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Mads Mikkelsen: Hollywood’s Favorite Bad Guy
邁茲．米克森：好萊塢的最佳反派
You might not recognize him, but chances are you’ve witnessed the dramatic talent of Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen. A highly talented actor, Mikkelsen has earned critical praise for roles in everything from small independent movies to Harry Potter films. What’s more, Mikkelsen is soon to add another great character to his acting record in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Mikkelsen didn’t start his performing career as an actor. Born in 1965, he was raised in a working-class area of Copenhagen, where his father worked at a bank and his mother worked as a nurse. As a boy, Mikkelsen wanted to be an athlete and trained as a gymnast. Later, he studied dance in Sweden, where he met his wife. After dancing professionally for about 10 years, he decided to pursue acting and finally returned to Denmark in 1996. 
His on-screen introduction came that same year in the Danish film Pusher. Mikkelsen spent the next few years taking on various roles in critically praised European films, until a Danish television series about a special police task force made him famous in his home country. His international breakthrough came soon after in 2006, when he starred as an icy villain opposite James Bond in Casino Royale.
你也許認不得他，但很可能已見過這名丹麥演員邁茲．米克森的戲劇才華。作為才華洋溢的演員，米克森從小型獨立電影到《哈利波特》電影中的各種角色都曾獲得影評人的讚賞。此外，米克森不久將在《印第安納瓊斯之命運鐘盤》中為他的演藝紀錄添加另一個絕佳的角色。
米克森並非以演員身分開始他的表演生涯。他於一九六五年出生，在哥本哈根的工人階級地區長大，他的父親在一間銀行工作，而母親則是一名護理師。米克森小時候想成為運動員，並接受過體操運動訓練。後來，他在瑞典學習舞蹈，並在那裡認識了他的妻子。在從事約十年的職業舞蹈工作後，他決定追求演藝事業，最後於一九九六年回到丹麥。
他的銀幕處女作是同年的丹麥電影《末路狂奔》。接下來的幾年，米克森在深獲好評的歐洲電影中飾演各種角色，直到一部關於特警特別小組的丹麥電視影集讓他在家鄉走紅。不久後於二○○六年他便在國際上取得重大突破，在《007首部曲：皇家夜總會》中與詹姆斯．龐德演對手戲、飾演一名冷酷的反派角色。

With his menacing screen presence, Mikkelsen has gained a reputation for playing villains. He starred as the twisted Hannibal Lecter in the American television series Hannibal, which aired from 2013－2015. After Hannibal concluded, Mikkelsen played the villain in the 2016 movie Doctor Strange and in 2022’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Mikkelsen takes on the role of Voller, an ex-Nazi now working as a NASA engineer.
Some actors would feel frustrated at always playing the same kind of characters. However, Mikkelsen welcomes it, saying, “If the alternative is not to work [in Hollywood], I’ll do it any day.” 
Though he’s become an international star, Mikkelsen still regularly takes on roles in Danish films. In fact, he’s made such a splash back home that he was knighted by the queen of Denmark in 2010 for his contribution to the Danish film and TV industries. Another Round, a Danish drama he starred in, also won the 2021 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. And his latest Dane-directed project, with the working title of King’s Land, is set to be released later this year. Surprisingly, Mikkelsen won’t be playing the bad guy in this one!
憑藉著充滿威脅的銀幕形象，米克森獲得了飾演反派的名聲。他在美國電視影集《雙面人魔》中主演性格扭曲的漢尼拔．萊克特，該影集於二○一三年至二○一五年間播出。在《雙面人魔》播畢後，米克森於二○一六年的電影《奇異博士》以及二○二二年的《怪獸與鄧不利多的祕密》裡飾演反派角色。在《印第安納瓊斯之命運鐘盤》中，米克森飾演沃勒一角，是一名現任美國航太總署工程師的前納粹黨員。
有的演員會因為總是飾演同一種角色而感到沮喪。然而，米克森對此欣然接受，他說：「如果不演反派就無法在好萊塢工作，那麼我隨時都樂意演反派。」
雖然米克森已成為國際巨星，但他仍經常在丹麥電影中軋上一角。事實上，他在家鄉引起極大的轟動，以致於在二○一○年因他對丹麥影視產業的貢獻而被丹麥女王封為爵士。他所主演的丹麥劇情片《醉好的時光》也獲得了二○二一年奧斯卡最佳國際長片獎（編注：此獎項舊名為「奧斯卡最佳外語片獎」）。而他最新一部由丹麥人執導的作品（暫定片名為《王者之地》）預定將在今年下半年上映。令人意外的是，米克森在這部片中不演壞人了！

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