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(81)
Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
2011
Markery (voice)
1989
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Self - Guest
2019
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1988
Pizza Guy
2023
Self
2003
Village Sheriff
2005
MSG Gary Gordon
2001
Sykes
2013
Horus
2016
Jacob 'Money' Harlon
2017
Mark King
2014
Lucas Desange
2013
Self
2014
Rayburn Swanson
2020
Owen Michaels
2023
William, Duke of Normandy
2025
Jaime Lannister
2015
Martin
2023
Jaime Lannister (voice)
2017
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2010
Svend
2003
Commander Frank Pike
2009
John Amsterdam
2008
Self
2019
Puck
2001
Martin
1994
Liam
2006
Rico
2020
Clas Greve
2011
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
2022
Frankie
1998
Martin
2006
Dieter Prohl
2004
Wolf
1997
Forskellige roller
2009
Kenneth
2003
Bob Hightower
2023
Christian Toft
2019
Severin Geertsen
2009
Sune
2004
Biskop Juell
2008
Max Isaksen
2019
Jordi
2000
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2025
Ossy
1998
Carsten
2021
Mikael
2017
Rocker
1999
Nikolaj
2015
Joe Denton
2017
Espen Arnakke
1999
1991
Kenneth
2017
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2023
Young James
2011
Sammy
2007
2009
Micke
2007
Biskop Juell
2008
Marcus
2013
Christian
1993
Andreas
2014
Holt
2000
Miklos
2004
Jan Weimann
2009
Jaime Lannister
2009
Self - Presenter
2024
Alex
2007
Bjorn
2007
Martin
2005
2023
Self - Host
2019
Thomas
2008
Traveller Underwater (archived footage)
2023
Anton
2002
