Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. Originally a gymnast and dancer, he began his career as an actor in 1996. He rose to fame in Denmark as Tonny the drug dealer in the first two films of the Pusher film trilogy, and in his role as the brash yet sensitive policeman, Allan Fischer, in Peter Thorsboe's Danish television series Rejseholdet...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 November 1965
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
CountryDenmark
Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.
I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'
I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.
I don't necessarily prefer playing villains. I know a lot of people say they are more fun, but if the scriptwriter has done their work well, you can find something realistic in a villain and find the mistakes in a hero - it's all down to the writing.
If David Bowie wants, I'll put him in my phone book.
The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.
If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.
It was never a plan to be an actor.
I became a dancer late and an actor late.
Danish film is spreading in a fantastic way.
I'd rather be voted 'the sexiest man in Denmark' than 'the ugliest man in Denmark'.
I've always been extremely physical.
I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.
I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.