Acting
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
EN, SE, DA, NO cinema · 63 credits
Born
27 July 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
Rudkobing, Denmark
Also known as Lucas Desange · Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau
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
Filmography
Virtue
Actor, Producer
The Last Mrs. Parrish
The Last Mrs. Parrish
as Jackson Parrish
Autopilot
Autopilot
as George (voice)
Qajaq Man
Producer
My Fathers' Daughter
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Flash
as Pizza Guy, Thanks
God Is a Bullet
as Bob Hightower
Against the Ice
as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, Producer, Screenplay
A Taste of Hunger
as Carsten
Flee
Executive Producer
The Silencing
as Rayburn Swanson
The Day We Died
as Rico
Domino
as Christian Toft
Exit Plan
as Max Isaksen
Gone Hollywood
as Jack DeVoe
Shot Caller
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
Small Crimes
as Joe Denton
3 Things
as Mikael, Executive Producer
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
Chicken/Egg
as Kenneth
Gods of Egypt
as Horus
A Second Chance
as Andreas
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Jaime Lannister
Klown Forever
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Game of Thrones: The Musical
as Jaime Lannister
The Other Woman
as Mark King
Oblivion
as Sykes
Mama
as Lucas Desange
Blackthorn
as Butch Cassidy
Headhunters
as Clas Greve
Virtuality
as Commander Frank Pike
At World's End
as Severin Geertsen
Himmerland
as Thomas
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Biskop Juell
The Baker
as Bjorn
Triple Dare
as Martin
Firewall
as Liam
Shadow of the Sword
as Martin
Kingdom of Heaven
as Village Sheriff
Wimbledon
as Dieter Prohl
The Good Cop
as Sune
Stealing Rembrandt
as Kenneth
The Bouncer
as Svend
Black Hawk Down
as Gordon
Enigma
as Puck
Foreign Fields
as Holt
Misery Harbour
as Espen Arnakke
Antenneforeningen
as Rocker
Wildside
as Ossy, Writer
Angel of the Night
as Frankie
Bent
as Wolf
Nightwatch
as Martin
Slaget på tasken
1993
Hit the Bag
as Christian
