Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Biography
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.
Acting (54 movies)
Black Hawk Down
2001
Enigma
2001
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
2004
Stealing Rembrandt
2003
Nightwatch
1994
Shadow of the Sword
2005
Wimbledon
2004
Wildside
1998
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007
Angel of the Night
1998
The Bouncer
2003
The Baker
2007
Virtuality
2009
Triple Dare
2006
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002
Foreign Fields
2000
Blackthorn
2011
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007
Headhunters
2011
At World's End
2009
Oblivion
2013
The Flash
2023
Misery Harbour
1999
Himmerland
2008
Mama
2013
Gods of Egypt
2016
The Other Woman
2014
A Thousand Times Good Night
2013
A Second Chance
2014
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
2023
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
Shot Caller
2017
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
2023
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008
Bent
1997
Small Crimes
2017
Firewall
2006
3 Things
2017
My Fathers' Daughter
2025
Domino
2019
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017
Exit Plan
2019
Requiem
1991
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
The Silencing
2020
The Day We Died
2020
Chicken/Egg
2017
A Taste of Hunger
2021
God Is a Bullet
2023
Against the Ice
2022
Gone Hollywood
2019
The Good Cop
2004
Klown Forever
2015
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Wildside | 1998 | Writer |
| 3 Things | 2017 | Executive Producer |
| Flee | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Against the Ice | 2022 | Producer |
| Against the Ice | 2022 | Screenplay |