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Mads Mikkelsen
Danish actor (born 1965)
Danish actor (born 1965)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mads Mikkelsen |
| image | Mads Mikkelsen at 82nd Venice International Film Festival (cropped2).jpg |
| caption | Mikkelsen in 2025 |
| birth_name | Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| occupation | Actor |
| years_active | 1996–present |
| awards | |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 |
| relatives | Lars Mikkelsen (brother) |
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergeant Allan Fischer in the television series Rejseholdet (2000–2004), Niels in Open Hearts (2002), Svend in The Green Butchers (2003), Ivan in Adam's Apples (2005) and Jacob Petersen in After the Wedding (2006).
Mikkelsen achieved worldwide recognition for playing the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). This recognition led to him featuring in Hollywood blockbuster films, such as Clash of the Titans (2010), Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), Lucasfilm's Rogue One (2016), Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023). Further prominent leading roles include Igor Stravinsky in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2008), One-Eye in Valhalla Rising (2009), Johann Friedrich Struensee in A Royal Affair (2012), his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award-winning performance as Lucas in The Hunt (2012), his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020), Markus Hansen in Riders of Justice (2020), and Captain Ludwig Kahlen in The Promised Land (2023). Outside of film, he is known for his roles as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in the television series Hannibal (2013–2015) and Cliff Unger in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding (2019).
A. O. Scott of The New York Times remarked that in the Hollywood scene, Mikkelsen has "become a reliable character actor with an intriguing mug" but stated that on the domestic front "he is something else: a star, an axiom, a face of the resurgent Danish cinema".
Early life
Mikkelsen was born on 22 November 1965 in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark, a cab driver. He and his older brother, actor Lars Mikkelsen, were raised in the Nørrebro district.
In his youth, he trained as a gymnast, wanting to pursue athletics, but then studied dancing at the Balettakademien (ballet academy) in Gothenburg where he also became fluent in Swedish. During his dancing career, Mikkelsen met choreographer Hanne Jacobsen, whom he married in 2000. He was a professional dancer for almost a decade until he left it behind to study drama at the Århus Theatre School in 1996, embarking on a career in acting.
Career
1996–2005
Mikkelsen made his film debut in 1996 as a drug dealer in Nicolas Winding Refn's internationally successful film Pusher, which spawned two sequels. He played marginalized, often comic roles in popular Danish films. In 1999, Mikkelsen had a leading role as Lenny, a shy film expert who suffers from avoidant personality disorder, opposite Kim Bodnia in Refn's Bleeder (1999). In 2000, Mikkelsen played a gangster opposite Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in Anders Thomas Jensen's Copenhagen gangster film, Flickering Lights. The following year, he gained wider popularity when he starred in the gay comedy Shake It All About (2001).
In 2002, Mikkelsen had a starring role as a young doctor who falls in love with the girlfriend of one of his patients in Open Hearts which earned him both Robert and Bodil nominations in 2003 for best actor. He also won best actor for this performance at the Rouen Nordic Film Festival in 2003. In 2003, Mikkelsen had a leading role as a man who leaves his wife and child in the short film Nu. He starred opposite Kaas in The Green Butchers, playing an orphaned butcher's assistant in a small provincial Danish town, where human meat is a specialty. He won the Fantasporto Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the butcher. Later in 2003, he starred in Pablo Berger's Spanish film Torremolinos 73, about an exasperated encyclopedia salesman who exports pornographic films to Scandinavian countries under the pretense of being an audiovisual encyclopedia of human reproduction. Although a critical success in Spain, the film was poorly received in Scandinavian countries.
In 2004, Mikkelsen reprised his role as drug dealer Tonny in the Pusher sequel, Pusher II. His performance was acclaimed, garnering him the Bodil Award for Best Actor, Zulu Award for Best Actor and Robert Festival Award for Best Actor. One writer likened his pose in the mirror in the film to Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. In 2005, Mikkelsen portrayed an "unorthodox country vicar" named Ivan who challenges a neo-Nazi (Ulrich Thomsen) who has been sentenced to community service to bake an apple pie in Adam's Apples.
Mikkelsen's breakthrough and his longest running role was as a sensitive policeman in Niels Arden Oplev's Danish television series Rejseholdet (Unit One) (2000–03), for which he won the 2002 Best Actor Award from TvFestival.dk. The series' 32 episodes stretched over four years. He became more widely known internationally for his role as Tristan in Jerry Bruckheimer's production of the movie King Arthur (2004), which was a commercial success despite negative reviews.
