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Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Olivier Richters in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Thomas Kretschmann, Mads Mikkelsen, Ethann Isidore, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivier Richters, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Harrison Ford, Toby Jones, and Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Thomas Kretschmann and Mads Mikkelsen in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

Mads Mikkelsen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

Mads Mikkelsen and Ivan Urgant in Mads Mikkelsen/Oleg Mityaev (2019)

Mads Mikkelsen and Lasse Wenkers in Pusher II (2004)

Mads Mikkelsen and Leif Sylvester in Pusher II (2004)

Mads Mikkelsen and Kurt Nielsen in Pusher II (2004)

Mads Mikkelsen and Ilyas Agac in Pusher II (2004)

Zlatko Buric and Mads Mikkelsen in Pusher II (2004)

Mads Mikkelsen and Øyvind Hagen-Traberg in Pusher II (2004)

Mads Mikkelsen and Vanessa Hudgens in Polar (2019)

Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal (2013)

Mads Mikkelsen in The Three Musketeers (2011)

Mads Mikkelsen and Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange (2016)

Scott Adkins and Mads Mikkelsen in Doctor Strange (2016)

Troels Lyby and Mads Mikkelsen in Shake It All About (2001)

Jesper Christensen and Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale (2006)

Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen in Flame & Citron (2008)

Mads Mikkelsen and Gabriela Marcinková in Move On (2012)

Mads Mikkelsen and Sonja Richter in Open Hearts (2002)

Mads Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander in A Royal Affair (2012)

Mads Mikkelsen's great successes parallel those achieved by the Danish film industry since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a banker.

Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success Pusher (1996), he slowly grew to become one of Denmark's biggest movie actors. The success in his home country includes Flickering Lights (2000), Shake It All About (2001) and the Emmy-winning police series Unit One (2000).

His success has taken him abroad where he has played alongside Gérard Depardieu in I Am Dina (2002) as well as in the Spanish comedy Torremolinos 73 (2003) and the American blockbuster King Arthur (2004).

He played the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the critically acclaimed NBC series Hannibal (2013), from 2013 to 2015, with great success.

Mads Mikkelsen at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)

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