As Shakespeare once said, “Something is sexy in the state of Denmark”. And he was right. Because that’s where Mads Mikkelsen is from. The first time I ever saw the Danish daddy was in a little show called Hannibal. He played the titular character, Hannibal Lecter. And I was smitten. He’s like some sort of Norse panther, is he not? Sleek, powerful, and just the right amount of an “I might murder you” vibe. To celebrate the thirst (or just my thirst) for Mads, I’ve put together a list of the best Mikkelsen movies and TV shows available.

There’s something so refreshingly un-Hollywood about Mikkelsen. He isn’t a brawny, square-jawed superhero type. And he isn’t a celebrity personality who you can just point a camera at and say, “go!” This man is an ACTOR. In every role he plays, he is transformative. When you’re watching a Mads Mikkelsen film, you can tell that he’s leading with the character rather than with himself. And perhaps that’s what makes him so interesting to watch. There always seems to be something going on underneath his performance—some subtle thing that’s left unsaid. It’s what makes him so enticing as an actor and so weirdly attractive as a human being. And that’s the perfect segue for my first pick.