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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.
Trailing a suspected terrorist, Bond is surprised to find himself at an auction house where his target bids an exobertant amount on a painting belonging to Lady Maria Krest. Apprehending his target Bond finds out the purchase of the painting was actually payment for the location data of a missing German WWII U Boat which had aboard a working Atomic Bomb. Lady Krest is said to be in possession of the information. Bond gets permission to interogate her but when he arrives at her country estate in Southern France he determines that she does not have the information. Lady Krest husband, Milton Krest, is an American millionaire who holds a party on his luxury yacht, Bond attends as he is very attracted to Lady Krest. He is drugged and wakes up 48 hours later with the boat of the coast of Argentina. It turns out that Milton Krest is the broker of the information and he has worked out who Bond is. He has agreed to exchange both Bond and the Sub to a new buyer. Lady Krest helps Bond escape but is killed by her husband who fights Bond using a cattle prod hidden in his cane he has been constantly carrying. Bond manages to escape but cannot stop the exchange from going down. Managing to contact M15 he lets them know the target is New York City. Ordered to stand down and let the Americans handle it Bond disobeys and contacts Felix Leiter who accepts Bonds help. Bond arrives in New York and fights Krest again this time on the top of the Empire State Building, Krest falls to his death after Bond shocks his hand gripping to the ledge with his own cattle prod. The Bomb is diffused and the end of the movie sees Bond tracking down the leader of the terrorist cell.
