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name: "Mikkel Boe Følsgaard"
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tmdb_id: 1013156
wikidata_id: "Q121237"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 May 1984"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:37:16.555160+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."
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# Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

## Identity

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mikkel-boe-flsgaard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mikkel-boe-flsgaard
- **IMDb ID:** nm3140538
- **TMDB ID:** 1013156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121237
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkel_Boe_F%C3%B8lsgaard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3140538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1013156

Actor. Born 1 May 1984 in Rønne, Bornholm, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 May 1984, Rønne, Bornholm, Danmark
- **Also known as:** 米克尔·福尔斯加德, میکل بو فولسگارد
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikkel_Boe_F%C3%B8lsgaard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3140538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1013156

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*A Royal Affair*](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md) (70)

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## Biography

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard is a Danish actor. He was born on 1 May 1984 in Rønne and raised in Gilleleje. After several unsuccessful applications, he was accepted to the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2008 and graduated in 2012.

While still a student, Følsgaard was cast as King Christian VII in Nikolaj Arcel's *A Royal Affair* (2012). His performance earned him the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, making him the first Danish recipient of the award. He also received the Bodil Award for Best Actor.

Følsgaard is known for roles in *Land of Mine* (2015), *The Rain* (2018), *The Chestnut Man* (2021), *Borgen* (2010 and 2022), and *Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction* (2023), among others.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, danmarkpaafilm.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Royal Affair* (2012), Fi1m 70, as Christian VII — [page](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Man Up!* (2025), as Rasmus
- *Fleak* (2025), as Far (voice)
- *The Count of Monte Cristo* (2025), series, as Gerard Villefort
- *The Swedish Torpedo* (2024), as Henry
- *Stockholm Bloodbath* (2024), as Didrik Slagheck
- *Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction* (2023), as Cazotte
- *Superposition* (2023), as Teit
- *Borgen - Power & Glory* (2022), series, as Asger Holm Kirkegaard
- *The Chestnut Man* (2021), series, as Mark Hess
- *Miss Osaka* (2021), as Lucas
- *The Good Traitor* (2020), as Povl Bang-Jensen
- *A Perfectly Normal Family* (2020), as Thomas / Agnete
- *The Rain* (2018), series, as Martin
- *Kein Problem* (2017), as Nicolaj
- *Pound for Pound* (2017), as Jørgen Hansen
- *You Disappear* (2017), as Anklageren
- *Across the Waters* (2016), as Jørgen
- *A Serious Game* (2016), as Carl Lidner
- *Walk with Me* (2016), as Thomas
- *Land of Mine* (2015), as Lt. Ebbe Jensen
- *Summer of '92* (2015), as Kim Vilfort
- *Rosita* (2015), as Johannes
- *The Legacy* (2014), series, as Emil
- *The Keeper of Lost Causes* (2013), as Uffe Lynggaard
- *Dicte* (2013), series, as Cato Winding
- *A Royal Affair* (2012), as Christian VII — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-royal-affair.md)
- *Those Who Kill* (2011), series, as Oleg
- *Borgen* (2010), series, as Asger Holm Kirkegaard — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/borgen.md)
- *Bastian at Roskilde: For the First Time* (2009), as Bastian
- *Bryggeren* (1996), series, as Teenage Carl Jacobsen

## Gallery

- ![Danish actor Mikkel Boe Følsgaard after the European Shooting Stars Award Ceremony (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/6754483/gallery-8e1e78299274.jpg) Danish actor Mikkel Boe Følsgaard after the European Shooting Stars Award Ceremony (2013) — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mikkel_Boe_F%C3%B8lsgaard_after_the_European_Shooting_Stars_Award_Ceremony_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mikkel_Boe_F%C3%B8lsgaard_after_the_European_Shooting_Stars_Award_Ceremony_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mikkel Boe Følsgaard](https://film.one/media/person/6754483/gallery-6eda40d6c134.jpg) Mikkel Boe Følsgaard — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2012: Best Actor (won), for *A Royal Affair*

### Other awards — 5 won

- Lauritzen Award 2021: Lauritzen Award (won)
- Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role 2018: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role (won), for *The Legacy*
- Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role 2015: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role (won), for *The Legacy*
- Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2013: Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *A Royal Affair*
- Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role 2013: Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *A Royal Affair*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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