Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Acting • Born 1970-07-27
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.
Filmography
85 credits
Black Hawk Down
Movie • 2001
MSG Gary Gordon
Enigma
Movie • 2001
Puck
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
Movie • 2004
Miklos
Stealing Rembrandt
Movie • 2003
Kenneth
Virtue
Movie
Nightwatch
Movie • 1994
Martin
Shadow of the Sword
Movie • 2005
Martin
Wimbledon
Movie • 2004
Dieter Prohl
Wildside
Movie • 1998
Ossy
Wonderful and Loved by All
Movie • 2007
Micke
Angel of the Night
Movie • 1998
Frankie
The Bouncer
Movie • 2003
Svend
The Baker
Movie • 2007
Bjorn
Virtuality
Movie • 2009
Commander Frank Pike
Triple Dare
Movie • 2006
Martin
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Movie • 2002
Anton
Foreign Fields
Movie • 2000
Holt
Blackthorn
Movie • 2011
Butch Cassidy
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
Movie • 2007
Sammy
Headhunters
Movie • 2011
Clas Greve
At World's End
Movie • 2009
Severin Geertsen
Oblivion
Movie • 2013
Sykes
The Flash
Movie • 2023
Pizza Guy
Misery Harbour
Movie • 1999
Espen Arnakke
Himmerland
Movie • 2008
Thomas
Mama
Movie • 2013
Lucas Desange
Gods of Egypt
Movie • 2016
Horus
The Other Woman
Movie • 2014
Mark King
Filthy Gorgeous
Movie • 2007
Alex
A Thousand Times Good Night
Movie • 2013
Marcus
A Second Chance
Movie • 2014
Andreas
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
Movie • 2023
Martin
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie • 2015
Jaime Lannister
Shot Caller
Movie • 2017
Jacob 'Money' Harlon
Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion
Movie • 2023
Traveller Underwater (archived footage)
The Kautokeino Rebellion
Movie • 2008
Biskop Juell
Bent
Movie • 1997
Wolf
Antenneforeningen
Movie • 1999
Rocker
Small Crimes
Movie • 2017
Joe Denton
Firewall
Movie • 2006
Liam
3 Things
Movie • 2017
Mikael
My Fathers' Daughter
Movie • 2025
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Domino
Movie • 2019
Christian Toft
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Movie • 2017
Jaime Lannister (voice)
Exit Plan
Movie • 2019
Max Isaksen
Requiem
Movie • 1991
Hit the Bag
Movie • 1993
Christian
Kingdom of Heaven
Movie • 2005
Village Sheriff
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie • 2019
Self
The Silencing
Movie • 2020
Rayburn Swanson
The Day We Died
Movie • 2020
Rico
Chicken/Egg
Movie • 2017
Kenneth
A Taste of Hunger
Movie • 2021
Carsten
God Is a Bullet
Movie • 2023
Bob Hightower
Against the Ice
Movie • 2022
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Movie
Jackson Parrish
Gone Hollywood
Movie • 2019
Jack DeVoe
The Good Cop
Movie • 2004
Sune
Klown Forever
Movie • 2015
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
World of Westeros Ambient Video
Movie • 2025
Jaime Lannister
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
New Amsterdam
TV • 2008
John Amsterdam
Lock, Stock...
TV • 2000
Jordi
Virtuality
TV • 2009
The Left Wing Gang
TV • 2009
Jan Weimann
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Markery (voice)
The Last Thing He Told Me
TV • 2023
Owen Michaels
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
King & Conqueror
TV • 2025
William of Normandy
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
TV • 2024
Self - Presenter
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
TV • 2019
Self - Host
The Men in Blazers Show
TV • 2014
Self
Live from Bremen
TV • 2009
Forskellige roller
ZULU Comedy Galla
TV • 2010
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Agent
TV • 2023
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien)
TV • 2008
Biskop Juell
En særlig samtale
TV • 2023
Horses & Hangmen
TV • 2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest