Lars Mikkelsen Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen is a Danish actor
perhaps best known to international TV audiences for his roles in the drama series Forbrydelsen,
later released worldwide as The Killing. and Charles Augustus Magnussen, the primary villain
in the third series of Sherlock.
Early life Mikkelsen was born in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen
and his younger brother is the actor Mads Mikkelsen.
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.
Acting career Aged 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 Charles Augustus
Magnussen, an intelligent and quietly dominant villain who blackmails his victims and is
loathed by Sherlock.
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.
Personal life He is married to actress Anette Støvelbæk.
Filmography Royal Blues (1997) – Henning
Seth (1999) – Seth Under overfladen, (1999) – Victor
En kærlighedshistorie (2001) – Mads Kongekabale (2004) – Peter Schou
Nordkraft (2005) – Stesos far Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties (2006) – Prince
De fortabte sjæles ø (2007) – Necromancer Cecilie (2007) – Lasse N. Damgaard
Det som ingen ved (2008) – Marc Deleuran Flammen & Citronen (2008) – Frode Jacobsen
aka Ravnen Flugten (2009) – Thomas Jargil
Headhunter (2009) – Martin Vinge What Richard Did (2012) - Peter Karlsen
A Caretaker's Tale (2012) - Per TV series
Strisser på Samsø episodes 1–4, 6 (1997) – Eneboeren Jens Fiskrt
Taxa, afsnit 8 (1997) – Narkoman Edderkoppen (2000) – Ole Madsen
Skjulte spor (2000) – Morten Theilgaard Langt fra Las Vegas, episodes 4 (2001) – Sørøverkaptajn
Rejseholdet, episodes 21–22 (2002) – Ivan Nikolaj og Julie episodes 10–20 (2003) – Per
Køller Krøniken, episodes 2–3, 9, 11, 14–15,
17 og 21–22 (2004–2007) – Jens Otto Krag
Forbrydelsen (2007) – Troels Hartmann Those Who Kill (2011)
Borgen season 3 (2013) Sherlock series 3 (2014) – Charles Augustus
Magnussen Animated films/series
Huset Anubis (2010) – Hr. Van Swieten Howl's Moving Castle (2004) – Howl
Tiger-brødre (2004) – Aidan McRory Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) – Malthazar
The Wild (2006) – Samson Go West!
A Lucky Luke Adventure (2007) – Lucky Luke TMNT (2007) – Splinter
Bee Movie (2007) – Ken Meet the Robinsons (2007) – Onkel Arthur
Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) – General O.K. MacMission