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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
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 actor
My Fathers' Daughter
The Flash
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever
God Is a Bullet
Against the Ice
A Taste of Hunger
The Silencing
The Day We Died
Domino
Exit Plan
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Gone Hollywood
Shot Caller
Small Crimes
3 Things
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Chicken/Egg
Gods of Egypt
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Klown Forever
The Other Woman
A Second Chance
Oblivion
Mama
A Thousand Times Good Night
Blackthorn
Headhunters
Virtuality
At World's End
Himmerland