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