Doctor Strange
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Polar
After the Wedding
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Arctic
At Eternity's Gate
Another Round
The Salvation
Flickering Lights
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Open Hearts
Riders of Justice
Valhalla Rising
The Hunt
Adam's Apples
Charlie Countryman
Chaos Walking
The Promised Land
Mufasa: The Lion King
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