
At the age of 27 He enrolled at the National Theatre School of Denmark. He graduated in 1994. He also appeared in The Killing, a drama series that aired around the globe. Then, he appeared in Those Who Kill II and Borgen III, two other well-known Danish dramas. He also played an important role in Sherlock which is an BBC drama in which He played Charles Augustus Magnussen, whose blackmailer. In American television show House of Cards, his character was the president of Russia. In 2018, he received an International Emmy Award for his part as the president of Russia in the Danish television drama Herrens Veje. This was broadcast in the UK as Ride Upon the Storm in 2019. Mikkelsen is proficient in English, Swedish and German. He can also speak multiple accents. According to Mikkelsen's testimony, he and his brother learned English through Monty Python records.
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