He is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as gender equality and climate change. 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. In the U.S, his debut film role was in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), playing Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon. His breakthrough role in Denmark was in the film Nightwatch (1994).Ĭoster-Waldau has appeared in numerous films in his native Scandinavia and Europe, including Headhunters (2011) and A Thousand Times Good Night (2013). He became widely known for his role as 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.
He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ( Danish pronunciation: born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer.
