Mikael Birkkjær

{{short description|Danish actor}}

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|years_active = 1985–present

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Mikael Birkkjær (born 14 September 1958) is a Danish actor.

Raised in Copenhagen, Birkkjær trained at Skuespillerskolen at Odense Teater in 1985. He is best known internationally for his roles as Phillip Christensen{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-02-04/ten-things-ill-miss-about-borgens-phillip-christensen |title=Ten Things I'll Miss About Borgen's Phillip Christensen | publisher=Radio Times | accessdate=2012-02-05}} in the Danish TV political drama Borgen,{{cite web |url=http://208.66.65.197/video/article/tv-review-borgen-decency-in-the/ |title=TV Review: Borgen - "Decency in the Middle" - Blogcritics Video |accessdate=2011-11-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425230444/http://208.66.65.197/video/article/tv-review-borgen-decency-in-the/ |archivedate=2012-04-25 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/nothing-like-a-dane-new-thriller-borgen-centres-on-a-trailblazing-female-politician-6285065.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/nothing-like-a-dane-new-thriller-borgen-centres-on-a-trailblazing-female-politician-6285065.html |archive-date=2022-05-14 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Nothing Like A Dane | work=The Independent | accessdate=2012-01-05 |location=London |first=Gerard |last=Gilbert |date=2012-01-05}} and Inspector Ulrik Strange in the 2009 TV series Forbrydelsen.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2011/47/the-killing-II.html |title=BBC - Media Centre - Programme Information - The Killing II |website=www.bbc.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103071309/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2011/47/the-killing-II.html |archive-date=2011-11-03}}