ACTOR

Mads Mikkelsen

1965 - Today

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Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæs 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 Jacob Petersen in After the Wedding (2006). Mikkelsen achieved worldwide recognition for playing the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mads Mikkelsen has received more than 19,061,642 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Mads Mikkelsen is the 253rd most popular actor (up from 275th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 60th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Actor.

Mads Mikkelsen is most famous for his role as Hannibal Lecter in the TV series Hannibal.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mads Mikkelsen ranks 253 out of 13,578. Before him are Kevin Spacey, Shirley Temple, Gal Gadot, John Malkovich, Sidney Poitier, and Malcolm McDowell. After him are Nick Nolte, Faye Dunaway, Reese Witherspoon, James Coburn, Angela Lansbury, and Alan Bates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mads Mikkelsen ranks 7. Before him are Shah Rukh Khan, J. K. Rowling, Dmitry Medvedev, Bashar al-Assad, Salman Khan, and Petro Poroshenko. After him are Tedros Adhanom, Gheorghe Hagi, Hans-Dieter Flick, Björk, Charlie Sheen, and Brandon Lee.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Mads Mikkelsen ranks 57 out of 1,032. Before him are Harald Bluetooth (935), Lili Elbe (1882), Abel, King of Denmark (1218), Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944), Nicolas Steno (1638), and Carl Nielsen (1865). After him are Anders Fogh Rasmussen (1953), Tollund Man (-400), Johannes Fibiger (1867), Anna Karina (1940), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), and Arne Jacobsen (1902).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Mads Mikkelsen ranks 2. Before him are Asta Nielsen (1881). After him are Anna Karina (1940), Erik Bruhn (1928), Jesper Christensen (1948), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Connie Nielsen (1965), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Annette Stroyberg (1936), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), and Ulrich Thomsen (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Doctor Strange
Kaecilius
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
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The Hunt
Lucas
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
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Casino Royale
Le Chiffre
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Nov 14th 20067.558 / 10