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