Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1970-07-27 (Age: 56)
Place of Birth
Rudkobing, Denmark
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.
Filmography (57)
World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025
My Fathers' Daughter
2025
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
2023
God Is a Bullet
2023
The Flash
2023
Against the Ice
2022
A Taste of Hunger
2021
The Silencing
2020
The Day We Died
2020
Exit Plan
2019
Domino
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
Gone Hollywood
2019
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017
