Mads Mikkelsen

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.

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

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / gymnast

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

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://madsmikkelsen.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/theofficialmads/
• Xhttps://x.com/theofficialmads
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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