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Acting · age 61

Mads Mikkelsen

Best rated: The Hunt (8.3)

Films
46
Avg rating
6.85
Peak run
2004’06
7+ run
4 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Mads Mikkelsen, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2004 to 2006, 7.385678200020052010201520202025The Hunt 8.3Chaos Walking 5.7Career avg 6.85

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Mads Mikkelsen's career barcodecoolhot
199646 films2026
Current formLast 5: 6.82 vs career 6.85 (−0.03)
  1. LFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore2022 · 6.2−0.7
  2. WThe Promised Land2023 · 7.7+0.8
  3. LMufasa: The Lion King2024 · 6.6−0.3
  4. LDust Bunny2025 · 6.5−0.4
  5. WThe Last Viking2025 · 7.1+0.2
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Mads by the numbers

Average
6.85
41 rated films
Vote weighted
6.90
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.69
rating spread
Career
31y
1996 to 2026
Total votes
4.85M
across every film
Best
8.3
The Hunt
Worst
5.7
Chaos Walking
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2026BrohrJasper Puch·26
2025Dust Bunny posterDust BunnyIntriguing Neighbor6.521,871
2025The Last Viking posterThe Last VikingManfred7.117,780
2025NorthSeverin·194
2024Mufasa: The Lion King posterMufasa: The Lion KingKiros6.685,075
2023The Promised Land posterThe Promised LandLudvig Kahlen7.742,680
2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore posterFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of DumbledoreGellert Grindelwald6.2196K
2021Chaos Walking posterChaos WalkingMayor Prentiss5.765,338
2020Another Round posterAnother RoundMartin7.7231K
2020Riders of Justice posterRiders of JusticeMarkus7.578,009
2019Polar posterPolarDuncan Vizla6.3109K
2018Arctic posterArcticOvergård6.864,242
2018At Eternity's Gate posterAt Eternity's GatePriest6.945,122
2016Doctor Strange posterDoctor StrangeKaecilius7.5900K
2016Rogue One: A Star Wars Story posterRogue One: A Star Wars StoryGalen Erso7.8767K
2015Men & Chicken posterMen & ChickenElias6.716,255
2014The Salvation posterThe SalvationJon Jensen6.746,977
2013Charlie Countryman posterCharlie CountrymanNigel6.330,971
2013Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas posterAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael KohlhaasMichael Kohlhaas6.19,954
2012A Royal Affair posterA Royal AffairJohann Friedrich Struensee7.554,555
Better together?

Mads Mikkelsen's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

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On Mads Mikkelsen

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