Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-07-27 (54 years old)
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.
Acting
(2025)
My Fathers' Daughter
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
(2023)
The Flash
as Pizza Guy
(2023)
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
as Martin
(2023)
God Is a Bullet
as Bob Hightower
(2023)
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
as Traveller Underwater (archived footage)
(2022)
Against the Ice
as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
(2021)
A Taste of Hunger
as Carsten
(2020)
The Silencing
as Rayburn Swanson
(2020)
The Day We Died
as Rico
(2019)
(2019)
Domino
as Christian Toft
(2019)
Exit Plan
as Max Isaksen
(2017)
Shot Caller
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
(2017)
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
(2017)
Small Crimes
as Joe Denton
(2017)
3 Things
as Mikael
(2017)
Chicken/Egg
as Kenneth
(2016)
Gods of Egypt
as Horus
(2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Jaime Lannister
(2015)
Klown Forever
as Nikolaj
(2014)
The Other Woman
as Mark King
(2014)
A Second Chance
as Andreas
(2013)
Oblivion
as Sykes
(2013)
Mama
as Lucas Desange
(2013)
A Thousand Times Good Night
as Marcus
(2011)
Headhunters
as Clas Greve
(2011)
Blackthorn
as Young James
(2009)
Virtuality
as Commander Frank Pike
(2009)
At World's End
as Severin Geertsen
(2008)
Himmerland
as Thomas
(2008)
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Biskop Juell
(2007)
The Baker
as Bjorn
(2007)
Filthy Gorgeous
as Alex
(2007)
(2007)
Wonderful and Loved by All
as Micke
(2006)
Firewall
as Liam
(2006)
Triple Dare
as Martin
(2005)
Kingdom of Heaven
as Village Sheriff
(2005)
Shadow of the Sword
as Martin
(2004)
Wimbledon
as Dieter Prohl
(2004)
(2004)
The Good Cop
as Sune
(2003)
Stealing Rembrandt
as Kenneth
(2003)
The Bouncer
as Svend
(2002)
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Anton
(2001)
Black Hawk Down
as MSG Gary Gordon
(2001)
Enigma
as Puck
(2000)
Foreign Fields
as Holt
(1999)
Misery Harbour
as Espen Arnakke
(1999)
Antenneforeningen
as Rocker
(1998)
Wildside
as Ossy
(1998)
Angel of the Night
as Frankie
(1997)
Bent
as Wolf
(1994)
Nightwatch
as Martin
(1993)
Slaget på tasken
as Christian
(1991)