Mads Mikkelsen

Birthday: 22 November 1965, Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Birth Name: Mads Dittman Mikkelsen

Height: 183 cm

Mads Mikkelsen is a synonym to the great success the Danish film industry has had since the mid-1990s. He was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen, to Bente Christiansen, a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen, a ba ...Show More

[on his version of Hannibal Lecter] He loves fine art. He is a three-piece suit man. He loves classi Show more [on his version of Hannibal Lecter] He loves fine art. He is a three-piece suit man. He loves classical music. He hates everything that is banal. And he loves the beauty of everything that's refined. He's trying to make friends with people, so I can't play that one card of being evil. It has to be hidden. Hide

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has to feel right. Everything has to be Show more I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises. Let's put it this way: compromises are from hell. Hide

[on his Hannibal (2013) co-star Hugh Dancy] Hugh has become one of my very, very, very good friends. Show more [on his Hannibal (2013) co-star Hugh Dancy] Hugh has become one of my very, very, very good friends. We knew each other from before, but it's been so intense to spend three seasons together. I was there when he had his first little baby. It's been a fantastic journey. We were just very, very lucky that we ended up with each other. Imagine if we had ended up with someone we didn't like. Hide

I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who di Show more I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on. Hide

[on his 1937 Danish Nimbus motorcycle] It is like something Steve McQueen would ride. I love the fre Show more [on his 1937 Danish Nimbus motorcycle] It is like something Steve McQueen would ride. I love the freedom and it doesn't go quite as fast as a modern bike, which pleases my wife. Hide

I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I hav Show more I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what the director wants. Some are very much in their head, and I need to force it out of them. I just can't play around for eight hours and see if something happens. Hide

[on the fact that he is voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" over and over] I'd rather be voted 'the s Show more [on the fact that he is voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" over and over] I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'. Hide

I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family Show more I try not to carry any character back home because that would be extremely frustrating for my family. It stays with you, of course, if for 14 hours a day you're being accused of something you haven't done and you can't get your frustration out anywhere. Whereas with a character like Hannibal, he's probably the happiest man I've ever played, even though he's doing horrendous things. He's a happy duckling and life is beautiful. Hide

Mads Mikkelsen's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (50)

Angel of the Night (Nattens engel)

Doctor Strange

Hannibal - Season 2

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Adams Apples (Adams abler)

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Chaos Walking

Polar

Flickering Lights

Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt)

King Arthur (2004)

Hannibal - Season 1

Rejseholdet - Season 4

Pusher

Klovn - Season 5

Mufasa: The Lion King

The Hunt (2012) [Sub: Eng]

Hannibal - Season 3

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky [Audio: French]

Klovn - Season 1

Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story (Being James Bond)

Rejseholdet - Season 3

Rejseholdet - Season 1

Klovn - Season 4

The Three Musketeers (2011)

Mads Mikkelsen'S roles

One Eye

Michael Kohlhaas

Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Tristan

Lucas

Jon

Kaecilius

Draco

Galen Erso

Le Chiffre

Rochefort