Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Bio | Wiki
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor and producer. He had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). Nikolaj played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.
He received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He played a detective in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam and appeared in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Age
Nikolaj was born on July 27, 1970, in Rudkøbing, Denmark. He is 52 years old.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 6 ft 3 in (Approx. 1.88 m).
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Family
He was born in Rudkøbing, Denmark, to his parents Hanne Søborg Coster and Jørgen Oscar Fritzer Waldau. Nikolaj’s mother was a librarian and his father died in 1998. He has spoken in interviews about his father’s problems with alcohol, as well as his parent’s divorce.
Nikolaj 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
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Wife | Nukâka
Nikolaj married Nukâka, a Greenlandic actress and singer, in 1997. They live in Copenhagen with their two daughters as well as two dogs. Their daughter Filippa starred in a Danish short film, The Girl and the Dogs, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.
Nikolaj’s other daughter, Safina starred in a Danish Christmas TV series named Theo og Den Magiske Talisman in December 2018 as the main character Simone. The TV series was watched by more than 700,000 people in December 2018.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Education
He attended the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance (Danish: Statens Teaterskole) from 1989 to 1993.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Movies And Tv Shows
2006 Filthy Gorgeous
2008 New Amsterdam
2009 Virtuality
2009–2010 The Left Wing Gang
2011–2019 Game of Thrones
2015 Saturday Night Live
2017 The Simpsons
3 things
2017 Shot Caller Jacob ‘Money’ Harlon
2019 Domino
2019 Suicide Tourist
2020 Krudttønden
2020 The Silencing
2021 A Taste of Hunger
2022 Against the Ice
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Game Of Throne
From 2011 to 2019, Nikolaj played Jaime Lannister in the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire. He commented about the character “What’s not to like about Jaime? As an actor I couldn’t ask for a better role”.
For his role, he received several accolades, including Primetime Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics’ Choice Television Award, Saturn Award, and People’s Choice Award nominations.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Nightwatch
He had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch which brought him fame in his native country. Nightwatch is a 1994 Danish horror thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal.
The film involves Martin (Nikolaj) who gets a student job as a night watchman at the Forensic Medicine Institute. When making his rounds he finds he must go to where the deceased people are kept.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Headhunters
Nikolaj starred in Morten Tyldum’s Headhunters. The film went on to be the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time and received very positive reviews including a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau UNDP
Since September 2016, Nikolaj has been serving as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador to raise awareness and support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, an action to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change.
In 2017 he partnered with Google, using Street View to document the impact of global warming in Greenland, in order to increase awareness and highlight climate change.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Nikolaj’s estimated net worth is $16 million.
Who Is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj is a 52-year-old Danish actor and producer. He had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). Nikolaj played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.