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 MSG Gary Gordon
The Flash (2023)
as Pizza Guy
Oblivion (2013)
as Sykes
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Horus
Mama (2013)
as Lucas Desange
Shot Caller (2017)
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms (2017)
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
Headhunters (2011)
as Clas Greve
The Other Woman (2014)
as Mark King
The Silencing (2020)
as Rayburn Swanson
Firewall (2006)
as Liam
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)
as Martin
God Is a Bullet (2023)
as Bob Hightower
Wimbledon (2004)
as Dieter Prohl
Enigma (2001)
as Puck
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019)
as Self
Blackthorn (2011)
as Butch Cassidy
Nightwatch (1994)
as Martin
Against the Ice (2022)
as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
Virtuality (2009)
as Commander Frank Pike
A Taste of Hunger (2021)
as Carsten
A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)
as Marcus
Bent (1997)
as Wolf
The Good Cop (2004)
as Sune
Exit Plan (2019)
as Max Isaksen
Small Crimes (2017)
as Joe Denton
Domino (2019)
as Christian Toft
The Day We Died (2020)
as Rico
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
as Sammy
3 Things (2017)
as Mikael
Filthy Gorgeous (2007)
as Alex
A Second Chance (2014)
as Andreas
Misery Harbour (1999)
as Espen Arnakke
At World's End (2009)
as Severin Geertsen
The Last Mrs. Parrish (—)
as Jackson Parrish
The Baker (2007)
as Bjorn
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
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Jaime Lannister
Stealing Rembrandt (2003)
as Kenneth
The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
as Biskop Juell
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Christian
Himmerland (2008)
as Thomas
Wildside (1998)
as Ossy
Foreign Fields (2000)
as Holt
My Fathers' Daughter (2025)
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Wonderful and Loved by All (2007)
as Micke
Triple Dare (2006)
as Martin
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)
as Miklos
Klown Forever (2015)
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Chicken/Egg (2017)
as Kenneth
Gone Hollywood (2019)
as Jack DeVoe
The Bouncer (2003)
as Svend
Requiem (1991)
Actor
Antenneforeningen (1999)
as Rocker
Virtue (—)
Actor