“I never even thought about being an actor. Somebody asked me if I'd like to learn the craft, and I said, 'Okay.' I was a gymnast in a show at that time, and somebody asked me afterwards one night. I performed as a gymnast for nine years, and then I did acting after that.”

Danish actor

Mads Mikkelsen is a Danish actor who became widely known in Denmark through film and television roles in the early 2000s. He has 105 quotes on the site. He is especially associated with Tonny in the first two Pusher films, Detective Sergeant Allan Fischer in Rejseholdet from 2000 to 2004, and leading roles in Open Hearts, The Green Butchers, Adam's Apples, and After the Wedding. These performances helped establish him as a major screen presence in Danish cinema.