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.
Movie | Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion | Traveller Underwater (archived footage) | 2025 |
Movie | Virtue | Unknown | 2025 |
Series | King and Conqueror | William, Duke of Normandy | 2025 |
Series | An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet | Self - Presenter | 2024-02-08 |
Series | The Last Thing He Told Me | Owen Michaels | 2023-04-13 |
Movie | The Flash | Pizza Guy | 2023-06-13 |
Movie | Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever | Martin | 2023-12-14 |
Movie | God Is a Bullet | Bob Hightower | 2023-06-22 |
Movie | Against the Ice | Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen | 2022-02-10 |
Movie | A Taste of Hunger | Carsten | 2021-06-24 |
Movie | The Silencing | Rayburn Swanson | 2020-07-18 |
Movie | The Day We Died | Rico | 2020-03-05 |
Movie | Exit Plan | Max Isaksen | 2019-11-21 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
Series | Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Self - Host | 2019-05-08 |
Movie | Game of Thrones: The Last Watch | Self | 2019-05-26 |
Movie | Domino | Christian Toft | 2019-05-31 |
Movie | Small Crimes | Joe Denton | 2017-04-28 |
Movie | Chicken/Egg | Kenneth | 2017-06-23 |
Movie | 3 Things | Mikael | 2017-05-18 |
Movie | Shot Caller | Jacob 'Money' Harlon | 2017-07-13 |
Movie | Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms | Jaime Lannister (voice) | 2017-12-12 |
Movie | Gods of Egypt | Horus | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | Klown Forever | Nikolaj | 2015-09-24 |
Movie | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Jaime Lannister | 2015-01-29 |
Series | The Men In Blazers Show | Self | 2014-09-22 |
Movie | A Second Chance | Andreas | 2014-09-08 |
Movie | The Other Woman | Mark King | 2014-04-16 |
Movie | A Thousand Times Good Night | Marcus | 2013-09-19 |
Movie | Oblivion | Sykes | 2013-04-10 |
Movie | Mama | Lucas Desange | 2013-01-17 |
Series | Game of Thrones | Unknown | 2011-04-17 |
Movie | Headhunters | Clas Greve | 2011-08-26 |
Movie | Blackthorn | Young James | 2011-07-01 |
Series | Virtuality | 2009-06-26 | |
Movie | Virtuality | Commander Frank Pike | 2009-06-26 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Series | The Left Wing Gang | Jan Weimann | 2009-12-06 |
Series | Live from Bremen | Forskellige roller | 2009-09-25 |
Movie | At World's End | Severin Geertsen | 2009-10-09 |
Series | New Amsterdam | John Amsterdam | 2008-03-04 |
Movie | Himmerland | Thomas | 2008-07-31 |
Movie | The Kautokeino Rebellion | Biskop Juell | 2008-01-18 |
Movie | The Baker | Bjorn | 2007-02-09 |
Movie | Wonderful and Loved by All | Micke | 2007-08-24 |
Movie | Filthy Gorgeous | Alex | 2007-07-06 |
Movie | The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 | Sammy | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | Firewall | Liam | 2006-02-08 |
Movie | Triple Dare | Martin | 2006-08-11 |
Movie | Kingdom of Heaven | Village Sheriff | 2005-05-03 |
Movie | Shadow of the Sword | Martin | 2005-05-12 |
Movie | My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure | Miklos | 2004-09-28 |
Movie | The Good Cop | Sune | 2004-04-16 |
Movie | Wimbledon | Dieter Prohl | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Stealing Rembrandt | Kenneth | 2003-05-17 |
Movie | The Bouncer | Svend | 2003-08-15 |
Movie | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman | Anton | 2002-09-07 |
Movie | Enigma | Puck | 2001-01-22 |
Movie | Black Hawk Down | MSG Gary Gordon | 2001-12-28 |
Series | Lock, Stock... | Jordi | 2000-05-29 |
Movie | Foreign Fields | Holt | 2000-03-23 |
Movie | Misery Harbour | Espen Arnakke | 1999-09-03 |
Movie | Antenneforeningen | Rocker | 1999-03-25 |
Movie | Angel of the Night | Frankie | 1998-12-04 |
Movie | Wildside | Ossy | 1998-05-07 |
Movie | Bent | Wolf | 1997-11-26 |
Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
Movie | Nightwatch | Martin | 1994-02-25 |
Movie | Slaget på tasken | Christian | 1993-10-18 |
Movie | Requiem | Unknown | 1991-03-07 |
Series | The Simpsons | Markery (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 1975-10-11 |