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Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen ( listen (help·info); born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He is best known for his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award-winning role in the film The Hunt and for playing the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale. He is presently starring in the 2013 TV series Hannibal as Dr. Hannibal Lecter opposite Hugh Dancy as Special Agent Will Graham.

Early life [edit]
Mikkelsen was born in Copenhagen as the second son of Bente Christiansen, a nurse and Henning Mikkelsen, a cab driver. He and his brother, Lars Mikkelsen, who is also an actor, grew up in Nørrebro. In his youth he was trained as a gymnast, wanting to pursue athletic endeavors, before going to study dance at the ballet academy in Gothenburg. He was a professional dancer for almost a decade, but left it behind to study at Århus Theatre School, to pursue a career in acting.
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