The drama, Ride upon the Storm features him as a priest, Johannes, a man tortured by his human failings as father and husband as he grapples with life’s big questions.
The 54-year-old told Metro that playing the role finally gave him the strength to come out and say he was a believer.
He said:
“I don’t know why I couldn’t do it before. I’ve always believed in something, though I couldn’t define it. So I decided to get baptised.
“For me, it felt just right. I never was a child, my family were all communists, they had no time for all that stuff.”
Ride upon the Storm gets its title from the William Cowper hymn, God moves in mysterious ways.
It dwells on themes of faith, multiculturalism and arguments around monotheism concentrating on the priest Johannes’ fractured relationship with his sons.
Mikkelsen’s family have been surprised by his new-found faith.
He said:
“It’s not cool, is it, to say you believe in something…..but isn’t that what we need right now?”
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