Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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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.

Films Featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Black Hawk Down

20017.4

Enigma

20016.3

My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure

20044.4

Stealing Rembrandt

20036.0

Virtue

Nightwatch

19946.9

Shadow of the Sword

20055.8

Wimbledon

20046.2

Wildside

19985.9

Wonderful and Loved by All

20075.8

Angel of the Night

19984.3

The Bouncer

20035.4

The Baker

20076.4

Virtuality

20095.1

Triple Dare

20064.9

24 Hours in the Life of a Woman

20025.6

Foreign Fields

20006.3

Blackthorn

20116.6

The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

20074.7

Headhunters

20117.2

At World's End

20095.5

Oblivion

20136.7

The Flash

20236.6

Misery Harbour

19994.9

Himmerland

20085.6

Mama

20136.3

Gods of Egypt

20165.7

The Other Woman

20146.4

Filthy Gorgeous

Filthy Gorgeous

20071.7

A Thousand Times Good Night

20136.8

A Second Chance

20146.6

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

20236.2

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

20158.6

Shot Caller

20177.0

The Kautokeino Rebellion

20086.1

Bent

19976.9

Antenneforeningen

19997.3

Small Crimes

20175.4

Firewall

20065.8

3 Things

20176.3

My Fathers' Daughter

20255.5

Domino

20194.6

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

20177.7

Exit Plan

20195.9

Requiem

1991

Hit the Bag

Hit the Bag

19938.3

Kingdom of Heaven

20057.1

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

20197.0

The Silencing

20206.4

The Day We Died

20205.6

Chicken/Egg

20179.5

A Taste of Hunger

20216.0

God Is a Bullet

20236.1

Against the Ice

20226.8

The Last Mrs. Parrish

The Last Mrs. Parrish

Gone Hollywood

2019

The Good Cop

20046.4

Klown Forever

20155.8