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
I know nothing more annoying when people I don't know jump to conclusions on my person based on nothing but gossip or speculation.
There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.
I'm a fan of great storytelling.
I like to be comfortable.
If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding.
When I was a kid I was always afraid of small dogs, because they always seemed like the ones that would attack.
A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.
I try not to regret too much. I find that feeling guilty takes up so much of my time already.
What I love about acting is that you are exposed to so many different things. Horse-riding, sailing, travelling to amazing places.
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'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.
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.
You always dream of being part of a show that reaches and thrills an audience.
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.