
Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (born 6 May 1964) is a Danish actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the drama series The Killing, Charles Augustus Magnussen in the third season of Sherlock, the Russian president Viktor Petrov in the American House of Cards on Netflix, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels. In 2011, he took home the Reumert Prize of Honour At the age of 27, he enrolled at the National Theatre School of Denmark and graduated in 1995. Alongside his appearance in the drama show telecast globally as The Killing the actor was also featured in two more internationally acclaimed Danish drama series, Those Who Kill and Borgen III. He also played a central part in the episode of BBC drama Sherlock in which he played blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen. In the American TV series House of Cards he played the president of Russia. In the year 2018, he took home an International Emmy Award for his performance in the character in the Danish television drama Herrensveje. The show was telecast in the UK as Ride Upon the Storm in 2019.
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