Not as well-known, internationally at least, as his younger brother Mads, but still a great actor in his own right. He's the best thing about the first series of The Killing; playing the tragic political candidate Troels Hartmann with the kind of captivating ferocity usually found in the greatest Shakespearean players. As Hartmann, he has that perfect balance between misguided arrogance and total vulnerability, creating a character that is, at its core, completely detestable, but always fascinating and ultimately doomed in a way that can only elicit sympathy.
I really wish he'd been put to better use in the recent series Those Who Kill, but I tend to think of his character Bisgaard as an intermediary between the two extremes of Jensen and Schaeffer, there to keep us rooted in the everyday.
why wasn't he in the second series of the killing? who cares about some woman detective?