Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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.
86 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 86
Game of Thrones
2011
The Simpsons
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Leute heute
1997
Black Hawk Down
2001
The Flash
2023
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023
Oblivion
2013
Gods of Egypt
2016
New Amsterdam
2008
The Men in Blazers Show
2014
Live from Bremen
2009
Shot Caller
2017
King & Conqueror
2025
Mama
2013
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010
The Other Woman
2014
Agent
2023
Lock, Stock...
2000
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Firewall
2006
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017
Headhunters
2011
The Silencing
2020
Soccer Aid
2006
God Is a Bullet
2023
Wimbledon
2004
Virtuality
2009
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
Against the Ice
2022
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
2023
Enigma
2001
Domino
2019
Blackthorn
2011
Nightwatch
1994
Bent
1997
Hvem vil være millionær? Classic
1999
Small Crimes
2017
The Left Wing Gang
2009
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
2024
A Second Chance
2014
A Thousand Times Good Night
2013
Shadow of the Sword
2005
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
2008
Exit Plan
2019
The Baker
2007
The Day We Died
2020
World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
A Taste of Hunger
2021
Virtuality
2009
Misery Harbour
1999
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
2004
At World's End
2009
En særlig samtale
2023
Wildside
1998
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002
Klown Forever
2015
The Last Mrs. Parrish
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3 Things
2017
Angel of the Night
1998
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008
Triple Dare
2006
Stealing Rembrandt
2003
The Good Cop
2004
The Bouncer
2003
Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2019
Horses & Hangmen
2025
Foreign Fields
2000
Filthy Gorgeous
2007
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007
Hit the Bag
1993
My Fathers' Daughter
2025
Gone Hollywood
2019
Chicken/Egg
2017
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007
Himmerland
2008
Antenneforeningen
1999
Requiem
1991
Virtue
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