
At age 27, he was enrolled in the National Theatre School of Denmark where he graduated in 1995. Apart from his role in The Killing's drama series and the film, he was also a part of Borgen III, a Danish drama series. He played the role of Charles Augustus Magnussen, a blackmailer, in a scene of BBC Drama Sherlock. In the American television show House of Cards, he was the president of Russia. He was awarded an International Emmy Award in 2018 for his performance in the Danish TV drama Herrens Veje, which was shown in the UK in 2019 as Ride in the Storm.In addition to his home country of Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English and has also mastered several accents. According to Mikkelsen's account his sources, he learned English from his older brother by listening to Monty Python recordings and watching the comedy sketches.
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