Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Coster-Waldau has appeared in numerous films in his native Denmark and Scandinavia, including Headhunters (2011) and A Thousand Times Good Night (2013). In the U.S, his debut film role was in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), playing Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon. He then played a detective in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam (2008), and appeared in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot. He is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as gender equality and climate change.
Known for
Credits
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Village Sheriff
Black Hawk Down (2001)
as Gordon
The Flash (2023)
as Pizza Guy
Oblivion (2013)
as Sykes
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Horus
Shot Caller (2017)
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
The Other Woman (2014)
as Mark King
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019)
as Self
Mama (2013)
as Lucas Desange
God Is a Bullet (2023)
as Bob Hightower
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)
as Martin
The Silencing (2020)
as Rayburn Swanson
A Taste of Hunger (2021)
as Carsten
Against the Ice (2022)
as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
Autopilot (—)
as George (voice)
Headhunters (2011)
as Clas Greve
Firewall (2006)
as Liam
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms (2017)
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
Wimbledon (2004)
as Dieter Prohl
Nightwatch (1994)
as Martin
Enigma (2001)
as Puck
A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)
as Marcus
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Jaime Lannister
Exit Plan (2019)
as Max Isaksen
A Second Chance (2015)
as Andreas
Domino (2019)
as Christian Toft
Blackthorn (2011)
as Butch Cassidy
Virtuality (2009)
as Commander Frank Pike
Filthy Gorgeous (2007)
as Alex
Small Crimes (2017)
as Joe Denton
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)
as Miklos
The Baker (2007)
as Bjorn
Bent (1997)
as Wolf
The Last Mrs. Parrish (—)
as Jackson Parrish
The Day We Died (2020)
as Rico
The Good Cop (2004)
as Sune
3 Things (2017)
as Mikael
Misery Harbour (1999)
as Espen Arnakke
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
as Anton
Angel of the Night (1998)
as Frankie
Shadow of the Sword (2005)
as Martin
Wonderful and Loved by All (2007)
as Micke
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
as Sammy
Stealing Rembrandt (2003)
as Kenneth
Game of Thrones: The Musical (2015)
as Jaime Lannister
Klown Forever (2015)
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' (2002)
as Self
Wildside (1998)
as Ossy
At World's End (2009)
as Severin Geertsen
The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
as Biskop Juell
Gone Hollywood (2019)
as Jack DeVoe
Foreign Fields (2000)
as Holt
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Christian
My Fathers' Daughter (2025)
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Chicken/Egg (2017)
as Kenneth
Triple Dare (2006)
as Martin
The Bouncer (2003)
as Svend
Requiem (1991)
Actor
Himmerland (2008)
as Thomas
Virtue (—)
Actor
Antenneforeningen (1999)
as Rocker