Lars Mikkelsen

Lars Mikkelsen (b. 1965), full name Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen, is a Danish actor who voiced the Father in Sandtrolden, the Danish dub of Five Children and It. A multilingual international actor, he later voiced Grand Admiral Thrawn on the animated series Star Wars: Rebels (2016-2018) and reprised the role on-camera on the 2023 Disney+ series Ahsoka.
The brother of noted Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal, Casino Royale), Lars Mikkelsen worked in Danish theater and as a street performer. While active in film and TV since the mid 1990s, he achieved star status in his native country as one of the ensemble stars of the 2007 crime series Forbrydelsen (The Killing for English release) as politician Troels Hartmann, followed by several film leads including in Headhunter and Kidnappet. 
By the 2010s, Mikkelsen's profile increased through several often villainous roles in major English language and international projects. After playing the father of a troubled Irish student in What Richard Did (2012), he recurred on seasons three to six of House of Cards as Russian president Viktor Petrov and played master blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnusson in two episodes of Sherlock. He played yet another recurring foe as Stregobor on The Witcher (with Henry Cavill). English voice credits included narrating the Oscar-nominated short The Dam Keeper (2014).
Still active in Danish productions, he won an International Emmy Award for starring on Herrens Veje (2017) and was in the final 2022 season of Lars Von Trier's Riget (The Kingdom, with Udo Kier). He is married to actress Anette Støvelbæk, who dubbed Martha in Sandtrolden. Other dubbing credits include Ben Kingsley as the Hood in Thunderbirds, Monty in Stuart Little 2, and Prince in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
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