--- name: "Lars Mikkelsen" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lars-mikkelsen" fi1m_id: "lars-mikkelsen" imdb_id: "nm0586565" tmdb_id: 71158 wikidata_id: "Q984186" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 May 1964" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-17T17:11:49.278082+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lars Mikkelsen ## Identity Lars Mikkelsen - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lars-mikkelsen - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lars-mikkelsen - **IMDb ID:** nm0586565 - **TMDB ID:** 71158 - **Wikidata ID:** Q984186 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Mikkelsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71158 Actor. Born 6 May 1964 in Gladsaxe, Copenhagen, Denmark. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 May 1964, Gladsaxe, Copenhagen, Denmark - **Active:** 2007–present - **Also known as:** Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen - **Frequently works with:** [Charlotte Sieling](https://film.one/person/charlotte-sieling.md), [Henrik Ruben Genz](https://film.one/person/henrik-ruben-genz.md), [Søren Malling](https://film.one/person/sren-malling.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 74 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 82 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Fantasy 1, Horror 1 - **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Mikkelsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984186, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71158 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Borgen*](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md) (84), [*Frankenstein*](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md) (74) - **Apple TV:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Lars Mikkelsen > Lars Mikkelsen plays the man in charge who never raises his voice: ministers, magnates, presidents, a sea captain hearing a stranger's confession. He does almost nothing on screen and it works, more often than the parts he is given deserve. He lets the other actor finish. Then he waits a beat longer than is comfortable, and the scene tilts towards him. That is most of what Lars Mikkelsen does, and directors in Denmark and abroad have spent nearly twenty years casting him as the man everyone else answers to, a politician, a magnate, a president, a grand admiral, because a man who does not need to hurry is frightening in a way that shouting never is. He said of his *Sherlock* villain that "he doesn’t even need to raise his voice to dominate people", and that could stand for most of his work. The career comes in two halves. The Danish half made him: Troels Hartmann in *The Killing* (2007), the part that brought him and the series to notice outside Denmark, and then *Borgen*, where he arrives in the third series as Søren Ravn, an economist, at the point where the programme has just made a large change and takes a few episodes to settle. The international half found him a narrower job. *Sherlock* (2014) gave him Charles Augustus Magnussen, *House of Cards* (2015–2018) Viktor Petrov, the Russian president, *Ahsoka* (2023) Grand Admiral Thrawn, a part he had already voiced, and *Frankenstein* (2025) Captain Anderson. He has kept working in Danish theatre and television throughout, which looks less like sentiment than like self-preservation. *Frankenstein* is the useful test. Guillermo del Toro's version opens on a ship stuck in Arctic ice, and Anderson is the man who hears Victor's story first and the Creature's later. It is a part made almost entirely of listening, and Mikkelsen listens better than many actors act: his face takes the story in without telling us what to make of it. We came out wanting more of him, and slightly cross that a film with 150 minutes to spare had found so few of them for him. That is the trouble with the international work in general. The parts are good and the screen time is not. The criticism is easy to make and mostly fair. He is asked to be powerful and hard to read, he obliges, and the risk is that the stillness turns into a costume he can put on without thinking. His Danish work, *Borgen* and the lead in *Ride Upon the Storm* (2017–2018), gives him an ensemble and time, and he is a fuller actor when he has both. If you know him only as somebody's villain, start with *Borgen*, and watch what he does when nobody in the scene is afraid of him. ## Biography Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen is a Danish actor. Born on 6 May 1964 in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen, he trained at the National Theatre School of Denmark, graduating in 1995 after earlier work as a street performer. He is known for roles including Troels Hartmann in *The Killing* (2007), Charles Augustus Magnussen in *Sherlock* (2010), Viktor Petrov in *House of Cards* (2013), Stregobor in *The Witcher* (2019), and Grand Admiral Thrawn in *Star Wars Rebels* (2014) and *Ahsoka* (2023). He played Captain Anderson in *Frankenstein* (2025). He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen and has received the Reumert Prize of Honour (2011) and an International Emmy Award (2018). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thewrap.