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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

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2014 · Nominated
Game of Thrones
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2012 · Nominated
Game of Thrones
Source: Wikidata

Characters

13

The characters Nikolaj Coster-Waldau played, best-known titles first.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Sykes

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Lucas Desange

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Mark King

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Horus

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Clas Greve

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Liam

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Owen Michaels

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Puck

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Martin

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as John Amsterdam

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Frank Pike

Character images: TheTVDB

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
Crime Thriller 3
Redemption 3
Intrigue 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Character Study 3
Thriller 2
Psychological Tension 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Gritty Crime Thriller 2
Psychological Horror 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

The Last Mrs. Parrish

as Jackson Parrish

The Black Tapes

TV show · as Dr. Richard Strand

as George (voice)

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

85

Executive Producer

The Silencing

42

as Rayburn Swanson

The Day We Died

43

as Rico

2010s

21 titles · average score 58

Domino

38

as Christian Toft

Exit Plan

43

as Max Isaksen

Shot Caller

69

as Jacob 'Money' Harlon

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

78

as Jaime Lannister (voice)

Small Crimes

56

as Joe Denton

Gods of Egypt

33

as Horus

The Other Woman

46

as Mark King

Mama

59

as Lucas Desange

Oblivion

60

as Sykes

A Thousand Times Good Night

66

as Marcus

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

Wonderful and Loved by All

52

as Micke

My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure

44

as Miklos

Wimbledon

61

as Dieter Prohl

Stealing Rembrandt

56

as Kenneth

Enigma

64

as Puck

1990s

8 titles · average score 60

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 84

The Simpsons

84

TV show · as Markery (voice)