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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.
The movie opens nearly 50 years ago in the early 80s as we watch a younger Doctor Strange turn away a young Victor von Doom. Afterwards Stephen Strange tends to the Sanctum and takes up the role of Sorcerer Supreme following Wong's death. Throughout the movie Stephen is forced into a mentor role when Wong's friend's son Mordo comes to stay in the Sanctum following his mother's death. Strange has to deal with a teenager while realizing his mistake when turning away Victor. Eventually an old student of Wong named Kaecilius returns to take up the role of Sorcerer Supreme that he thinks he is owed but after discovering Stephen was granted the title he grows jealous and it leads to a fight between sorcerers. Stephen wins the duel and Kaecilius is banished but this isn't the end of the story. Some time later when Mordo is a grown man Stephen plans to step down as Sorcerer Supreme and pass on the title to Mordo but Kaecilius returns and has remained young thanks to him staying in the Dark Realm for decades. The movie climaxes with Stephen and Mordo fighting Kaecilius which ends in Mordo's death and Stephen being trapped in the Dark Realm until some time a couple years prior to the present.
