# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolaj-coster-waldau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:33:28.906Z

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name: "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau"
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description: "Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor. His breakthrough role was in Denmark with the film Nightwatch in 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."
tagline: "Danish actor"
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birthDate: "1970-07-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump