
At age 27 he began his studies at the National Theatre School of Denmark from which he graduated in 1995. Apart from his role in the drama series "The Killing and the film, he was also a part of Borgen III, a Danish drama series. He also played a lead part in an episode of the BBC drama Sherlock as blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen. He played the president of Russia in House of Cards, an American TV show. He was awarded an International Emmy Award in 2018 for his part in the Danish TV drama Herrens Veje, which was shown in the UK in 2019 as Ride on the Storm.In addition to his mother tongue Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English as well as mastering various accents. He claims that his brother and he initially started learning English through listening to Monty Python records and learning the comedy sketches.
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