
Rudkobing, Denmark
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.

as Self

as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
2011

as Markery (voice)
1989

as Self
2014

as Self - Guest
2009

as Self - Guest
2019

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975

as Self - Guest
2022

as Self - Guest
1988

as Self
2003

as Self
1997

as Village Sheriff
2005

as MSG Gary Gordon
2001
as Martin
2023

as Jaime Lannister
2025

as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2025

as Martin
2023

as Bob Hightower
2023

as Pizza Guy
2023

as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen
2022

as Carsten
2021

as Rayburn Swanson
2020

as Rico
2020

as Max Isaksen
2019

as Christian Toft
2019

as Self
2019

as Jack DeVoe
2019

as Jaime Lannister (voice)
2017

as Jacob 'Money' Harlon
2017

as Kenneth
2017

as Mikael
2017

as Joe Denton
2017

as Horus
2016

as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
2015

as Jaime Lannister
2015

as Andreas
2014

as Mark King
2014

as Marcus
2013
as Self
1 ep.

as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
73 episodes

as Markery (voice)
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self - Guest
1 episodes

as Self - Guest
1 episodes

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2 episodes

as Self - Guest
1 episodes

as Self - Guest
2 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Owen Michaels
15 episodes

as William of Normandy
8 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as John Amsterdam
8 episodes

as Self - Player
1 episodes

as Forskellige roller
1 episodes

as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
1 episodes

as Jordi
2 episodes

as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
1 episodes

as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
0
1 episodes

as Jan Weimann
5 episodes

as Biskop Juell
3 episodes

as Self - Presenter
11 episodes
Producer