57-year-old handsome Mads Mikkelsen grew up in Copenhagen and was originally a dancer. Also, for eight whole years, Mads was a gymnast. These skills would later come in handy in action films. However, when the future star was about 30 years old, he retired from dancing to continue acting more actively. Since then, the actor has gained recognition in projects as varied as the NBC series Hannibal, the Oscar-nominated 2020 film Another Round, and so on. The star is also fluent in several languages. Danish is his native language, and he learned Swedish at a dance school. Moreover, Mads is fluent in English, German, and French.