Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj Coster-Waldauis a Danish actor, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from Danish National School of Theatre in Copenhagen in 1993. Coster-Waldau's breakthrough performance in Denmark was his role in the film Nightwatch. Since then he has appeared in numerous films in his native Scandinavia and Europe in general, including Headhuntersand A Thousand Times Good Night...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth27 July 1970
CityRudkobing, Denmark
CountryDenmark
One thing George R. R. Martin does is surprising things to main characters. But he says so himself.
Most female actresses will have a very difficult time being made unattractive.
I've never understood why you would turn down a great role.
I love political dramas. I love good story-telling.
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an actor.
As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.
All actors tend to be the same messed-up people.
I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything.
You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience.
I was 15 or 16 when I first saw 'Once Upon A Time In America,' so I was quite young, but I was completely blown away.
What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature.
The only thing I find difficult to watch - horror movies - not that I don't like them. Like 'The Shining,' it's one of my favorite movies, but it's terrifying. I feel like I've watched a marathon afterwards.
What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places.
I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already.