Background
Mikkelsen was born in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen and his younger brother is the actor Mads Mikkelsen.
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Lars Mikkelsen
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Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen is a Danish actor perhaps best known to international television audiences for his roles as Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the drama series The Killing, Charles Augustus Magnussen, the primary villain in the third series of Sherlock, and the Russian President Viktor Petrov in House of Cards on Netflix.
Education
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.
Career
He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen. After secondary school he enrolled for military service in the Royal Danish Army. At the age of 27 he 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 British Broadcasting Corporation drama Sherlock as Charles Augustus Magnussen, an intelligent and quietly dominant villain who blackmails his victims and is loathed by Sherlock.
In addition to his native Danish, Mikkelsen speaks fluent Swedish, German and English, and he has mastered various accents.
