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.
56 movies · 28 shows
My Fathers' Daughter
2025·5.5
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
2023·6.2
God Is a Bullet
2023·6.1
The Flash
2023·6.6
Against the Ice
2022·6.8
A Taste of Hunger
2021·6.0
The Silencing
2020·6.4
The Day We Died
2020·5.6
Exit Plan
2019·5.9
Domino
2019·4.6
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019·7.0
Gone Hollywood
2019·0.0
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017·7.7
Shot Caller
2017·7.0
Chicken/Egg
2017·9.5
3 Things
2017·6.3
Small Crimes
2017·5.4
Gods of Egypt
2016·5.7
Klown Forever
2015·5.8
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015·8.6
A Second Chance
2014·6.6
The Other Woman
2014·6.4
A Thousand Times Good Night
2013·6.8
Oblivion
2013·6.7
Mama
2013·6.3
Headhunters
2011·7.2
Blackthorn
2011·6.6
At World's End
2009·5.5
Virtuality
2009·5.1
Himmerland
2008·5.6
The Kautokeino Rebellion
2008·6.1
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007·4.7
Wonderful and Loved by All
2007·5.8
Filthy Gorgeous
2007·1.7
The Baker
2007·6.4
Triple Dare
2006·4.9
Firewall
2006·5.8
Shadow of the Sword
2005·5.8
Kingdom of Heaven
2005·7.1
My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure
2004·4.3
Wimbledon
2004·6.2
The Good Cop
2004·6.4
The Bouncer
2003·5.4
Stealing Rembrandt
2003·6.0
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002·5.6
Black Hawk Down
2001·7.4
Enigma
2001·6.3
Foreign Fields
2000·6.3
Misery Harbour
1999·4.9
Antenneforeningen
1999·7.3
Angel of the Night
1998·4.3
Wildside
1998·5.9
Bent
1997·6.9
Nightwatch
1994·6.9
Hit the Bag
1993·8.3
Requiem
1991·0.0