Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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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
Credits
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
as Village Sheriff
Black Hawk Down (2001)
as Gordon
The Flash (2023)
as Pizza Guy
Oblivion (2013)
as Sykes
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Horus
Mama (2013)
as Lucas Desange
Shot Caller (2017)
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
The Other Woman (2014)
as Mark King
The Silencing (2020)
as Rayburn Swanson
God Is a Bullet (2023)
as Bob Hightower
Headhunters (2011)
as Clas Greve
Firewall (2006)
as Liam
Wimbledon (2004)
as Dieter Prohl
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)
as Martin
Nightwatch (1994)
as Martin
Against the Ice (2022)
as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (2019)
as Self
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms (2017)
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
Enigma (2001)
as Puck
A Taste of Hunger (2021)
as Carsten
Domino (2019)
as Christian Toft
The Good Cop (2004)
as Sune
Virtuality (2009)
as Commander Frank Pike
Exit Plan (2019)
as Max Isaksen
A Second Chance (2014)
as Andreas
Small Crimes (2017)
as Joe Denton
A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)
as Marcus
Blackthorn (2011)
as Butch Cassidy
The Baker (2007)
as Bjorn
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)
as Jaime Lannister
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004)
as Miklos
Bent (1997)
as Wolf
Angel of the Night (1998)
as Frankie
3 Things (2017)
as Mikael
Filthy Gorgeous (2007)
as Alex
Shadow of the Sword (2005)
as Martin
The Day We Died (2020)
as Rico
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
as Sammy
The Last Mrs. Parrish (—)
as Jackson Parrish
Klown Forever (2015)
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Wonderful and Loved by All (2007)
as Micke
The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
as Biskop Juell
Stealing Rembrandt (2003)
as Kenneth
Gone Hollywood (2019)
as Jack DeVoe
Misery Harbour (1999)
as Espen Arnakke
Wildside (1998)
as Ossy
My Fathers' Daughter (2025)
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
as Anton
Triple Dare (2006)
as Martin
Chicken/Egg (2017)
as Kenneth
Hit the Bag (1993)
as Christian
At World's End (2009)
as Severin Geertsen
Antenneforeningen (1999)
as Rocker
The Bouncer (2003)
as Svend
Foreign Fields (2000)
as Holt
Himmerland (2008)
as Thomas
Virtue (—)
Actor
Requiem (1991)
Actor