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My Take
Mads Mikkelsen is, for my money, the most physically eloquent actor working today. The gymnast background shows in everything: the terrifying stillness of his villains, the way The Hunt's Lucas absorbs a community's cruelty into his posture. His Cannes win was no fluke — he can carry an entire moral argument in his cheekbones. What I admire most is his refusal to choose between Danish art-house cinema and Hollywood spectacle; he simply elevates whichever room he happens to be in. Few performers make villainy this graceful or decency this fierce, and at sixty he somehow keeps getting better.
Overview
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæs ditsʰmɛːn ˈme̝kl̩sn̩] ; 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 Jac…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mads Mikkelsen
- Name (Japanese)
- マッツ・ミケルセン
- Reading
- まっつ・みけるせん
- Born
- November 22, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / gymnast
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 2005 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 2010 Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog
- 2011 European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
- 2012 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
- 2014 Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 2014 Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- 2014 Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Denmark →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.