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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s screen credits include Village Sheriff in Kingdom of Heaven and Horus in Gods of Egypt.
Born July 27, 1970 Rudkobing, Denmark2 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2026Qajaq ManProducer
- 2025My Fathers' DaughterNikolaj Coster-Waldau
- 2023Nightwatch: Demons Are ForeverMartin
- 2023God Is a BulletBob Hightower
- 2023The FlashPizza Guy
- 2022Against the IceProducer · Writer · Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
- 2021A Taste of HungerCarsten
- 2021FleeProducer
- 2020The SilencingRayburn Swanson
- 2020The Day We DiedRico
- 2019Exit PlanMax Isaksen
- 2019DominoChristian Toft
- 2019Game of Thrones: The Last WatchSelf
- 2019Gone HollywoodJack DeVoe
- 2017Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven KingdomsJaime Lannister (voice)
- 2017Shot CallerJacob 'Money' Harlon
- 2017Chicken/EggKenneth
- 20173 ThingsProducer · Mikael
- 2017Small CrimesJoe Denton
- 2015Klown ForeverNikolaj Coster-Waldau
- 2015Game of Thrones: The MusicalJaime Lannister
- 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceJaime Lannister
- 2015A Second ChanceAndreas
- 2014The Other WomanMark King
- 2013A Thousand Times Good NightMarcus
- 2013OblivionSykes
- 2013MamaLucas Desange
- 2011HeadhuntersClas Greve
- 2011BlackthornButch Cassidy
- 2009At World's EndSeverin Geertsen
- 2009VirtualityCommander Frank Pike
- 2008HimmerlandThomas
- 2008The Kautokeino RebellionBiskop Juell
- 2007The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1Sammy
- 2007Wonderful and Loved by AllMicke
- 2007Filthy GorgeousAlex
- 2007The BakerBjorn
- 2006Triple DareMartin
- 2006FirewallLiam
- 2005Shadow of the SwordMartin
- 2004My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise AdventureMiklos
- 2004WimbledonDieter Prohl
- 2004The Good CopSune
- 2003The BouncerSvend
- 2003Stealing RembrandtKenneth
- 200224 Hours in the Life of a WomanAnton
- 2002The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'Self
- 2001Black Hawk DownGordon
- 2001EnigmaPuck
- 2000Foreign FieldsHolt
- 1999Misery HarbourEspen Arnakke
- 1999AntenneforeningenRocker
- 1998Angel of the NightFrankie
- 1998WildsideWriter · Ossy
- 1997BentWolf
- 1994NightwatchMartin
- 1993Hit the BagChristian
- 1991RequiemActor
- AutopilotGeorge (voice)
- The Last Mrs. ParrishJackson Parrish
- VirtueActor · Producer
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