2006–2010

In 2006, Mikkelsen starred opposite Stine Stengade and Jana Plodková in Ole Christian Madsen's award-winning film Prag (Prague). His role as Christoffer earned him the Zulu Award for Best Actor and Bodil and Robert Festival nominations for Best Actor. Eddie Cockrell of Variety noted his "rigid countenance" in an "outstanding" performance. The same year, Mikkelsen achieved his first widely acclaimed international success as Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale. Mikkelsen has said that he so easily won the part that even Daniel Craig asked him if he had slept with someone to be cast. He said of the casting, "They'd done their homework, seen my stuff, so it was fine, just a bit of anti-climax, because I was so ready to do more for them, but it was ... shrugs... you're in." He also stated that because he was already a big film star in Denmark at the time, that the international role did not really change much. Roger Ebert noted the suspense during Mikkelsen's scene with Bond during the extended poker game, in which Le Chiffre weeps blood from his left eye. David Edelstein of New York Magazine said "Mikkelsen clicks his rectangular plaques as if he's a new breed of praying mantis. He's bloodcurdling." In 2006, Mikkelsen also took the lead role in the Danish drama After the Wedding, which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film. Additionally, he won a European Film Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance and in 2007, won the Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Actor. The New York Times remarked that on the Hollywood scene, Mikkelsen has "become a reliable character actor with an intriguing mug" but stated that on the domestic front "he is something else: a star, an axiom, a face of the resurgent Danish cinema."
In 2008, Mikkelsen portrayed Danish resistance fighter Jørgen Haagen Schmith opposite Thure Lindhardt and Stine Stengade in Ole Christian Madsen's Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen), a film which is loosely based on actual events involving two of the most active fighters in the Holger Danske resistance group during World War II. Mikkelsen's character nicknamed "Citronen" is named after a Citroën factory in which he works. Michael O' Sullivan of The Washington Post likened Mikkelsen and Lindhardt's characters to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and said that it is "the story of handsome rogues with guns. It's fast-paced, stylish and thrilling." In 2008, Mikkelsen also provided the voice for the character Le Chiffre in the Quantum of Solace video game, and he represented Le Chiffre when he was invited to the launch of Swiss watchmaker Swatch's "007 Villain Collection" in Bregenz, Austria. The following year, gaining a reputation as one of Europe's most sensuous male actors, Mikkelsen played a hot-blooded Stravinsky opposite Anna Mouglalis in Jan Kounen's critically acclaimed Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky based on the romance between the composer and the fashion designer. Empire magazine described it as a "visually stunning film [which] focuses on Chanel and Stravinsky's illicit relationship in 1920s France." Philip French of The Observer described the film as a "beautiful, intelligent, shallow film, like a pane of plate glass that at first glance looks like a deep lake", and remarked that Mikkelsen's Stravinsky matched Mouglalis's Coco Chanel as a "fellow modernist and equally cool egotist." Mikkelsen then returned to violent action, collaborating once again with Refn, playing a Norse warrior in the Crusades in Valhalla Rising (2009) and Draco, a self-sacrificing leader of the king's guard in Clash of the Titans (2010).
Since 2011

In 2011, he played Comte de Rochefort in another box-office success, The Three Musketeers, which earned poor reviews from critics. In 2012, he starred in The Hunt, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He played a schoolteacher wrongly accused of child molestation, earning nominations for the European Film Award for Best Actor and the London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year for his performance. The same year he starred in the Oscar-nominated historical drama A Royal Affair taking the role of the 18th century physician Johann Friedrich Struensee who had an affair with Queen Caroline Mathilda while treating the mentally ill Danish monarch, Christian VII. The movie was one of the highest budget Danish films of all time largely due to its extravagant costumes and was well received by critics. Mikkelsen said of his role, "I was surprised how emotional I got reading this, especially for a period drama. And it was full of dilemma – he's full of love for both the king and the queen, but then he remains political, starts spinning his tunnel vision, and all of a sudden he's doing the exact same things he hated all the other courtiers for doing, and I thought that was interesting, and very human." In 2012, he was also awarded the Danish American Society's Person of the Year.
Mikkelsen played Hannibal Lecter in NBC's TV series Hannibal (2013–15), alongside Hugh Dancy as Special Agent Will Graham. The series has been a critical success, with Mikkelsen's performance as Lecter earning praise. Mikkelsen was initially dubious about accepting the role, as he believed that Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of Lecter was "done to perfection". He said of his character, "He's not a classic psychopath or a classic serial killer. I believe that he's as close to Satan as can be – the fallen angel. He sees the beauty in death. And every day is a new day, full of opportunities."
