IMDb > Nikolaj Coster-Waldau > Biography
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau add/change photo
Add Resume

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau products

Quicklinks
Top Links
biographyby votesawardsNewsDeskmessage board
Filmographies
overviewby typeby yearby ratingsby votesby TV series awards by genre by keyword
Biographical
biography other works publicity photo galleryTwitterblogNewsDeskmessage board
External Links
official sites miscellaneous photographs sound clips video clips
Date of Birth
27 July 1970, Denmark

Height
6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Mini Biography
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (; born July 27, 1970) is a Danish actor. He received his education at Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen in 1993, and his breakthrough in Danish film came with the 1994 hit Nattevagten (Nightwatch). He played Detective John Amsterdam on the Fox television series New Amsterdam. He also appeared as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, which was originally intended as a pilot. Since April 2011, he has starred as Ser Jaime Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Career

Coster-Waldau was educated at the National Theater School in Denmark from 1989 to 1993. He had his debut as Laertes in Hamlet at the Betty Nansen Theater. His role in movie Nightwatch (1994) made him famous in Denmark. After leaving his handprint on the European film and television industry, he made his transition to American cinema.

In 2001, he began his U.S. career with a role in Ridley Scott’s critically acclaimed, multi-Academy-Award-winning Black Hawk Down as Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon. Next, he landed a lead role in Michael Apted’s Enigma co-starring Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows.

Coster-Waldau’s charm and range as an actor have garnered him multiple roles with many of his previous directors. Scott brought Coster-Waldau back for his 2005 epic film Kingdom of Heaven starring Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Eva Green. Additionally, Richard Loncraine, who first cast Coster-Waldau in his 2004 film Wimbledon alongside Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst, brought him back for Firewall, a thriller starring Harrison Ford and Bettany.

Aside from acting, he has also written, produced and directed films in his native Denmark. He is the Executive Vice President of Hemmingsen Entertainment Corporation and affiliate Hemmingsen Creek Productions.

He starred as John Amsterdam, an immortal New York homicide detective who will become mortal after he finds his true love, in the canceled Fox drama series New Amsterdam.

Personal life

Coster-Waldau lives in Denmark with his wife, Greenlandic actress and former Miss Greenland, Nukâka Motzfeldt and two young daughters named Safina and Philippa.

Source

The Mini Biography is from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Coster-Waldau. IMDb is not affiliated with, and neither endorses, nor is endorsed by Wikipedia or any of the authors who contributed to this article. The Wikipedia content may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional or other terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details. This webpage may use the Freebase schema, licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/.


Spouse
Nukâka (1998 - present) 2 children

Trivia

He got his acting education at Statens Teaterskole. [1993]

Has two children, with wife Nukâka, daughters named Saffina and Philippa.

Friend of Danish painter Thomas Kluge.


Update Page

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.
With our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.
Click here to add your resume and/or your photos to IMDb.