Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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 (84 titles)
8.3ShowHorses & Hangmen
2025
7.3ShowKing & Conqueror
William of Normandy · 2025
5.5MovieMy Fathers' Daughter
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau · 2025
7.3ShowAn Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
Self - Presenter · 2024
ShowEn særlig samtale
2023
6.2MovieNightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Martin · 2023
6.4ShowAgent
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau · 2023
6.1MovieGod Is a Bullet
Bob Hightower · 2023
6.6MovieThe Flash
Pizza Guy · 2023
7.1ShowThe Last Thing He Told Me
Owen Michaels · 2023
5.6ShowThe Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest · 2022
6.8MovieAgainst the Ice
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen · 2022
6.0MovieA Taste of Hunger
Carsten · 2021
6.4MovieThe Silencing
Rayburn Swanson · 2020
5.6MovieThe Day We Died
Rico · 2020
5.9MovieExit Plan
Max Isaksen · 2019
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest · 2019
4.6MovieDomino
Christian Toft · 2019
7.0MovieGame of Thrones: The Last Watch
Self · 2019
2.0ShowThrough Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Self - Host · 2019
MovieGone Hollywood
Jack DeVoe · 2019
7.7MovieGame of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Jaime Lannister (voice) · 2017
7.0MovieShot Caller
Jacob 'Money' Harlon · 2017
9.5MovieChicken/Egg
Kenneth · 2017
6.3Movie3 Things
Mikael · 2017
5.4MovieSmall Crimes
Joe Denton · 2017
5.7MovieGods of Egypt
Horus · 2016
5.8MovieKlown Forever
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau · 2015
8.6MovieGame of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Jaime Lannister · 2015
6.5ShowThe Men in Blazers Show
Self · 2014