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

• 2026Qajaq Man — Producer
• Horses & Hangmen
• King & Conqueror — William of Normandy, Executive Producer, Director
• 2025My Fathers' Daughter — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• Agent — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• En særlig samtale
• 2023God Is a Bullet — Bob Hightower
• 2023Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever — Martin
• 2023The Flash — Pizza Guy, Thanks
• The Last Thing He Told Me — Owen Michaels
• 2022Against the Ice — Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, Producer, Screenplay
• 2021A Taste of Hunger — Carsten
• 2021Flee — Executive Producer
• 2020The Day We Died — Rico
• 2020The Silencing — Rayburn Swanson
• 2019Domino — Christian Toft
• 2019Exit Plan — Max Isaksen
• 2019Gone Hollywood — Jack DeVoe
• 20173 Things — Mikael, Executive Producer
• 2017Chicken/Egg — Kenneth
• 2017Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms — Jaime Lannister (voice)
• 2017Shot Caller — Jacob 'Money' Harlon
• 2017Small Crimes — Joe Denton
• 2016Gods of Egypt — Horus
• 2015A Second Chance — Andreas
• 2015Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience — Jaime Lannister
• 2015Game of Thrones: The Musical — Jaime Lannister
• 2015Klown Forever — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• 2014The Other Woman — Mark King
• 2013A Thousand Times Good Night — Marcus
• 2013Mama — Lucas Desange
• 2013Oblivion — Sykes
• 2011Blackthorn — Butch Cassidy
• Game of Thrones — Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister
• 2011Headhunters — Clas Greve
• ZULU Comedy Galla — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• 2009At World's End — Severin Geertsen
• Live from Bremen — Forskellige roller
• The Left Wing Gang — Jan Weimann
• 2009Virtuality — Commander Frank Pike
• Virtuality
• 2008Himmerland — Thomas
• Kaotokeino-opprøret (TV-serien) — Biskop Juell
• New Amsterdam — John Amsterdam
• 2008The Kautokeino Rebellion — Biskop Juell
• 2007Filthy Gorgeous — Alex
• 2007The Baker — Bjorn
• 2007The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 — Sammy
• 2007Wonderful and Loved by All — Micke
• 2006Firewall — Liam
• 2006Triple Dare — Martin
• 2005Kingdom of Heaven — Village Sheriff
• 2005Shadow of the Sword — Martin
• 2004My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure — Miklos
• 2004The Good Cop — Sune
• 2004Wimbledon — Dieter Prohl
• 2003Stealing Rembrandt — Kenneth
• 2003The Bouncer — Svend
• 200224 Hours in the Life of a Woman — Anton
• 2001Black Hawk Down — Gordon
• 2001Enigma — Puck
• 2000Foreign Fields — Holt
• Lock, Stock... — Jordi
• 1999Antenneforeningen — Rocker
• Hvem vil være millionær? Classic — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• 1999Misery Harbour — Espen Arnakke
• 1998Angel of the Night — Frankie
• 1998Wildside — Ossy, Writer
• 1997Bent — Wolf
• 1994Nightwatch — Martin
• 1993Hit the Bag — Christian
• 1991Requiem
• The Simpsons — Markery (voice)
• Autopilot — George (voice)
• The Last Mrs. Parrish — Jackson Parrish
• Virtue — Producer

Appearances as themselves (14)

• Optimistens guide til planeten — Self - Presenter
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• 2019Game of Thrones: The Last Watch — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self - Guest
• Through Greenland - With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau — Self - Host
• The Men in Blazers Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Soccer Aid — Self - Player
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• 2002The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)