
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
1 FOLLOWER • 31 CREDITS • JUL 27, 1970 • 54
Biography
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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Saturday Night Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Simpsons

The Men In Blazers Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Black Hawk Down

The Flash

Firewall

Kingdom of Heaven

Wimbledon

The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Oblivion

Enigma

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

The Other Woman

24 Hours in the Life of a Woman

Headhunters

The Last Thing He Told Me

God Is a Bullet

Mama

Shot Caller

Domino

The Silencing

Small Crimes

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

Gods of Egypt
Production Credits
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