Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Acting
🎂 1970-07-27
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.
Cast credits(79)
Self - Guest
2019
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
2011
Markery (voice)
1989
Self - Guest
1988
Self
2003
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self
2014
Owen Michaels
2023
Forskellige roller
2009
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2023
Pizza Guy
2023
Self
1997
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2010
John Amsterdam
2008
Village Sheriff
2005
Jan Weimann
2009
MSG Gary Gordon
2001
Self - Presenter
2024
Sykes
2013
Horus
2016
Martin
2023
Lucas Desange
2013
Mark King
2014
William, Duke of Normandy
Jordi
2000
Jacob 'Money' Harlon
2017
Self - Host
2019
Rayburn Swanson
2020
Bob Hightower
2023
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
2022
Jaime Lannister (voice)
2017
Dieter Prohl
2004
Puck
2001
Self
2019
Clas Greve
2011
Carsten
2021
Joe Denton
2017
2009
Christian Toft
2019
Liam
2006
Jaime Lannister
2015
Biskop Juell
2008
Marcus
2013
Martin
1994
Andreas
2014
Max Isaksen
2019
Young James
2011
Wolf
1997
Nikolaj
2015
Miklos
2004
Rico
2020
Severin Geertsen
2009
Commander Frank Pike
2009
Bjorn
2007
Kenneth
2003
Frankie
1998
Ossy
1998
Sammy
2007
Anton
2002
Martin
2005
Biskop Juell
2008
Mikael
2017
Micke
2007
Martin
2006
Thomas
2008
Sune
2004
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2025
Holt
2000
Christian
1993
Espen Arnakke
1999
Svend
2003
1991
Alex
2007
Kenneth
2017
Traveller Underwater (archived footage)
2023
Rocker
1999
