Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (2014)
and at ComicCon Germany 2018

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (born July 27, 1970 in Rudkøbing ) is a Danish actor .

life and career

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is the son of Hanne Søborg Coster and Jørgen Oscar Fritzer Waldau. He grew up with his mother and two older sisters in Tybjerg, south of Copenhagen . His alcoholic father usually lived separately from the family.

Coster-Waldau completed his training as an actor in 1993 at the Statens Teaterskole . The following year he became a star in his home country by starring in the film Nightwatch . The thriller, which became a surprise success in Denmark, was filmed again in 1997 in Hollywood by Ole Bornedal with Ewan McGregor in the lead role. Coster-Waldau was able to build on the success of Nightwatch with Simon Staho's Vild spor and Jesper W. Nielsen's drama The Bouncer , for each of which he received a nomination for the renowned Danish film award Robert for best leading actor. Since 1998 Coster-Waldau has been married to the Greenlandic artist Nukâka Motzfeldt , daughter of the politician Josef Motzfeldt , with whom he has two daughters.

Coster-Waldau became known to an international audience in 2001 with the role of Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon in Black Hawk Down , a film adaptation of the Battle of Mogadishu during the US mission in Somalia. He made an effort to gain a foothold in the United States by shooting an application video in Copenhagen and submitting it. He took on his first leading role in an English-language film for Henker in 2005 . He was first involved in the production of the film Himmerland (2006), in which he also played the leading role. He had another leading role in 2008 in the short-lived US series New Amsterdam .

In the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones , Coster-Waldau got the role of Jaime Lannister . Regarding this character, he said: “What is there not to like about Jaime? As an actor, I couldn't have asked for a better role. "

In 2013 Coster-Waldau played the lead role alongside Jessica Chastain in the Canadian horror film Mama . In the same year he was seen as a weapons expert Sykes in the science fiction film Oblivion with Tom Cruise , Morgan Freeman and Melissa Leo . Both films reached the top of the box office in both the USA and Germany .

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Critics' Choice Television Award

Satellite Award

  • 2014: Nomination in the category “Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Movie” for Game of Thrones

Scream Award

  • 2011: Nomination in the “Best Ensemble” category for Game of Thrones

Screen Actors Guild Award

Ove Sprogøe Prize

  • 2017: Best Actor of the Year

Emmy

  • 2018 : Nomination in the category “Best Supporting Actor - Drama Series” for Game of Thrones
  • 2019 : Nomination in the category "Best Supporting Actor - Drama Series" for Game of Thrones

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ myFanbase interview with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, February 24, 2012
  2. ↑ James Hibberd: HBO appoints subjects to 'Thrones' . Hollywood Reporter . August 20, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ myFanbase interview with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, February 24, 2012
  4. ↑ Cinema charts: Tom Cruise and "Oblivion" number one in the USA and Germany. In: Spiegel Online . April 22, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Rudkøbing , Denmark