In 2013, he appeared alongside Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood in Charlie Countryman, which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and later that year played the title character in Michael Kohlhaas, which had its premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, he starred in The Salvation, a Danish western. Mikkelsen appeared on Rihanna's music video for "Bitch Better Have My Money" as her accountant, the song's titular "bitch" who stole from her.

In 2016, Mikkelsen was a member of the main competition jury of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. In October 2016, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Kaecilius in the Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton. Although his character was criticized for being underused and another "generic baddie" for Marvel, Mikkelsen's performance was a favorite of Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com: "Mikkelsen is a master at being in on the joke while still delivering every line with imagination and feeling.... he's often knowing and wry, even arch, a mix of performance traits that's often hard to combine with any success." In December 2016, Mikkelsen portrayed Galen Erso in the Star Wars spin-off film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In 2018, he starred in a survival thriller Arctic, directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Joe Penna. He played the villainous mayor in Doug Liman's adapted science fiction film Chaos Walking, based on Patrick Ness' trilogy novels of the same name.
Mikkelsen starred in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding. In 2018, he had a supporting role in Julian Schnabel's film At Eternity's Gate starring Willem Dafoe. In 2019, he starred in Jonas Åkerlund's action film Polar, which is based on Víctor Santos' graphic novel Polar: Came With the Cold. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 19% based on reviews from 47 critics. Mikkelsen has also appeared in Carlsberg's new 2019 UK advert, announcing that the brand's flagship beer has been rebrewed to become a Danish pilsner.
Mikkelsen reunited with Thomas Vinterberg for the Danish comedy drama Another Round, which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and earned Mikkelsen a BAFTA Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
In November 2020, Mikkelsen was revealed to be in early talks with Warner Bros. for the role of Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts series from Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, in which Warner Bros. asked Johnny Depp to step down after the latter lost in a defamation trial against News Group Newspapers. On 25 November, Warner Bros confirmed that Mikkelsen was cast as Grindelwald in the film.
In April 2021, Mikkelsen joined the cast of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
He is also set to star in Amma Asante's Cold War thriller Billion Dollar Spy.
In May 2022, it was announced he would be reprising his role of Duncan Vizla in a new film titled The Black Kaiser, with Jonas Åkerlund returning to direct the film, which Mikkelsen had co-written. That same year, it was announced he would star in Nikolaj Arcel's new film The Promised Land which started shooting in September 2022.
He will reunite with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller on his directorial debut Dust Bunny, with shooting to commence in 2023.
In late summer 2024, filming began on the Danish film The Last Viking, directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, with whom Mikkelsen has frequently collaborated. The actor plays the role of Manfred, the brother of the main character, portrayed by Nikolaj Lie Kaas.
In May 2025, Variety reported that Mikkelsen would voice the character Severin, the father of Kai, in the animated film North, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen. North is directed by fantasy filmmaker Bente Lone. Around the same time, it was announced that Mikkelsen would star in the prison drama Last Meals, which centers on a former White House chef who prepares final meals for death row inmates, and a prisoner (played by Boyd Holbrook) who decides to go on a hunger strike. Filming for Last Meals is set to begin in Ireland in 2025, with a script by Justin Piasecki (Relay) and direction by Ramin Bahrani.
It was also announced that Mikkelsen would appear in the directorial debut of Lee Smith, the Oscar-winning editor of Dunkirk and Inception. The Arctic action thriller Sirius is inspired by the Danish special forces unit known as the Sirius Patrol, tasked with guarding the 8,700-mile frozen and perilous coastline of Greenland.
Personal life
In 2000, Mikkelsen married choreographer Hanne Jacobsen, whom he had been with since 1987. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Mikkelsen has lived in Copenhagen all his life, except when living in Toronto while filming Hannibal. He is based in Denmark and has a residence on the Spanish island of Mallorca, which he first visited in the late 1990s.
At the 2023 Bambi Awards in Munich, Mikkelsen dedicated his Bambi Award in the "Actor International" category to his granddaughter Maria. The Bambi, he noted, has the same name as the favourite film of his daughter, "and she has just given me a granddaughter".
