Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Danish pronunciation: [ˈneÌ koËŒlÉ'jË€
ˈkÊ°ÊŒstÉ ËˆvæltÉ'w]; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor,
producer, and screenwriter. He graduated from the Danish National
School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993. Coster-Waldau's
breakthrough performance in Denmark was his role in the film
Nightwatch (1994). Since then he has appeared in numerous films in his
native Scandinavia and Europe in general, 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 Detective John Amsterdam in the
short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam (2008), as well as
appearing as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality,
originally intended as a pilot. He became widely known for his role as
Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, for which
he received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2019. He is a UNDP
Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to critical issues such
as gender equality and climate change.Coster-Waldau was born in
Rudkøbing, Denmark, the son of Hanne Søborg Coster, a librarian, and
Jørgen Oscar Fritzer Waldau (died 1998). He has spoken in interviews
about his father's problems with alcohol, as well as his parents'
divorce. He has two older sisters, and was raised mainly by his
mother. He grew up in Tybjerg, a small village between Ringsted and
Næstved in southern Zealand. Coster-Waldau was the youngest actor to
enter the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance
(Danish: Statens Teaterskole), where he was educated from 1989 to
1993.Coster-Waldau made his stage debut as Laertes in Hamlet at the
Betty Nansen Theater. His role in the film Nightwatch (1994) brought
him fame in his native country. He then went on to play in Simon
Staho's Wildside (1998), which he also cowrote, and starred in Danish
films such as Misery Harbour (1999). He made his British début
alongside Clive Owen, Jude Law and Mick Jagger in Bent (1997).
ˈkÊ°ÊŒstÉ ËˆvæltÉ'w]; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor,
producer, and screenwriter. He graduated from the Danish National
School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993. Coster-Waldau's
breakthrough performance in Denmark was his role in the film
Nightwatch (1994). Since then he has appeared in numerous films in his
native Scandinavia and Europe in general, 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 Detective John Amsterdam in the
short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam (2008), as well as
appearing as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality,
originally intended as a pilot. He became widely known for his role as
Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, for which
he received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2019. He is a UNDP
Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to critical issues such
as gender equality and climate change.Coster-Waldau was born in
Rudkøbing, Denmark, the son of Hanne Søborg Coster, a librarian, and
Jørgen Oscar Fritzer Waldau (died 1998). He has spoken in interviews
about his father's problems with alcohol, as well as his parents'
divorce. He has two older sisters, and was raised mainly by his
mother. He grew up in Tybjerg, a small village between Ringsted and
Næstved in southern Zealand. Coster-Waldau was the youngest actor to
enter the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance
(Danish: Statens Teaterskole), where he was educated from 1989 to
1993.Coster-Waldau made his stage debut as Laertes in Hamlet at the
Betty Nansen Theater. His role in the film Nightwatch (1994) brought
him fame in his native country. He then went on to play in Simon
Staho's Wildside (1998), which he also cowrote, and starred in Danish
films such as Misery Harbour (1999). He made his British début
alongside Clive Owen, Jude Law and Mick Jagger in Bent (1997).
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