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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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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 Gor…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's Filmography
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My Fathers' Daughter
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
as Martin
God Is a Bullet
as Bob Hightower
The Flash
as Pizza Guy
Against the Ice
as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
A Taste of Hunger
as Carsten
The Silencing
as Rayburn Swanson
The Day We Died
as Rico
Exit Plan
as Max Isaksen
Domino
as Christian Toft
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
as Self
Gone Hollywood
as Jack DeVoe
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
as Jaime Lannister (voice)
Shot Caller
as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
Chicken/Egg
as Kenneth
3 Things
as Mikael
Small Crimes
as Joe Denton
Gods of Egypt
as Horus
Klown Forever
as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Game of Thrones: The Musical
as Jaime Lannister
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Jaime Lannister
A Second Chance
as Andreas
The Other Woman
as Mark King
A Thousand Times Good Night
as Marcus
Oblivion
as Sykes
Mama
as Lucas Desange
Headhunters
as Clas Greve
Blackthorn
as Butch Cassidy
At World's End
as Severin Geertsen
Virtuality
as Commander Frank Pike
Himmerland
as Thomas
The Kautokeino Rebellion
as Biskop Juell
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
as Sammy
Wonderful and Loved by All
as Micke
No Poster
Filthy Gorgeous
as Alex
The Baker
as Bjorn
Triple Dare
as Martin
Firewall
as Liam
Shadow of the Sword
as Martin
Kingdom of Heaven
as Village Sheriff
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
as Miklos
Wimbledon
as Dieter Prohl
The Good Cop
as Sune
The Bouncer
as Svend
Stealing Rembrandt
as Kenneth
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Anton
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
as Self
Black Hawk Down
as Gordon
Enigma
as Puck
Foreign Fields
as Holt
Misery Harbour
as Espen Arnakke
Antenneforeningen
as Rocker
Angel of the Night
as Frankie
Wildside
as Ossy
Bent
as Wolf
Nightwatch
as Martin
No Poster
Hit the Bag
as Christian
Requiem
No Poster
Autopilot
as George (voice)
No Poster
The Last Mrs. Parrish
as Jackson Parrish
