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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever as Martin
- 2023 · God Is a Bullet as Bob Hightower
- 2023 · The Flash as Pizza Guy
- 2023 · The Last Thing He Told Me as Owen Michaels
- 2022 · Against the Ice as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
- 2021 · A Taste of Hunger as Carsten
- 2020 · The Silencing as Rayburn Swanson
- 2019 · Exit Plan as Max Isaksen
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
- 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 · Small Crimes as Joe Denton
- 2016 · Gods of Egypt as Horus
- 2014 · The Men In Blazers Show as Self
- 2014 · The Other Woman as Mark King
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · A Thousand Times Good Night as Marcus
- 2013 · Oblivion as Sykes
- 2013 · Mama as Lucas Desange
- 2011 · Headhunters as Clas Greve
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Virtuality as
- 2008 · New Amsterdam as John Amsterdam
- 2006 · Firewall as Liam
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven as Village Sheriff
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Dieter Prohl
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2001 · Black Hawk Down as MSG Gary Gordon
- 2001 · Enigma as Puck
- 2000 · Lock, Stock... as Jordi
- 1997 · Bent as Wolf
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1994 · Nightwatch as Martin
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Markery (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · King & Conqueror as William, Duke of Normandy
- 2024 · My Fathers' Daughter as
- 2024 · An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · Agent as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- 2020 · The Day We Died as Rico
- 2019 · Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Self - Host
- 2017 · Chicken/Egg as Kenneth
- 2017 · 3 Things as Mikael
- 2015 · Klown Forever as Nikolaj
- 2015 · Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Jaime Lannister
- 2014 · A Second Chance as Andreas
- 2011 · Blackthorn as Young James
- 2010 · ZULU Comedy Galla as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- 2009 · The Left Wing Gang as Jan Weimann
- 2009 · At World's End as Severin Geertsen
- 2009 · Live from Bremen as Forskellige roller
- 2009 · Virtuality as Commander Frank Pike
- 2008 · Himmerland as Thomas
- 2008 · The Kautokeino Rebellion as Biskop Juell
- 2008 · Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien) 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
- 2005 · Shadow of the Sword as Martin
- 2005 · Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) as Village Sheriff
- 2004 · My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure as Miklos
- 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
- 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
- 1993 · Slaget på tasken as Christian
- 1991 · Requiem as
- Future · Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion as Traveller Underwater (archived footage)
- Future · Virtue as