In 2016 , Mikkelsen was a member of the main competition jury of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival . In October 2016 , he appeared as Kaecilius in the Marvel film '' Doctor Strange '' , alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton . Although his character was criticized for being under-utilized and another " generic baddie " for Marvel , Mikkelsen 's performance was a favorite of RogerEbert.com 's Matt Zoller Seitz : " Mikkelsen is a master at being in on the joke while still delivering every line with imagination and feeling ... . he 's often knowing and wry , even arch , a mix of performance traits that 's often hard to combine with any success . " In December 2016 , Mikkelsen portrayed Galen Erso in the '' Star Wars '' spin-off film , '' Rogue One : A Star Wars Story '' . In 2018 , he starred in a survival thriller '' Arctic '' , directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Joe Penna . He joined the cast for Doug Liman 's film '' Chaos Walking ''
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Mads Mikkelsen