
He enrolled in the National Theatre School of Denmark at the age of 27. He graduated in 1995. He was also a part of The Killing, a drama series that was broadcast worldwide. He was later featured in Borgen III and Those Who Kill, two internationally popular Danish drama series. He also played a pivotal part in the BBC drama Sherlock in which he played the blackmailer Charles Augustus Magnussen. He played Russia's president on the American TV show House of Cards. In the year 2018, he received an International Emmy Award for his performance as the president in Russia in the Danish television drama Herrens Veje. It was broadcast in the UK in 2019. He has said that he and his brother first picked up English by listening to Monty Python records and learning the comedy sketches.
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