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Acting

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Career: Active from 1993 to 2025, busiest in 2017 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Game of Thrones
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Nostalgia
2.2, average 3.8
Wholesome
2.0, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 4
Character-Driven 4
Contemporary Realism 3
Redemption 3
Intrigue 3
Character Study 3
Crime Thriller 3
Moral Dilemma 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Historical Drama 2
Quirky Characters 2
Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

as George (voice)

The Last Mrs. Parrish

as Jackson Parrish

The Black Tapes

TV show · as Dr. Richard Strand

Virtue

Producer

2020s

15 titles · average score 57

King & Conqueror

50

TV show · as William of Normandy

My Fathers' Daughter

as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

The Last Thing He Told Me

53

TV show · as Owen Michaels

God Is a Bullet

43

as Bob Hightower

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever

58

as Martin

The Flash

60

as Pizza Guy

Agent

64

TV show · as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Against the Ice

59

as Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen

A Taste of Hunger

67

as Carsten

Flee

88

Executive Producer

The Silencing

42

as Rayburn Swanson

The Day We Died

43

as Rico

2010s

21 titles · average score 58

Exit Plan

43

as Max Isaksen

Domino

37

as Christian Toft

Shot Caller

69

as Jacob 'Money' Harlon

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms

78

as Jaime Lannister (voice)

3 Things

60

as Mikael

Small Crimes

56

as Joe Denton

Gods of Egypt

33

as Horus

A Second Chance

45

as Andreas

Mama

59

as Lucas Desange

Oblivion

59

as Sykes

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Sir Jaime 'Kingslayer' Lannister

Headhunters

79

as Clas Greve

2000s

27 titles · average score 56

Virtuality

54

TV show

The Left Wing Gang

72

TV show · as Jan Weimann

Virtuality

56

as Commander Frank Pike

At World's End

46

as Severin Geertsen

New Amsterdam

63

TV show · as John Amsterdam

The Baker

36

as Bjorn

Filthy Gorgeous

as Alex

Shadow of the Sword

50

as Martin

My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure

40

as Miklos

Wimbledon

61

as Dieter Prohl

Stealing Rembrandt

53

as Kenneth

Enigma

64

as Puck

1990s

8 titles · average score 59

Misery Harbour

55

as Espen Arnakke

Antenneforeningen

65

as Rocker

Hvem vil være millionær? Classic

TV show · as Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Wildside

60

as Ossy

Angel of the Night

42

as Frankie

Bent

70

as Wolf

Nightwatch

67

as Martin

Hit the Bag

as Christian

1980s

1 title · average score 83

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Markery (voice)