Mads Mikkelsen is a synonym to the great success the Danish film industry has had since the mid-90s. Starting out as a low-life pusher/junkie in the 1996 success "Pusher", he slowly grew to become one of Denmarks 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 1" (2000). His success has taken him abroad where he has played alongside Gérard Depardieu in "I am Dina" (2003) as well as in the Spanish comedy "Torremolinos 73" (2003) and the American blockbuster "King Arthur" (2004).


Brother of actor Lars Mikkelsen. Several polls in girl magazines and newspapers have voted him "sexiest man in Denmark". The Danish magazine Woman voted him "the sexiest man in the world". Son of Henning Mikkelsen. Name pronounced Mass Meguelsnn. Learned Swedish during his 1-year-long dance training in Göteborg because he grew tired of Swedes only smiling and nodding at him when he spoke to them in Danish. Mads is a form of Matthew; meaning "Gift of God". Knighted on April 16th 2010 by Her Majesty Margrethe 2nd, Queen of Denmark.