Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen was born on the 22nd November 1965, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is an actor, who since the middle of 1990s, has been involved in more than 30 film and television productions. He gained international fame through the film “King Arthur” (2004), “James Bond 007: Casino Royale” (2006), and “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” (2009). In 2011, he was awarded the European Film Prize in the category of the Best European Performance in the World Cinema. Mikkelsen has been active in the entertainment industry since 1996.
How rich is the actor? Authoritative sources announced that the outright size of Mads Mikkelsen net worth is equal to $10 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017.
Mads Mikkelsen Net Worth $10 Million
To begin with, Mads Mikkelsen was the second son of a nurse and banker, and grew up in the Nørrebro district. He attended the drama school at Aarhus Theatre, and graduated in 1996. Before becoming an actor, he was a professional dancer for eight years in the Micado Dance Ensemble, and prior to that, he had been a gymnast and gymnastics instructor in Gymnastikforeningen Gefion.
In 1996, he began his film career with secondary roles in short films, then landed a role in the film “Pusher” (1996), playing the bald-headed, drunken Tonny. After this memorable role, further supporting roles followed, including a family father in the drama “Vildspor” (1998). Then from 2000 to 2004, the role for which he was known in his homeland was of a policeman in the Danish television series “Rejseholdet”, followed in 2003 by starring in the film “Open Hearts”.
The following year, he made the jump to Hollywood and appeared in the film “King Arthur” (2004) produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In 2006, he played the villain Le Chiffre in the James Bond movie “Casino Royale”, moreover, he starred in the films “Adam’s Apples” (2005), “After the Wedding” (2006) and “Prague” (2006). In 2008, he played Jørgen Haagen Schmith in the film “Flame & Citron” and composer Ígor Stravinsky in “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” in 2009. The same year he starred in “Valhalla Rising” (2009) by Nicolas Winding Refn, then in 2010 joined the cast of “Clash of the Titans” by Français Louis Leterrier. In 2011, he was the villain, Rochfort in the movie “The Three Musketeers”, but in 2012, came his most brilliant work so far landed, in the film “The Hunt” by Thomas Vinterberg, which was nominated for an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language film. For his performance, Mikkelsen was awarded the prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the Best Actor.
In 2013, the actor starred in the drama film based on real facts “A Real Matter”, directed by Nikolaj Arcel and Lars von Trier, nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Golden Globe and the Oscar Awards. The same year, he portrayed the title role in “Michael Kohlhaas” and was nominated for the Best Actor in the César Awards. His latest work was the role in the television series “Hannibal” (2013 – 2015) as Dr. Hannibal Lecter alongside actor Hugh Dancy as FBI special agent Will Graham, an expert on profiling serial killers. He has also starred in a number of other feature films, including “Doctor Stange” (2016) and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016). Soon, the film “Arctic” (2017) will be released.
Finally, in the personal life of Mads Mikkelsen, he married the choreographer Hanne Jacobsen in 2000, with whom he had lived since 1987. They have a daughter and a son.
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