Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Acting
1970-07-27 · Rudkobing, Denmark
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
Qajaq Man
2026 · Movie
Horses & Hangmen
2025 · Series
King & Conqueror
2025 · Series
My Fathers' Daughter
2025 · Movie
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
2024 · Series
En særlig samtale
2023 · Series
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
2023 · Movie
Agent
2023 · Series
God Is a Bullet
2023 · Movie
The Flash
2023 · Movie
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Against the Ice
2022 · Movie
A Taste of Hunger
2021 · Movie
Flee
2021 · Movie
The Silencing
2020 · Movie
The Day We Died
2020 · Movie
Exit Plan
2019 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Domino
2019 · Movie
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019 · Movie
Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2019 · Series
Gone Hollywood
2019 · Movie
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017 · Movie
Shot Caller
2017 · Movie
Chicken/Egg
2017 · Movie
3 Things
2017 · Movie
Small Crimes
2017 · Movie
Gods of Egypt
2016 · Movie
Klown Forever
2015 · Movie
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015 · Movie
The Men in Blazers Show
2014 · Series
A Second Chance
2014 · Movie
The Other Woman
2014 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
A Thousand Times Good Night
2013 · Movie
Oblivion
2013 · Movie
Mama
2013 · Movie
Headhunters
2011 · Movie
Blackthorn
2011 · Movie
Game of Thrones
2011 · Series
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010 · Series
The Left Wing Gang
2009 · Series
At World's End
2009 · Movie
Live from Bremen
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Virtuality
2009 · Movie
Virtuality
2009 · Series
Himmerland
2008 · Movie
New Amsterdam
2008 · Series
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008 · Movie
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
2008 · Series
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007 · Movie
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007 · Movie
Filthy Gorgeous
2007 · Movie
The Baker
2007 · Movie
Triple Dare
2006 · Movie
Soccer Aid
2006 · Series
Firewall
2006 · Movie
Shadow of the Sword
2005 · Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
2004 · Movie
Wimbledon
2004 · Movie
The Good Cop
2004 · Movie
The Bouncer
2003 · Movie
Stealing Rembrandt
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002 · Movie
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Movie
Enigma
2001 · Movie
Lock, Stock...
2000 · Series
Foreign Fields
2000 · Movie
Hvem vil være millionær? Classic
1999 · Series
Misery Harbour
1999 · Movie
Antenneforeningen
1999 · Movie
Angel of the Night
1998 · Movie
Wildside
1998 · Movie
Bent
1997 · Movie
Leute heute
1997 · Series
Nightwatch
1994 · Movie
Hit the Bag
1993 · Movie
Requiem
1991 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Movie
Virtue
Movie