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I'm not the kind of actor who runs around and insists on being called Stravinsky by everybody, and my family has to call me Igor. I'm not that kind of actor. I think that's pretentious.

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Mads Mikkelsen
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 22
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Executive Producer
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