Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Danish pronunciation: [ˈneɡolaɪ̯ kʌsdɐ ˈʋaldɑʊ̯]; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor, producer, and screenwriter. He attended Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen in 1993. In the United States, he played Detective John Amsterdam on the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam, as well as appearing as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot. Since April 2011, he became known to a broad audience by playing the role of Jaime Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones.
| Full Name | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau |
| Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 27, 1970 |
| Died | September 26, 1901, Washington, D.C., United States |
| Place Of Birth | Rudkøbing, Denmark |
| Height | 6' 2" (1.88 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer, Writer |
| Education | Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance |
| Nationality | Danish, Danish |
| Spouse | Sascha Nukaka Motzfeldt ; children |
| Children | Philippa Waldau, Safina Waldau, Philippa Waldau, Safina Waldau |
| Parents | Hanne Søborg Coster, Fritzer Waldau, Hanne Søborg Coster, Fritzer Waldau |
| Siblings | Dorte Coster-Waldau, Rikke Coster-Waldau, Dorte Coster-Waldau, Rikke Coster-Waldau |
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| Music Groups | The Foreign Exchange |
| Nominations | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Peo... |
| Movies | Gods of Egypt, The Other Woman, Mama, Oblivion, Headhunters, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, Nightwatch, A Second Chance, A Thousand Times Good Night, Virtuality, Blackthorn, Misery Harbour, The Headsman, Enigma, The Baker, Klown Forever, My Name Is Modesty, Wildside, Shot Caller, Ved verdens en... |
| TV Shows | The Left Wing Gang, New Amsterdam, Lock, Stock..., Game of Thrones, The Left Wing Gang, New Amsterdam, Lock, Stock..., Game of Thrones |
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| 1 | What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature. |
| 2 | The more secrets and twists in a character, the better. |
| 3 | There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules. |
| 4 | When I was a kid I was always afraid of small dogs, because they always seemed like the ones that would attack. |
| 5 | You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience. |
| 6 | I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything. |
| 7 | It's beautiful being out in the wild. |
| 8 | One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself. |
| 9 | Most female actresses will have a very difficult time being made unattractive. |
| 10 | If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding. |
| 11 | I've never understood why you would turn down a great role. |
| 12 | I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already. |
| 13 | I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away. |
| 14 | I'm a fan of great storytelling. |
| 15 | I love political dramas. I love good story-telling. |
| 16 | I like to be comfortable. |
| 17 | I think we all have the capacity of evil in us. |
| 18 | As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character. |
| 19 | All actors tend to be the same messed-up people. |
| 20 | A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain. |
| 21 | Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor. |
| 22 | The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards. |
| 23 | What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places. |
| 24 | I like to wear beautiful clothes, but I don't have that many. |
| 25 | I'm a huge 'Breaking Bad' fan; I would be really annoyed if anyone told me anything about what was going to happen in the last eight episodes. |
| 26 | I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation. |
| 27 | [on having to play 'Game of Thrones' character Jaime Lannister, having lost his normal fencing hand in the story] It's great. As an actor you have a character who's defined by his skills as a swordsman, and then you take away that one thing. It's great because it creates this huge obstacle. It's difficult for him to deal with as a person, but as an actor you live for those moments. Physically, it was a nightmare at the beginning because I had to have my arm down my left leg and my stump up here, but now it's fine. |
| 28 | [on his ideal 2013 Emmys] I just watched the Louis C.K. special [Louis C.K. Oh My God (2013)]. If he doesn't win... He was just so brilliant. I'm also a huge Breaking Bad (2008) fan. They only had half a season, but even half a season of that is worth 10 of most other shows. Those guys and girls could easily throw a few more Emmys at them. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| På fremmed mark | 2000 | | Holt |
| Misery Harbour | 1999 | | Espen Arnakke (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| Antenneforeningen | 1999 | | Rocker |
| Angel of the Night | 1998 | | Frankie |
| Vildspor | 1998 | | Ossy (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| Hemmeligheder | 1997 | | Mads |
| Bent | 1997 | | Wolf (as Nikolaj Waldau) |
| Jacobs liste | 1997 | TV Movie | Jacob (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| Lyse tider | 1995 | TV Short | |
| Who's Hitler? | 1995 | TV Short | Nattevagten |
| Nattevagten | 1994 | | Martin (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| Slaget på tasken | 1993 | TV Movie | Christian |
| Small Crimes | 2017 | completed | |
| 3 Ting | 2017 | post-production | Mikael |
| Spinning Man | 2017 | pre-production | Evan Birch |
| Chicken/Egg | 2016 | Short completed | Kenneth |
| Shot Caller | 2016 | post-production | |
| Game of Thrones | 2011-2017 | TV Series | Jaime Lannister |
| Gods of Egypt | 2016 | | Horus |
| Klovn Forever | 2015 | | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau |
| Saturday Night Live | 2015 | TV Series | Jamie Lannister |
| En chance til | 2014 | | Andreas |
| The Other Woman | 2014 | | Mark King |
| 1,000 Times Good Night | 2013 | | Marcus |
| Oblivion | 2013/I | | Sykes |
| Mama | 2013/I | | Lucas Jeffrey |
| Hodejegerne | 2011 | | Clas Greve |
| Blackthorn | 2011 | | James Joven |
| Blekingegade | 2009-2010 | TV Mini-Series | Jan Weimann |
