Age: 60
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Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Danish: [ˈmæsˈme̝kl̩sn̩]; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish-American 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). His other film roles include Igor Stravinsky in Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2008), Johann Friedrich Struensee in A Royal Affair (2012), his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award-winning performance as Lucas in the Danish film The Hunt (2012), Kaecilius in Marvel's Doctor Strange (2016), Galen Erso in Lucasfilm's Rogue One (2016), his BAFTA-nominated role as Martin in Another Round (2020), Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), Dr. Jürgen Voller in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Mads Mikkelsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A young warlord rises from the fractured heart of Europe, driven by a conviction that unity is worth any cost. Set in the brutal uncertainty of the Early Middle Ages, Charlemagne follows a Frankish king as he expands a fragile realm through relentless conquest, political cunning, and religious devotion. As he wages war against Saxons, Lombards, and rival claimants, his empire grows—but so does the weight of what he demands from those he conquers. Forced conversions, mass executions, and the quiet erasure of older gods haunt every victory. At the center of the film is a man torn between two visions of himself: a divinely appointed protector of Christendom and a ruler who knows his empire is built on blood. Court intrigue, betrayals within his own family, and the looming authority of the Church test his control as much as the battlefield does. His coronation as Emperor is framed not as triumph, but as a moment of irreversible transformation—where ambition hardens into legacy. Charlemagne is a historical epic focused less on glory than on consequence, portraying the creation of Europe as an act of will, violence, and faith—and asking whether unity achieved through force can ever truly endure.
