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Mads Mikkelsen
Le Chiffre in Casino Royale
Denmark
Mikkelsen was born in the Østerbro area of Copenhagen. After attending Århus Theatre School, he made his film debut in the movie Pusher. He has starred in popular Danish movies such as Flickering Lights (Danish: Blinkende Lygter), The Green Butchers (Danish: De Grønne Slagtere), his film debut Pusher, and Pusher II. Arguably, Mikkelsen's most famous role was as a cop in the Danish television series Unit One (Danish: Rejseholdet). He also starred as Tristan in the Jerry Bruckheimer production of King Arthur, as well as playing the villain Le Chiffre in the 21st James Bond film, Casino Royale. In 2006 he took the lead role in the Oscar nominated "After the Wedding".
In 2008, Mikkelsen was invited by the Swiss watchmaker Swatch to Bregenz, Austria to present together with another James Bond villain, Richard Kiel, the Swatch 007 Villain Collection. One of the 22 models of the Collection is dedicated to "Le Chiffre", the infamous gambler he played in Casino Royale.
Source: Wikipedia