| Ved verdens ende | 2009 | | Severin Geertsen |
| Virtuality | 2009 | TV Movie | Commander Frank Pike |
| Himmerland | 2008 | | Thomas |
| New Amsterdam | 2008 | TV Series | John Amsterdam John York |
| Kautokeino-opprøret | 2008 | | Biskop Juell |
| De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1 | 2007 | | Sammy |
| Wonderful and Loved by All | 2007 | | Micke |
| The Baker | 2007 | | Bjorn |
| Filthy Gorgeous | 2006 | TV Movie | Alex |
| Supervoksen | 2006 | | Martin |
| Firewall | 2006 | | Liam (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| The Headsman | 2005 | | Martin |
| Kingdom of Heaven | 2005 | | Village Sheriff |
| Wimbledon | 2004 | | Dieter Prohl |
| Den gode strømer | 2004 | | Sune |
| My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure | 2004 | | Miklos |
| Manden bag døren | 2003 | | Svend |
| Rembrandt | 2003 | | Kenneth (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| 24 heures de la vie d'une femme | 2002 | | Anton |
| Black Hawk Down | 2001 | | Gordon |
| Enigma | 2001 | | Puck (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau) |
| Lock, Stock... | 2000 | TV Series | Jordi |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Go' morgen Danmark | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The View | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Good Morning America | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Today | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2012-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 14th Annual VES Awards | 2016 | Video | Himself |
| IMDb on the Scene | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| Red Nose Day | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| Conan | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Aftenshowet | 2008-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Året der gik 2014 | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stand Up to Cancer | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Programa da Sabrina | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| CQC: Custe o Que Custar | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Queen Latifah Show | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Chelsea Lately | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Carbon Crooks | 2013 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Click Online | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Jaime Lannister |
| El hormiguero | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Saturday Night Live | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| A Tribute to J.J. Abrams | 2013 | Short | Himself |
| Skavlan | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Good Day L.A. | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Robert - Årets film & tv pris | 2013 | TV Special | Himself |
| Vivir de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Días de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hour | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Her er dit liv | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Big Picture | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Invitation to the Set | 2012 | Video documentary | Jaime Lannister |
| 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself |
| Game of Thrones: You Win or You Die - Inside the HBO Series | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Game of Thrones: Season 2 - In Production, Belfast | 2011 | Video documentary | Himself / Jaime Lannister |
| Thronecast | 2011 | TV Series | Himself - Interviewee |
| Game of Thrones: Costumes | 2011 | Video documentary | Jaime Lannister / Himself |
| Game of Thrones: Inside the Night's Watch | 2011 | Video documentary | Jaime Lannister |
| Live fra Bremen | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host |
| Zulu Awards '10 | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Aloha! | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Blekingegade - sagen genoptaget | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor (uncredited) |
| Oscar på TV 2 Film | 2009 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Reimers | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Zulu Rocks - Rød løber | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Zulu Awards '07 | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| TV2 nyhederne | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Spot | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Støt Asien | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Receiving Donations |
| Zulu Awards '03 | 2003 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Zulu Awards '03 - Nedtælling | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| Bag om Rembrandt | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hjælp krigens ofre | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Receiving Donations |
| The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' | 2002 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2016 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2015 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2014 | Kanonprisen | Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival | Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | Tusen ganger god natt (2013) |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | People's Choice Awards, USA | Favorite TV Anti-Hero | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2014 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2013 | Critics' Choice TV Award | Critics Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2013 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Drama Supporting Actor | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2013 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2012 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Game of Thrones (2011) |
| 2004 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Actor (Årets mandlige hovedrolle) | Manden bag døren (2003) |
| 1999 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best Actor (Årets mandlige hovedrolle) | Vildspor (1998) |
| 1995 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle) | Nattevagten (1994) |
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