Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 1970 55
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 1970 55
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.
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2025 Virtue Producer
2025 My Fathers' Daughter as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2023 Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever as Martin
2023 God Is a Bullet as Bob Hightower
2023 The Flash as Pizza Guy Thanks
2023 Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion as Traveller Underwater (archived footage)
2022 Against the Ice as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen Screenplay, Producer
2021 A Taste of Hunger as Carsten
2021 Flee Executive Producer
2020 The Silencing as Rayburn Swanson
2020 The Day We Died as Rico
2019 Exit Plan as Max Isaksen
2019 Domino as Christian Toft
2019 Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
2017 Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms as Jaime Lannister (voice)
2017 Shot Caller as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
2017 Chicken/Egg as Kenneth
2017 3 Things as Mikael Executive Producer
2017 Small Crimes as Joe Denton
2016 Gods of Egypt as Horus
2015 Klown Forever as Nikolaj
2015 Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Jaime Lannister
2014 A Second Chance as Andreas
2014 The Other Woman as Mark King
2013 A Thousand Times Good Night as Marcus
2013 Oblivion as Sykes
2013 Mama as Lucas Desange
2011 Headhunters as Clas Greve
2011 Blackthorn as Young James
2011 Game of Thrones as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
2009 At World's End as Severin Geertsen
2009 Virtuality as Commander Frank Pike
2008 Himmerland as Thomas
2008 The Kautokeino Rebellion as Biskop Juell
2007 The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 as Sammy
2007 Wonderful and Loved by All as Micke
2007 Filthy Gorgeous as Alex
2007 The Baker as Bjorn
2006 Triple Dare as Martin
2006 Firewall as Liam
2005 Shadow of the Sword as Martin
2005 Kingdom of Heaven as Village Sheriff
2004 My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure as Miklos
2004 Wimbledon as Dieter Prohl
2004 The Good Cop as Sune
2003 The Bouncer as Svend
2003 Stealing Rembrandt as Kenneth
2002 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman as Anton
2001 Black Hawk Down as MSG Gary Gordon
2001 Enigma as Puck
2000 Foreign Fields as Holt
1999 Misery Harbour as Espen Arnakke
1999 Antenneforeningen as Rocker
1998 Angel of the Night as Frankie
1998 Wildside as Ossy Writer
1997 Bent as Wolf
1994 Nightwatch as Martin
1993 Slaget på tasken as Christian
1991 Requiem