Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Actor (b. 1970)
16
Movies
69.2%
Avg ThumbScore
Action
Top Genre

Audiences rate Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s films lower than 72% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Nightwatch (Hoopla) · Headhunters (Philo, Roku Channel, Fandango at Home, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla) · Bent (Plex, Xumo Play, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Blackthorn (Kanopy) · Mama (YouTube) · God Is a Bullet (Fandango at Home, Plex, Prime Video (free), Kanopy, Hoopla) and 1 more.

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The ThumbScore for Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (69.2%) is the average audience approval rating across 16 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Nikolaj's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor and producer. 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 and Scandinavia, including Headhunters (2011) and A Thousand Times Good Night (2013). In the U.S, his debut film role was in the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), playing Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon. He then played a detective in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam (2008), and appeared in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot. He is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as gender equality and climate change.

Born 1970-07-27 in Rudkobing, Denmark.

On ThumbScore, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau appears in 16 films with an average audience score of 69.2%, most frequently in the Action genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Nikolaj Coster-Waldau movie, ranked by audience score

Nightwatch
Nightwatch
1994
👍 81%
Headhunters
Headhunters
2011
👍 80%
Shot Caller
Shot Caller
2017
👍 78%
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
2014
👍 76%
Gods of Egypt
Gods of Egypt
2016
👍 72%
Bent
Bent
1997
👍 72%
Oblivion
Oblivion
2013
👍 71%
Wimbledon
Wimbledon
2004
👍 70%
Blackthorn
Blackthorn
2011
👍 70%
Mama
Mama
2013
👍 69%
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
👍 69%
God Is a Bullet
God Is a Bullet
2023
👍 67%
Enigma
Enigma
2001
👍 66%
The Silencing
The Silencing
2020
👍 59%
Against the Ice
Against the Ice
2022
👍 55%
Exit Plan
Exit Plan
2019
👍 52%