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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

ニコライ・コスター＝ワルドー　/　にこらい・こすたー＝わるどー

Actor from Denmark

July 27, 1970 (age 55)　・　Rudkøbing, Denmark

actor
film producer
screenwriter

My Take

What impresses me most about Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is how he turned what could have been a one-note villain into one of television's great redemption arcs. Jaime Lannister required an actor who could be loathsome and sympathetic in the same scene, and he managed it with a wry Danish understatement that Hollywood leading men rarely possess. I also admire that he was a star at home long before Game of Thrones; his 1994 breakthrough in Nightwatch shows the craft was there from the start. Two Emmy nominations feel almost insufficient. He strikes me as that rare actor whose charisma never crowds out the writing, and whose best work may still be ahead.

Overview

Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau ([ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈkʰʌstɐ ˈvæltɑw]; born on 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. His breakthrough role was in Denmark with the film Nightwatch in 1994. He played 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.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Name (Japanese): ニコライ・コスター＝ワルドー
Reading: にこらい・こすたー＝わるどー
Born: July 27, 1970 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Dog
Origin: Rudkøbing, Denmark
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Occupation: actor / film producer / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

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