Honours
On 15 April 2010, Mikkelsen was appointed Ridder (Knight) of the Order of the Dannebrog. In April 2016, the French government appointed Mikkelsen a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Filmography
Film
| Denotes works that have not yet been released |
|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Glass House Prisoner | Max Åge | Jens Arentzen | Short film |
| Pusher | Tonny | Nicolas Winding Refn | ||
| Café Hector | Anders | Lotte Svendsen | Short film | |
| 1997 | The Caretaker | Alex | Stefano González | |
| 1998 | Wildside | Jimmy | Simon Staho | |
| Angel of the Night | Ronnie | Shaky González | ||
| 1999 | Bleeder | Lenny | Nicolas Winding Refn (2) | |
| Tom Merritt | Elmer Karr | Anders Gustafsson | Short film | |
| 2000 | Flickering Lights | Arne | Anders Thomas Jensen | |
| 2001 | Mona's World | Casper | Jonas Elmer | |
| Shake It All About | Jacob | Hella Joof | ||
| 2002 | I Am Dina | Niels | Ole Bornedal | |
| Open Hearts | Niels | Susanne Bier | ||
| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | Horst | Lone Scherfig | ||
| 2003 | Now | Jakob (young) | Simon Staho (2) | Short film |
| Boy Below | Father | Morten Giese | ||
| The Green Butchers | Svend | Anders Thomas Jensen (2) | ||
| Torremolinos 73 | Magnus | Pablo Berger | ||
| 2004 | King Arthur | Tristan | Antoine Fuqua | |
| Pusher II | Tonny | Nicolas Winding Refn (3) | ||
| 2005 | Adam's Apples | Ivan | Anders Thomas Jensen (3) | |
| 2006 | After the Wedding | Jacob Pederson | Susanne Bier (2) | |
| Prague | Christoffer | Ole Christian Madsen | ||
| Exit | Thomas Skepphult | Peter Lindmark | ||
| Casino Royale | Le Chiffre | Martin Campbell | ||
| 2008 | Flame & Citron | Jørgen Haagen Schmith | Ole Christian Madsen (2) | |
| 2009 | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Igor Stravinsky | Jan Kounen | |
| Valhalla Rising | One Eye | Nicolas Winding Refn (4) | ||
| The Door | David | Anno Saul | ||
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Draco | Louis Leterrier | |
| Moomins and the Comet Chase | Sniff | Maria Lindberg | Voice | |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers | Comte de Rochefort | Paul W. S. Anderson | |
| 2012 | A Royal Affair | Johann Friedrich Struensee | Nikolaj Arcel | |
| The Hunt | Lucas | Thomas Vinterberg | ||
| Move On | Mark | Asger Leth | ||
| 2013 | Charlie Countryman | Nigel | Fredrik Bond | |
| Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | Michael Kohlhaas | Arnaud des Pallières | ||
| 2014 | The Salvation | Jon Jensen | Kristian Levring | |
| 2015 | Men & Chicken | Elias | Anders Thomas Jensen (4) | |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Kaecilius | Scott Derrickson | |
| The Phantom | The Phantom | Jake Scott | Short film | |
| Rogue One | Galen Erso | Gareth Edwards | ||
| 2018 | Arctic | Overgård | Joe Penna | |
| At Eternity's Gate | Priest | Julian Schnabel | ||
| 2019 | Polar | Duncan Vizla | Jonas Åkerlund | |
| 2020 | Another Round | Martin | Thomas Vinterberg (2) | |
| Riders of Justice | Markus | Anders Thomas Jensen (5) | ||
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Mayor David Prentiss | Doug Liman | |
| Return of the Goat II: New World Order | Government Official | Otto Bathurst | Short film | |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Gellert Grindelwald | David Yates | |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Dr. Jürgen Voller | James Mangold | |
| The Promised Land | Ludvig Kahlen | Nikolaj Arcel (2) | ||
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Kiros | Barry Jenkins | Voice |
| 2025 | North | Severin | Bente Lohne | |
| The Last Viking | Manfred | Anders Thomas Jensen (6) | ||
| Dust Bunny | Resident 5B | Bryan Fuller | ||
| TBA | Fernando Szurman | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2004 | Rejseholdet | Allan Fischer | 32 episodes |
| 2005 | ** | Harald | 6 episodes |
| 2005 | Klovn | Mads | Episode: "Str. 44" |
| 2013–2015 | Hannibal | Dr. Hannibal Lecter | 39 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 007: Quantum of Solace | Le Chiffre | Voice |
| 2019 | Death Stranding | Clifford Unger | Voice and motion capture |
| 2025 | Hitman: World of Assassination | Le Chiffre | Voice and likeness, limited-time event |
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jokeren | "Sig Ja" | Male Lead |
| 2011 | Sólstafir | "Djákninn" | Viking Man |
| 2015 | Rihanna | "Bitch Better Have My Money" | The Accountant |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Title | Result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Zulu Award for Best Actor | Shake It All About | ||||||||
| 2002 | Rouen Nordic Film Festival Award for Best Actor | Open Hearts | ||||||||
| Bodil Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Robert Festival Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Zulu Award for Best Supporting Actor | Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | |||||||||
| 2003 | Fantasporto Award for Best Actor | The Green Butchers | ||||||||
| Bodil Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Zulu Award for Best Actor | Pusher II | ||||||||
| Bodil Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Robert Festival Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Award for Best Actor | Adam's Apples | ||||||||
| Robert Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||||||||||
| 2006 | European Film Award for Best Actor | After the Wedding | ||||||||
