Mads Mikkelsen is a Danish actor, who rose to fame in Denmark as an actor. He later became widely known due to its role in the series «Hannibal».
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- His full name Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen.
- He was born on 22nd November 1965.
- He is a Danish actor and former 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).
- His zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
- He was a professional dancer for 8 years.
- Knighted on April 16th 2010 by Her Majesty Margrethe 2nd, Queen of Denmark.
- Learned Swedish during his 1-year-long dance training in Göteborg because he grew tired of Swedes only smiling and nodding at him when he spoke to them in Danish.
- Speaks Swedish fluently and has lived in Gothenburg for many years.
- Is very good friends with his Hannibal (2013) co-star Hugh Dancy since the pair starred together in the film King Arthur (2004).
- Mads is pronounced like ‘mas’ in Christmas. Mikkelsen is ‘mikkel’ as you would pronounce the metal ‘nickel’ and ‘sen’ is pronounced ‘zen’ – Mickelzen.
- Has appeared in four Danish films that were submitted for the Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category, with the latter winning in the category.
- Mads is a form of Matthew; meaning «Gift of God».
- A keen motorcyclist owning a rare 1937 Danish Nimbus.
- He was originally a gymnast and dancer on Danish television.
- His favourite movie is Taxi Driver (1976).
- Younger brother of actor Lars Mikkelsen.
- He has played the accountant in the music video «Bitch Better Have My Money» from the singer Rihanna.
- Several polls in girl magazines and newspapers have voted him “sexiest man in Denmark”.
- Wasn’t a James Bond fan before starring in Casino Royale (2006).
- Two children, Viola and Carl.
- Received an award at the Cannes Film Festival from Gong Li. Mikkelsen plays Hannibal Lecter in the NBC series Hannibal (2013), Li played Lady Murasaki (Lecter’s aunt and lover) in Hannibal: Rising (2007).
- One of very few actors to have appeared in a Star Wars film (Rogue One (2016)), a James Bond film (Casino Royale (2006)) and a Marvel Cinematic Universe film (Doctor Strange (2016)).
- Coincidentally, his character dies in all three films.
- The Danish magazine Woman voted him “the sexiest man in the world”.
- Member of the ‘Official Competition’ jury at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in 2016.
- The first Danish actor to play Hannibal Lecter. He is also the tallest of the four actors to play Lecter to date.
- Plays Le Chiffre, the villain of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale (2006). Fleming’s final Bond novel was The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), the villain and title character of which was played by Fleming’s cousin, Christopher Lee.
- Son of Henning Mikkelsen, bank teller and trade union official, and wife Bente Christiansen, nurse.
- USA: Playing lead role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in NBC thriller Hannibal (2013), based on the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris.