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Frankenstein* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Captain Anderson — [page](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md) - *Borgen* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Søren Ravn — [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md) - *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as Charles Magnussen — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md) - *The Killing* (2007), Fi1m 84, as Troels Hartmann — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md) ## Complete filmography (87) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Rivalerne* (2026), series, as Carl Felding - *When Mumbo Jumbo Grew Giant* (2026), as Mandril-aben Frede (voice) - *Yesterday I Lived Forever* (2025), as Dracula - *Frankenstein* (2025), as Captain Anderson — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md) - *The Residence* (2025), as Mathias Nielsen - *Star Wars: Tales of the Empire* (2024), series, as Admiral Thrawn (voice) - *Ahsoka* (2023), series, as Grand Admiral Thrawn - *Asphalt* (2023), as Kim (voice) - *The Kiss* (2022), as Løvenskjold - *The Dreamer: Becoming Karen Blixen* (2022), series, as Knud - *Historien om Grønland og Danmark* (2022), series, as Vært - *Borgen - Power & Glory* (2022), series, as Søren Ravn - *The Venus Effect* (2021), as Klaus - *Professionals* (2020), series, Actor - *Grow* (2020), series, as Graversen - *Grænseland* (2020), series, as Narrator - *Devils* (2020), series, as Daniel Duval - *Wild and Wonderful Denmark* (2020), series, as Fortæller - *The Witcher* (2019), series, as Stregobor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md) - *Face to Face* (2019), series, as Holger Lang - *Ditte & Louise* (2018), as Lars Mikkelsen - *Winter Brothers* (2017), as Carl - *Ride Upon the Storm* (2017), series, as Johannes Krogh - *The History of Denmark* (2017), series, as Vært - *The Day Will Come* (2017), series, as Forstander Frederik Heck - *The Day Will Come* (2016), as Forstander Frederik Heck - *Ditte & Louise* (2015), series, as Sig selv - *April 9th* (2015), as Oberstløjtnant Hintz - *The Team* (2015), series, as Harald Bjorn - *Star Wars Rebels* (2014), series, as Grand Admiral Thrawn (voice) (archive sound), Grand Admiral Thrawn (voice) - *1864* (2014), series, as Thøger Jensen - *1864: Brødre i krig* (2014), as Far Thøger - *Montana* (2014), as Dimitrije - *Danny's Doomsday* (2014), as Father - *When Animals Dream* (2014), as Thor - *Daughters* (2014), as Rauch - *The Dam Keeper* (2014), as Narrator (voice) - *Seaside Hotel* (2013), series, as Svend Damm, teatermaler på Det Kongelige Teater - *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Viktor Petrov - *Max Embarrassment at Roskilde* (2012), as Henning - *What Richard Did* (2012), as Peter Karlsen - *Words of Captain Scott* (2012), as Roald Amundsen - *A Caretaker's Tale* (2012), as Per - *Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past* (2012), as Magnus Bisgaard - *Ronal the Barbarian* (2011), as Volcazar (stemme) - *Those Who Kill 5 - Solitaire of death* (2011), as Magnus Bisgaard - *Those Who Kill 4 - An eye for an eye* (2011), as Magnus Bisgaard - *Those Who Kill 3 - Bad blood* (2011), Actor - *Those Who Kill 2 - Utopia* (2011), as Magnus Bisgaard - *Those Who Kill 1 - Corpse in the woods* (2011), Actor - *Those Who Kill* (2011), series, as Magnus Bisgaard - *Lost in Africa* (2010), as Victor - *Borgen* (2010), series, as Søren Ravn — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md) - *Sherlock* (2010), series, as Charles Magnussen — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md) - *Med lukkede øjne* (2010), as Steen - *Headhunter* (2009), as Martin Vinge - *The Escape* (2009), as Thomas Jargil - *Flame & Citron* (2008), as Ravnen - *What No One Knows* (2008), as Marc Deleuran - *Cecilie* (2007), as Lasse Noah Damgaard - *Just Like Home* (2007), Actor - *Island of Lost Souls* (2007), as Necromancer - *The Killing* (2007), series, as Troels Hartmann — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2007.md) - *Unter anderen Umständen* (2006), series, as Erik Nielsen - *Angels in Fast Motion* (2005), as Stesos far - *King's Game* (2004), as Peter Schou - *The Tenth Muse* (2004), as Paul Vermehren - *Better Times* (2004), series, as Jens Otto Kragh - *Nikolaj and Julie* (2002), series, as Per Køller - *Begravelsen* (2002), as Henrik - *Kira's Reason: A Love Story* (2001), as Mads - *Far from Las Vegas* (2001), series, as Sørøverkaptajn - *Unit One* (2000), series, as Ivan - *Skjulte spor* (2000), series, as Morten Theilgård - *Flænset* (2000), as Tynde betjent - *The Spider* (2000), series, as Ole Madsen - *Under overfladen* (1999), as Victor - *Seth* (1999), as Seth - *Taxa* (1997), series, as Narkoman - *Royal Blues* (1997), as Henning - *Strisser på Samsø* (1997), series, as Jens Fisker - *Café Hector* (1996), as Uffe - *Den store kul-tur* (1996), as Jens - *The Kingdom* (1994), series, as Pontopidan - *The Boy Who Stole the World*, as Jack - *The Knife Thrower*, as Axel Uggla - *The X-Gene Project*, as Chairman ## Gallery - ![Lars Mikkelsen - Danish actor at the Copenhagen Book Fair "BogForum 2015", Copenhagen, Denmark](https://film.one/media/person/7770/gallery-bf27482cfa9b.jpg) Lars Mikkelsen - Danish actor at the Copenhagen Book Fair "BogForum 2015", Copenhagen, Denmark — Mogens Engelund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Lars_Mikkelsen.jpg/1280px-Lars_Mikkelsen.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lars Mikkelsen](https://film.one/media/person/7770/gallery-023b7c01eb26.jpg) Lars Mikkelsen — Mogens Engelund, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Lars_Mikkelsen_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lars Mikkelsen](https://film.one/media/person/7770/gallery-a6859b38f59f.jpg) Lars Mikkelsen — Image via TMDB - ![Lars Mikkelsen](https://film.one/media/person/7770/gallery-c6d92219de48.jpg) Lars Mikkelsen — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 8 won - Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2022: Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Venus Effect* - Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role 2019: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role (won), for *Herrens Veje* - International Emmy Award for Best Actor 2018: International Emmy Award for Best Actor (won), for *Herrens Veje* - Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role 2018: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role (won), for *Herrens Veje* - Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2017: Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Day Will Come* - Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2017: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Day Will Come* - Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2010: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Headhunter* - Teaterpokalen 2007: Teaterpokalen (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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