Career Nikolaj Coster-Waldau




1 career

1.1 career , breakthrough (1993–2000)
1.2 transition united states film , television (2001–2010)
1.3 mainstream , critical success (2011–present)

1.3.1 upcoming projects







career
early career , breakthrough (1993–2000)

coster-waldau made stage debut laertes in hamlet @ betty nansen theater. role in film nightwatch (1994) brought him fame in native country. went on play in simon staho’s wildside (1998), cowrote, , starred in danish films such misery harbour (1999). made british début alongside clive owen, jude law , mick jagger in bent (1997).


transition united states film , television (2001–2010)

coster-waldau @ game of thrones season 3 premiere in march 2013


in 2001, began u.s. career in ridley scott s black hawk down medal of honor recipient gary gordon. coster-waldau says first u.s. movie black hawk down , friend helped me put myself on tape on attic on apartment in copenhagen. shipped out , got lucky.


coster-waldau used success take roles on both sides of atlantic, particularly native scandinavia.


he next landed lead role in michael apted s enigma , appeared villain in action film name modesty (based upon modesty blaise comic strip). scott brought coster-waldau 2005 film kingdom of heaven. richard loncraine, cast actor in wimbledon in 2004, cast him in firewall 2 years later, in 2006. in 2007, played john amsterdam, immortal new york homicide detective become mortal after finds true love, in short-lived fox tv drama series new amsterdam. result of filming series pilot, coster-waldau obtained screen actors guild card. later recalled in 2015 interview in tv guide, getting sag card huge me...i got excited went straight sag online shop , bought 4 mugs sag logo. [i] still have mugs!


mainstream , critical success (2011–present)

since april 2011, coster-waldau has played jaime lannister on hbo s hit series game of thrones, based on george r. r. martin s best-selling song of ice , fire fantasy novel series. commented character s not jaime? actor couldn t ask better role . role jaime lannister has received several awards nominations, including critics choice television award, saturn award , people s choice awards nominations.


in 2011, starred alongside sam shepard in mateo gil’s feature blackthorn, premiered in tribeca film festival. later same year starred in morten tyldum’s headhunters. film went on highest-grossing norwegian film of all-time , received positive reviews including bafta award nomination best foreign film. coster-waldau starred in 2013 horror film mama alongside jessica chastain, debuted @ number 1 in box office , grossed on $140 million worldwide. went on play sykes, military weapons expert in science fiction action thriller film oblivion. same year co-starred juliette binoche in erik poppe s drama thousand times night. in 2014, starred in susanne bier s danish thriller second chance andreas, police officer forced make difficult choice. in 2016, coster-waldau appeared in action-fantasy film gods of egypt horus.


in 2017, starred in e.l. katz s dark comedy small crimes premiered @ south southwest film festival on march 11, 2017, positive reviews. coster-waldau appeared in danish film 3 things, thriller prime suspect of bank robbery negotiates terms of witness protection deal. starred in roman waugh s prison film shot caller, premiered @ los angeles film festival on june 16, 2017.


upcoming projects

in may 2017, announced attached star in domino, film directed brian de palma, marks veteran director s return filmmaking after half decade out.








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