Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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.

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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 56)

Origin

Rudkøbing, Denmark

Occupation

actor / film producer / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj%20Coster-Waldau
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• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445772

Tags

• actor
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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