| Robert Festival Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Zulu Award for Best Actor | Prague | |||||||||
| Bodil Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Robert Festival Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| 2007 | FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor | After the Wedding | ||||||||
| 2008 | European Film Award for Best Actor | Flame & Citron | ||||||||
| Robert Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Robert Festival Award for Best Actor | Valhalla Rising | ||||||||
| 2011 | European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award | N/A | ||||||||
| 2012 | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor | The Hunt | ||||||||
| Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | ||||||||||
| European Film Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year | ||||||||||
| Silver Medallion Award (Telluride Film Festival) | N/A | |||||||||
| 2013 | HFCS Award for Best Actor | The Hunt | ||||||||
| IGN Summer Movie Award for Best TV Villain | Hannibal | |||||||||
| INOCA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | ||||||||||
| ALFS Award for Actor of the Year | The Hunt | |||||||||
| Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | A Royal Affair | |||||||||
| Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor | The Hunt | |||||||||
| Zulu Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| 2014 | last=Jensen | first=Jorn Rossing | date=2014-02-03 | title=The Hunt sweeps Danish Critics awards | url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/the-hunt-sweeps-danish-critics-awards/5066097.article | access-date=29 January 2023 | website=Screen }} | |||
| Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| CinEuphoria Award for Best Actor – International Competition | ||||||||||
| César Award for Best Actor | Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas | |||||||||
| IGN Summer Movie Award for Best TV Villain | Hannibal | |||||||||
| IGN People's Choice Award for Best TV Villain | ||||||||||
| International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor | The Hunt | |||||||||
| OFTA Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series | Hannibal | |||||||||
| FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor | The Hunt | |||||||||
| Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | ||||||||||
| last=Goldberg | first=Matt | date=26 February 2014 | title=The Saturn Award Nominees 2014 include GRAVITY and THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG | url=https://collider.com/saturn-award-nominees-2014-gravity-hobbit-desolation-smaug/ | access-date=29 January 2023 | website=Collider | language=en}} | |||
| SESC Film Festival Critics Award for Best Foreign Actor | ||||||||||
| Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television | Hannibal | |||||||||
| TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best TV Actor | |||||||||
| Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television | ||||||||||
| Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama | ||||||||||
| Zulu Award for Best Actor | Men & Chicken | |||||||||
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best TV Actor | Hannibal | |||||||||
| 2016 | Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Men & Chicken | ||||||||
| Russian National Movie Award for Best Foreign Villain of the Year | Hannibal | |||||||||
| Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Kids' Choice Award for Best Performance | Rogue One | ||||||||
| Zulu Award for Best Actor | Doctor Strange | |||||||||
| 2019 | Nordic Honorary Dragon Award | N/A | ||||||||
| The Game Award for Best Performance | Death Stranding | |||||||||
| 2020 | D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character | |||||||||
| European Film Award for Best Actor | Another Round | |||||||||
| Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Indiewire Critics' Poll Award for Best Performance | ||||||||||
| Silver Shell for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| 2021 | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |||||||||
| Bodil Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards for Best Actor | Riders of Justice | |||||||||
| Indiana Film Journalists Association for Best Actor | ||||||||||
| New Mexico Film Critics for Best Actor | Another Round | |||||||||
| title=Nominations for the Robert Awards 2021 announced | url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/english/news/nominations-robert-awards-2021-announced | access-date=29 January 2023 | website=www.dfi.dk | language=en}} | ||||||
| Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | Riders of Justice | |||||||||
| Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor | Another Round | |||||||||
| Zulu Award for Best Actor | Another Round, Riders of Justice | |||||||||
| 2022 | CinEuphoria Award for Best Actor – International Competition | Another Round | ||||||||
| CinEuphoria Award for Best Actor – Audience Award | ||||||||||
| Critics Choice Super Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie | Riders of Justice | |||||||||
| Jupiter Award for Best International Actor | Another Round | |||||||||
| 2023 | European Film Award for Best Actor | The Promised Land | ||||||||
| 2024 | Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |||||||||
| Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
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