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".
Movie | Billion Dollar Spy | Adolf Tolkachev | 2025 |
Movie | Dust Bunny | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Tubabu | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | The Black Kaiser | The Black Kaiser | 2025 |
Movie | The Last Viking | Manfred | 2025 |
Movie | Mufasa: The Lion King | Kiros (voice) | 2024-12-18 |
Movie | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Dr. Voller | 2023-06-25 |
Movie | Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds | Self | 2023-06-17 |
Movie | The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Self | 2023-08-29 |
Movie | Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford | Self | 2023-12-01 |
Movie | The Promised Land | Ludvig Kahlen | 2023-10-05 |
Movie | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Gellert Grindelwald | 2022-04-06 |
Movie | Chaos Walking | Mayor David Prentiss | 2021-02-24 |
Series | Marvel Studios Legends | Kaecilius (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
Movie | Return of the Goat II: New World Order | Government Official | 2021-05-18 |
Movie | Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
Movie | Another Round | Martin | 2020-09-24 |
Movie | Riders of Justice | Markus | 2020-11-19 |
Movie | Polar | Duncan Vizla | 2019-01-25 |
Movie | At Eternity's Gate | The Priest | 2018-11-15 |
Movie | Arctic | H. Overgård | 2018-11-21 |
Movie | The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' | Self | 2017-04-04 |
Series | HideoTube | Unknown | 2016-02-11 |
Movie | The Phantom | Le Fantôme | 2016-10-14 |
Movie | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Galen Erso | 2016-12-14 |
Movie | Doctor Strange | Kaecilius | 2016-10-25 |
Movie | Men & Chicken | Elias | 2015-02-05 |
Movie | Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon | Self | 2015-12-08 |
Movie | The Salvation | Jon Jensen | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | Hannibal: This Is My Design | Self | 2014-09-16 |
Movie | Charlie Countryman | Nigel | 2013-02-09 |
Series | Hannibal | Dr. Hannibal Lecter | 2013-04-04 |
Movie | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | Michael Kohlhaas | 2013-08-14 |
Movie | NWR | Self | 2012-02-02 |
Movie | A Royal Affair | Johann Friedrich Struensee | 2012-03-29 |
Movie | The Hunt | Lucas | 2012-06-13 |
Movie | Move On | Sam Larkin | 2012-11-05 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 2011-08-31 |
Movie | Clash of the Titans | Draco | 2010-03-26 |
Movie | Behind the Moomins | Self | 2010-01-01 |
Series | Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009-01-16 |
Movie | Valhalla Rising | One-Eye | 2009-09-04 |
Movie | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Igor Stravinsky | 2009-09-24 |
Movie | The Door | David Andernach | 2009-11-26 |
Movie | Flame & Citron | Citron | 2008-03-25 |
Movie | Gambler | Himself | 2006-04-20 |
Movie | After the Wedding | Jacob Pederson | 2006-02-24 |
Movie | Exit | Thomas Skepphult | 2006-10-06 |
Movie | Prague | Christoffer | 2006-11-03 |
Movie | Becoming Bond | Self | 2006-11-07 |
Movie | Casino Royale | Le Chiffre | 2006-11-14 |
Series | Klovn | Fodboldspiller | 2005-02-07 |
Movie | Adam's Apples | Ivan | 2005-04-15 |
Movie | King Arthur | Tristan | 2004-07-07 |
Movie | Pusher II | Tonny | 2004-12-25 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Now | Jakob (young) | 2003-01-27 |
Movie | The Green Butchers | Svend | 2003-03-08 |
Movie | The Boy Below | Far | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Torremolinos 73 | Magnus | 2003-04-29 |
Movie | I Am Dina | Niels | 2002-03-08 |
Movie | Open Hearts | Niels | 2002-09-06 |
Movie | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Horst | 2002-11-08 |
Movie | Mona's World | Casper | 2001-09-07 |
Movie | Shake It All About | Jacob | 2001-11-16 |
Series | Unit One | Allan Fischer | 2000-10-01 |
Movie | Flickering Lights | Arne | 2000-11-03 |
Movie | Tom Merritt | Elmer Karr | 1999-07-15 |
Movie | Bleeder | Lenny | 1999-08-06 |
Movie | Wildside | Jimmy | 1998-05-07 |
Movie | Angel of the Night | Ronnie | 1998-12-04 |
Movie | The Caretaker | Alex | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Café Hector | Anders | 1996-03-08 |
Movie | Pusher | Tonny | 1996-08-30 |
Movie | The Flower Prisoner | Max | 1996-08-12 |
Series | Agnetas Nyårskarameller | Guest | 1995-01-01 |