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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau ([ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈkʰʌstɐ ˈvæltɑw]; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (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. Coster-Waldau has appeared in numerous films in his native Denmark, other Scandinavian countries, and the U.S. These include Headhunters (2011) and A Thousand Times Good Night (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is the 1,307th most popular actor (down from 1,278th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 192nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 1,307 out of 13,578. Before him are Marika Rökk, Helen McCrory, Christine Kaufmann, Bernard Blier, Bonnie Bedelia, and Norma Shearer. After him are Felicity Huffman, Yevgeny Leonov, James Sikking, Henry Bergman, Mira Furlan, and Beau Bridges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 39. Before him are Beck, Lara Fabian, Frank de Boer, Gabriela Sabatini, Jason Lee, and Halit Ergenç. After him are Sean Hayes, Bjarni Benediktsson, Emmanuel Petit, Alan Shearer, Christian Karembeu, and Amaury Nolasco.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 184 out of 1,032. Before him are Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912), Erik Pontoppidan (1698), August Bournonville (1805), Anker Jørgensen (1922), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), and Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737). After him are Ole Nydahl (1941), Jens Fink-Jensen (1956), Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (1887), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Edvard Eriksen (1876), and Nathaniel Wallich (1786).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 8. Before him are Mads Mikkelsen (1965), Anna Karina (1940), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Connie Nielsen (1965), Erik Bruhn (1928), and Jesper Christensen (1948). After him are Annette Stroyberg (1936), Jean Hersholt (1886), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Viggo Larsen (1880), Bodil Ipsen (1889), and Palle Huld (1912).

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