Lars Mikkelsen

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Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 6 May 1964) is a Danish actor. He is known for his roles as Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the Danish police procedural The Killing, the character Charles Augustus Magnussen in the third series of the BBC programme Sherlock, fictional president Viktor Petrov in the American political thriller TV series House of Cards, mage Stregobor on the Netflix series The Witcher, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka. In 2011, he won the Reumert Award for his contributions to Danish theatre.

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Early life Mikkelsen was born in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen. He and his younger brother, actor Mads Mikkelsen, were raised in the Nørrebro district.Transcript of Part 1 of Documentary in German, transcript in English. After secondary school, he enlisted for military service in the Royal Danish Army. He then studied biology at the University of Copenhagen but gave up the course to earn his living as a street performer in European cities with his mime artist and juggling acts.

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Career At the age of 27, Mikkelsen enrolled at the National Theatre School of Denmark from which he graduated in 1995. In addition to his role in the drama series released worldwide as The Killing, he subsequently appeared in two other internationally acclaimed Danish drama series, Those Who Kill and Borgen III. He also had a leading role in an episode of the BBC drama Sherlock as blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen. In the American television series House of Cards, he played the president of Russia. He won an International Emmy Award in 2018 for his role in Danish television drama Herrens Veje, which was broadcast in the UK in 2019 as Ride Upon the Storm. From 2016 to 2018, he voiced Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" in the third and fourth seasons of the animated series Star Wars Rebels. He reprised the role in the 2023 live-action Disney+ series Ahsoka and the 2024 anthology series .

In addition to his native Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English, and he has mastered various accents. He has stated that he and his brother first picked up English by listening to Monty Python records and learning the comedy sketches.

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Personal life

Mikkelsen is married to actress Anette Støvelbæk. They have been a couple since 1986 and married in 1989. They have two sons. He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen.

While filming the second season of Ride Upon the Storm, he went to see a priest and asked to be baptised into the National Church of Denmark.Lawson, Mark (30 January 2019) "Lars Mikkelsen: I found God after playing a boozy, lusty priest" , The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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Filmography

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Film

1997	Royal Blues	Henning
1999	Seth	Seth
	Under overfladen	Victor
2000	( En kærlighedshistorie)	Mads
2004	King's Game ( Kongekabale)	Peter Schou
2005	Nordkraft	Steso's father
2007	Island of Lost Souls	Necromancer
	Cecilie	Lasse N. Damgaard
2008	What No One Knows ( Det som ingen ved)	Marc Deleuran
	Flame & Citron ( Flammen & Citronen)	Frode Jacobsen aka Ravnen
2009	Flugten	Thomas Jargil
	Headhunter	Martin Vinge	Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
2012	What Richard Did	Peter Karlsen
	A Caretaker's Tale	Per
2014	Montana	Dimitrije
	When Animals Dream	Thor
2015	9. April	Lieutenant-Colonel Hintz
2016	The Day Will Come	Frederik Heck
2017	Winter Brothers	Carl
2021	The Venus Effect	Klaus
2023	The Kiss	Løvenskjold
	Asfalt	Kim
2025	Frankenstein		Post-production
	Dalloway		Post-production

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Television

1997	Strisser på Samsø	Jens Fiskrt	Episodes 1–4, 6
	Taxa	Drug addict	Episode 8
2000	Edderkoppen	Ole Madsen
	Skjulte spor	Morten Theilgaard
2001	Langt fra Las Vegas	Pirate captain
	Nikolaj og Julie	Per Køller	Episodes 10–20
2002	Rejseholdet	Ivan	Episodes 21–22
2004–2007	Krøniken	Jens Otto Krag	Episodes 2–3, 9, 11, 14–15, 17, 21–22
2007	Forbrydelsen	Troels Hartmann	20 episodes
2011	Those Who Kill	Magnus Bisgaard
2013, 2022	Borgen	Søren Ravn	Seasons 3 and 4
2014	Sherlock	Charles Augustus Magnussen	Series 3; 2 episodes
	1864	Thøger Jensen	Episodes 1–2
2015	The Team	Harold Bjørn	8 episodes
2015–2018	House of Cards	Viktor Petrov	Seasons 3–6; 11 episodes
2016	Der Kommer En Dag	Forstander Frederick Heck	Season 1
2017	Historien om Danmark	Narrator
	Herrens Veje	Johannes	International Emmy for Best Performance by an Actor
2019–present	The Witcher	Stregobor	6 episodes
2019–2023	Face to Face	Holger Lang	9 episodes
2020–2022	Devils	Daniel Duval	16 episodes
2021	Seaside Hotel	Svend Damm	5 episodes
2022	The Kingdom	Pontopidan	5 episodes
	The Dreamer – Becoming Karen Blixen	Knud	6 episodes
2023	Ahsoka	Grand Admiral Thrawn	3 episodes Nominated—Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Villain in a Series

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Animated films/series/shorts

2002	Naruto	Zabuza Momochi, Hayate Gekkō	Danish dub
2004	Tiger-brødre	Aidan McRory
2006	Arthur and the Invisibles	Malthazar	Danish dub
	The Wild	Samson	Danish dub
2007	Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure	Lucky Luke
	Meet the Robinsons	Uncle Art	Danish dub
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	General O.K. MacMission
2010	Huset Anubis	Hr. Van Swieten
2011	Ronal the Barbarian	Volcazar	Danish dub
2014	The Dam Keeper	The Narrator	Short
2016–2018	Star Wars Rebels	Grand Admiral Thrawn	17 episodes
2024			Episode: "The Path of Anger"

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External links

Categories: Living People, 1964 Births, 20th-century Danish Male Actors, 21st-century Danish Male Actors, Danish Male Television Actors, Danish Male Voice Actors, Danish Male Film Actors, University Of Copenhagen Alumni, People From Gladsaxe Municipality, Danish Lutherans, International Emmy Award For Best Actor Winners

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