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.
2011 • TV
1989 • TV
2014 • TV
2009 • TV
2005 • Movie
2023 • Movie
as Village Sheriff
as Pizza Guy
as MSG Gary Gordon
as Sykes
as Lucas Desange
as Horus
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
as Mark King
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
as Martin
as Holt
as Biskop Juell
as Svend
as Bjorn
as Commander Frank Pike
as Rayburn Swanson
as Self
as Marcus
as Max Isaksen
as Sammy
Producer
Producer
Writer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
73 episodes
as Markery (voice)
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as William of Normandy
8 episodes
as Owen Michaels
8 episodes
as Forskellige roller
1 episodes
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
1 episodes
as Jordi
2 episodes
as John Amsterdam
8 episodes
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
1 episodes
as Jan Weimann
5 episodes
as Self - Presenter
11 episodes
Executive Producer
Director
