Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Danish actor and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1970

Place of Birth: Rudkøbing, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Profession: screenwriter, actor, playwright, film producer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Danish pronunciation: [nekola?? k??st? 'vælta??]; 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.