Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen or more professionally known as Mads Mikkelsen has various talents. Be it his gymnastic skills or his features in music videos and films, Mads Mikkelsen has made a mark in the film-television-video game and music industry.
Mads Mikkelsen Net Worth is $14 Million
Mads Mikkelsen, being the successful star, he has had a high earning throughout his career. According to reports, His estimated net worth for the year 2020 is at a whopping $14 Million.
Gymnast and a Dancer
Mads Mikkelsen was born in Østerbro, Copenhagen. He was born on the 22nd of November in the year 1965. His parents, Bente Christiansen who was a nurse, and Henning Mikkelsen who was a bank teller raised Mads Mikkelsen and his older brother Lars Mikkelsen in Norrebro.
Mads Mikkelsen was a gymnast and studied dance at a ballet academy in Gothenburg. He was extremely fluent in the Swedish language and during his tenure in the dance academy, he met the famous choreographer Hanne Jacobsen.
Mads Mikkelsen also studied drama in the year 1996 at the Arhus Theatre School.
Sexiest Man in Denmark
In 2000, Mads Mikkelsen married Hanne Jacobsen. The couple lives together happily with a daughter named Viola who was born in the year 1992 and a son Carl who was born in the year 1997.
The family has lived in Copenhagen throughout their entire life and currently, they are basked in Denmark but also live in their house in Mallorca.
Mads Mikkelsen doesn’t follow any religion and he was also voted as the sexiest man in Denmark.
Replacing Jhonny Depp in ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’
His most recent movie in the year 2020 was ‘Another Round‘ and he worked on the television series, ‘Hannibal’.
Mads Mikkelsen is also featured in two video games, ‘007: Quantum of Solace’ and ‘Death Stranding’. He was also seen in music videos, his most notable one being the role of the accountant in Rihanna’s hit music video, ‘B***h Better have my money‘
According to sources, after the Johnny Depp scandal and being fired from the ‘Fantastic Beast’ movie franchise, Mads Mikkelsen is one of the actors that have been chosen as a prospect to replace Johnny Depp. Mads Mikkelsen, if he gets the role is set to play the antagonist character “The Dark Wizard”
He was also appointed Ridder for the Order of the Dannebrog and in 2016 he was appointed as a Chevalier for the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
He has two movies pending as of now which are in the post-production stages, ‘Riders of Justice’ are set to release in the year 2020, and ‘Chaos Walking’ is set to release in the year 2021. However, the dates have not yet been announced.