Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Acting · Born 1970-07-27 in Rudkobing, Denmark

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…

Filmography

• Black Hawk Down as MSG Gary Gordon
• Headhunters as Clas Greve
• Shot Caller as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
• Kingdom of Heaven as Village Sheriff
• Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
• Enigma as Puck
• My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure as Miklos
• Stealing Rembrandt as Kenneth
• Nightwatch as Martin
• Shadow of the Sword as Martin

TV

• Game of Thrones as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
• The Simpsons as Markery (voice)
• New Amsterdam as John Amsterdam
• Lock, Stock... as Jordi
• Virtuality
• The Left Wing Gang as Jan Weimann
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
• The Last Thing He Told Me as Owen Michaels