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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.
Nightingale is a 2026 American urban fantasy thriller film written and directed by Robert Eggers, who co-wrote the story with Zack Snyder and Guillermo del Toro. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the first installment in the Nightingale franchise. Cara Delevingne stars as Lillith Brynhild, a vampire who is the last of the Nightingales, a group of warriors who served the malevolent Daedric god Nocturnal but who then eventually converted to Talos worship for a better cause, as she protects her wife and daughters from the evil resurrected vampire lord Dracula. Bella Thorne, Ansel Elgort, Lily-Rose Depp, Christian Bale, Everleigh McDonell, Lexi Rabe, Graham McTavish, Harry Lennix, Cillian Murphy, Chris Pratt, and Mads Mikkelsen star in supporting roles. Nightingale opened in theaters on February 18th, 2026; it received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised its cast, direction, visuals, score and action, but its graphic violence was found too crazy and gruesome for some, and the stunts were considered "insane and mind-blowing." The film was a box-office success, grossing $721 million against a budget of $251 million, print and advertisement costs of $448 million, and a break-even point of $120 million. A sequel is in development with many cast members set to return, particularly Delevingne and Thorne.
