Question: who plays president petrov in house of cards
Answer: Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen

title: Lars Mikkelsen
text: Lars Mikkelsen Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (born ) is a Danish actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the drama series "The Killing", Charles Augustus Magnussen, the primary villain in the third series of "Sherlock", the Russian President Viktor Petrov in "House of Cards" on Netflix, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in "Star Wars Rebels". He is the older brother of actor Mads Mikkelsen. In 2011 he won the Reumert Prize of honour. Mikkelsen was born in Gladsaxe near Copenhagen. After secondary school he enrolled for military service in the Royal Danish Army. He then studied biology at