Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Coster-Waldau at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022
Born
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau

(1970-07-27) 27 July 1970 (age 54)
Rudkøbing, Denmark
EducationDanish National School of Performing Arts
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children2
RelativesJosef Motzfeldt (father-in-law)

Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈkʰʌstɐ ˈvæltɑw]; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993,[1] 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, other Scandinavian countries, and the U.S. These include 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau". Stylectory. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau". IMDb. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 8 August 2021.