Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
ActingNikolaj 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
Kingdom of Heaven
Village Sheriff
The Flash
Pizza Guy
Black Hawk Down
MSG Gary Gordon
Oblivion
Sykes
Gods of Egypt
Horus
Mama
Lucas Desange
Shot Caller
Jacob 'Money' Harlon
The Other Woman
Mark King
Against the Ice
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
Wimbledon
Dieter Prohl
Filmography — Acting
Kingdom of Heaven
Village Sheriff
The Flash
Pizza Guy
Black Hawk Down
MSG Gary Gordon
Oblivion
Sykes
Gods of Egypt
Horus
Mama
Lucas Desange
Shot Caller
Jacob 'Money' Harlon
The Other Woman
Mark King
Against the Ice
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
Wimbledon
Dieter Prohl
The Silencing
Rayburn Swanson
Firewall
Liam
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Self
God Is a Bullet
Bob Hightower
Headhunters
Clas Greve
Enigma
Puck
Bent
Wolf
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Jaime Lannister (voice)
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Martin
World of Westeros Ambient Video
Jaime Lannister
Domino
Christian Toft
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Jaime Lannister
Blackthorn
Butch Cassidy
Nightwatch
Martin
Virtuality
Commander Frank Pike
A Thousand Times Good Night
Marcus
Small Crimes
Joe Denton
Exit Plan
Max Isaksen
The Baker
Bjorn
A Taste of Hunger
Carsten
Shadow of the Sword
Martin
The Day We Died
Rico
Triple Dare
Martin
Stealing Rembrandt
Kenneth
At World's End
Severin Geertsen
Wildside
Ossy
Angel of the Night
Frankie
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
Miklos
A Second Chance
Andreas
Klown Forever
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Bouncer
Svend
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Anton
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Jackson Parrish
Virtue
Foreign Fields
Holt
The Kautokeino Rebellion
Biskop Juell
Filthy Gorgeous
Alex
Antenneforeningen
Rocker
Wonderful and Loved by All
Micke
3 Things
Mikael
Misery Harbour
Espen Arnakke
The Good Cop
Sune
Hit the Bag
Christian
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
Sammy
Himmerland
Thomas
Chicken/Egg
Kenneth
My Fathers' Daughter
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Gone Hollywood
Jack DeVoe
