Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Known for ActingBorn 1970-07-27 (age 55)Rudkobing, Denmark

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.Read more

Movies & web series

ZULU Comedy Galla

Chicken/Egg

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Game of Thrones

Horses & Hangmen

Hit the Bag

The Left Wing Gang

Flee

The Simpsons

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

Virtuality

An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet

Soccer Aid

Black Hawk Down

Headhunters

The Last Thing He Told Me

Antenneforeningen

King & Conqueror

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

New Amsterdam

Shot Caller

Kingdom of Heaven

A Thousand Times Good Night

Against the Ice

The Flash

Nightwatch

Bent

Oblivion

Blackthorn

A Second Chance

Saturday Night Live

The Men in Blazers Show

Agent

The Silencing

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Other Woman

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

3 Things

The Baker

The Good Cop

Mama

Foreign Fields

God Is a Bullet

Enigma

Wimbledon

Lock, Stock...

A Taste of Hunger

The Kautokeino Rebellion