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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.
Midnight Shroud is a 2026 American science fiction action martial arts film and the first installment in the Midnight Shroud franchise. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the first film in the Global Ninja Warrior Universe. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga from a screenplay by Chad Stahelski and Zack Snyder, the film stars Rina Sawayama, Michael Jai White, Jude Law, Sydney Sweeney, and Jimmy Wong as the Midnight Shroud, alongside Anna Akana, Kelsey Grammer, Jeremy Renner, Mads Mikkelsen, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Yeoh, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. In the film, a team of five heroic ninjas—Phantom Ronin, Silver Viper, Cypher, Nightshade, and their leader Vanguard travel across the world to dismantle the operations of their biggest enemy, the Eclipse Clan, to prevent them from endangering innocent lives. Midnight Shroud had its world premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 6th, 2026, and was released on October 8th;it was a box-office success, grossing $813 million worldwide, and received generally positive reviews from critics, audiences, and fans of the martial arts genre, citing its story, themes, visuals, action sequences, performances, and the emotional weight compared to previous martial arts films. A sequel is in development as well as a prequel intended to focus on Phantom Ronin's origin story.
