Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (born (1964-05-06)6 May 1964) is a Danish
actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels
Hartmann in the drama series The Killing, Charles Augustus Magnussen
in the third series of Sherlock, the Russian president Viktor Petrov
in the American House of Cards on Netflix, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in
Star Wars Rebels. He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen. In
2011, he won the Reumert Prize of Honour.Mikkelsen was born in
Gladsaxe near Copenhagen. After secondary school, he enrolled for
military service in the Royal Danish Army. He then studied biology at
the University of Copenhagen but gave up the course to earn his living
as a street performer in European cities with his mime and juggling
acts.At the age of 27, he enrolled at the National Theatre School of
Denmark from which he graduated in 1995. In addition to his role in
the drama series released worldwide as The Killing, he subsequently
appeared in two other internationally acclaimed Danish drama series,
Those Who Kill and Borgen III. He also had a leading role in an
episode of the BBC drama Sherlock as blackmailer Charles Augustus
Magnussen. In the American television series House of Cards, he played
the president of Russia. He won an International Emmy Award in 2018
for his role in Danish television drama Herrens Veje, which was
broadcast in the UK in 2019 as Ride Upon the Storm.In addition to his
native Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English,
and he has mastered various accents. He has stated that he and his
brother first picked up English by listening to Monty Python records
and learning the comedy sketches.
actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels
Hartmann in the drama series The Killing, Charles Augustus Magnussen
in the third series of Sherlock, the Russian president Viktor Petrov
in the American House of Cards on Netflix, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in
Star Wars Rebels. He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen. In
2011, he won the Reumert Prize of Honour.Mikkelsen was born in
Gladsaxe near Copenhagen. After secondary school, he enrolled for
military service in the Royal Danish Army. He then studied biology at
the University of Copenhagen but gave up the course to earn his living
as a street performer in European cities with his mime and juggling
acts.At the age of 27, he enrolled at the National Theatre School of
Denmark from which he graduated in 1995. In addition to his role in
the drama series released worldwide as The Killing, he subsequently
appeared in two other internationally acclaimed Danish drama series,
Those Who Kill and Borgen III. He also had a leading role in an
episode of the BBC drama Sherlock as blackmailer Charles Augustus
Magnussen. In the American television series House of Cards, he played
the president of Russia. He won an International Emmy Award in 2018
for his role in Danish television drama Herrens Veje, which was
broadcast in the UK in 2019 as Ride Upon the Storm.In addition to his
native Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English,
and he has mastered various accents. He has stated that he and his
brother first picked up English by listening to Monty Python records
and learning the comedy sketches.
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