Mikkel Becker Hilgart graduated from the Danish School of Performing Arts in Aarhus in 2016. He grew up in Birkerød and began his acting career at the age of 11, being part of Limenas in Birkerød for five years. At 14, he was accepted into the Fairy Tale Theatre school in Søborg. He played the lead role in the Fairy Tale Theatre production of "1001 Nights," and in the autumn of 2009 he played the lead role in a musical at the Glass Hall in Tivoli.

Mikkel Becker Hilgart has performed on the stages of the Royal Danish Theatre, the Husets Theatre and the Nørrebro Theatre, and also appeared in the TV2 series "New Nurses" (2018).