Dramatic Movies on Instagram: "Mads Mikkelsen began his acting career at 31 with Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher (1996), where his performance as Tonny made him a standout in Danish cinema. Originally trained as a dancer and gymnast, he brought a unique physicality to his roles. Through the late ’90s and early 2000s, he became one of Denmark’s most recognizable actors with films like Bleeder (1999), Open Hearts (2002), and Pusher II (2004), where he showed a more emotional and layered side to his