
When he was 27, he enrolled in the National Theatre School of Denmark from which he graduated in 1995. In addition to his role as the main actor in the show The Killing as well as his appearance in two other internationally acclaimed Danish drama series, Those Who Kill, and Borgen III. He also was in the episodes of BBC drama Sherlock as Charles Augustus Magnussen (blackmailer). In American television show House of Cards, his role was that of the President of Russia. He was awarded an International Emmy Award in 2018 for his performance in the Danish television drama Herrens Veje, which was shown in the UK in 2019 under the name Ride Upon the Storm. Mikkelsen is fluent in English, Swedish and German. He also has different accents. He has claimed that both he and his brother began to learn English through listening to Monty Python records and learning the comedy sketches
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