Mads Mikkelsen
He has an elegant temperament and a cold appearance, and often plays villains in film and television works. In the TV series Hannibal, he reinterpreted Dr. Hannibal with elegance, elegance and refinement. He is Mads Mikkelsen.
Acting career
Max Mickelson was born in 1965 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was a taxi driver. As a young man, he worked as a gymnast and later studied dance at the Ballet Academy in Gothenburg. There he also learned fluent Swedish. During his nearly decade-long career as a professional dancer, Max met choreographer Hannah Jacobson, and the two married in 2000. In 1996, he left dance acting to study drama at drama school and began his acting career.
"The End of the Road", "Open the Window of the Heart", "The End of the Road 2"
Max first appeared in the film in 1996 as a drug dealer in Nicholas Winding Leivern's film Pusher, an internationally successful film that later spawned a sequel. In 2002, Max played a young doctor in Open a Window of The Heart, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Nordic Film Festival in Rouen. In 2004, Max played the drug dealer in The End of the Road 2. His performances have been widely acclaimed and he has won the Podil Award for Best Actor, the Zulu Award for Best Actor and the Robert Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
"First Squad", "King Arthur", "007: Casino Royale"
Max's acting career broke through playing a sensitive police officer in Nils Arden Opleff's Danish television series First Squad, for which he won the TvFestival.dk Award for Best Actor. In 2004, he became more internationally famous for playing Tristan in Jerry Bruckheimer's film King Arthur, which was a commercial success despite negative reviews. In 2006, Mickelson played the main villain in the James Bond film 007: Vs Casino Royale.
Hannibal Season 1, Hannibal Season 2, Hannibal Season 3
From 2013 to 2015, Max played Hannibal Lecter in the NBC television series Hannibal, which was a huge success. His role as Lecter has won wide acclaim. Max was initially skeptical about accepting the role, as he considered Anthony Hopkins' rendition of Lecter to be "flawless." He said of his character, "He's not a typical psychopath or a typical serial killer." I believe he is the embodiment of Satan, the fallen angel. He saw the beauty of death. Every day is a new day, full of opportunities. ”
Doctor Strange, Star Wars: Rogue One, Death Stranding
In October 2016, Max starred in the Marvel superhero movie Doctor Strange and in December as Galen Elso in Star Wars: Rogue One. In 2018, he starred in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding.
"Alcohol Project", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3"
In 2020, Max Mikkelson starred in the film "The Alcohol Project" directed by Thomas Winterberg, which won the Best International Film Award at the 93rd Academy Awards, and in the same year, he played Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3.
Artistic life
Max Mickelson
In 2000, Mickelson married dance director Hannah Jacobson, and they have been together since 1987. They have a daughter and a son. Mickelson lived in Copenhagen all his life, except for Toronto during the filming of Hannibal. Today, although he lives in Denmark, he also spends a lot of time in Mallorca, Spain, where the Mickelsen family has a house. In Denmark's polls, he is often named "the hottest man".
Max Mickelson