
He entered the National Theatre School of Denmark at the age of 27. He graduated in 1995. In addition to his role in the drama show telecast internationally as The Killing, he subsequently appeared in two other critically well-known Danish dramas, Those Who Kill and Borgen III.He was also a key role in an episode of the BBC drama Sherlock as a blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen. In American television series House of Cards, his role was that of the President of Russia. He received an International Emmy Award for 2018 for his role on the Danish television drama Herrens Veje. It was shown in the UK in 2019 under the title Ride Upon the Storm. In addition to his native Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English, and he has mastered various accents. According to Mikkelsen that he and his younger brother learned English through Monty Python records.
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