Biografía

He was a professional dancer for 8 years.

Knighted on April 16th 2010 by Her Majesty Margrethe 2nd, Queen of Denmark.

Learned Swedish during his 1-year-long dance training in Göteborg because he grew tired of Swedes only smiling and nodding at him when he spoke to them in Danish.

Is very good friends with his Hannibal (2013) co-star Hugh Dancy since the pair starred together in the film Rey Arturo (2004).

Speaks Swedish fluently and has lived in Gothenburg for many years.

[on the fact that he is voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" over and over] I'd rather be voted "the sexiest man in Denmark" than "the ugliest man in Denmark".

I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.

[on his 1937 Danish Nimbus motorcycle] It is like something Steve McQueen would ride. I love the freedom and it doesn't go quite as fast as a modern bike, which pleases my wife.

I take my work enormously seriously. When I do something it has to feel right. Everything has to be right. I'm not ambitious about my career, but I am ambitious with each job. I can be fairly annoying to work with. No compromises. Let's put it this way: compromises are from hell.

I ask a million questions, and I insist on having answers. I think that is what we have to do. I have to know what the director wants. Some are very much in their head, and I need to force it out of them. I just can't play around for eight hours and see if something happens.