Lars Mikkelsen Biography, Age, Height, Parents, Wife, Movies, and Net Worth

Lars Mikkelsen Biography

Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen 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, and Ahsoka. In 2011, he won the Reumert Prize of Honour.

Lars Mikkelsen Career

Lars 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 the Danish television drama Herrens Veje, which was broadcast in the UK in 2019 as Ride Upon the Storm. From 2016 to 2018, he voiced Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo "Thrawn" in the third and fourth seasons of the animated series Star Wars Rebels, and will reprise the role in the 2023 live-action Disney+ series Ahsoka.

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 comedy sketches.

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Lars Mikkelsen Education

After secondary school, he enlisted 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.

Lars Mikkelsen Age

Lars was born on 6 May 1964, in Gladsaxe, Denmark. He is 59 years old as of 2023. He was born on 6 May every year.

Lars Mikkelsen Height and Weight

Lars stands at an average height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.92 meters tall) and weighs 80 kilograms (176 lbs). She has blue eyes and blonde hair.

Lars Mikkelsen Parents and Siblings

Mikkelsen was born in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen. Lars has not shared any information about her parents. He and his younger brother, actor Mads Mikkelsen, was raised in the Nørrebro district.

Lars Mikkelsen's Wife and Children

Mikkelsen is married to actress Anette Støvelbæk. They have been a couple since 1986 and married in 1989. They have two sons. He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen. While filming the second season of Ride Upon the Storm, he went to see a priest and asked to be baptized into the National Church of Denmark.

Lars Mikkelsen Movies

  • Nordkraft
  • Island of Lost Souls
  • Cecilie
  • What No One Knows
  • (Det som ingen ved)
  • Flame & Citron (Flammen & Citronen)
  • Flugten
  • Headhunter
  • What Richard Did
  • A Caretaker's Tale
  • Montana
  • When Animals Dream
  • 9. April
  • The Day Will Come
  • Winter Brothers

Lars Mikkelsen Tv Shows

  • House of Cards
  • Der Kommer En Dag
  • Historien om Danmark
  • Herrens Veje
  • The Witcher
  • Devils
  • Seaside Hotel
  • The Kingdom
  • The Dreamer - Becoming Karen Blixen
  • Ahsoka

Lars Mikkelsen's Net Worth

Mikkelsen's net worth is estimated to be about $12 million. He has made such an amount from his career as an actor.



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