Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Danish pronunciation: [ˈneɡolaɪ kʌsdɐ ˈʋaldɑʊ ]; born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor, producer and screenwriter. He attended Statens Teaterskole in Copenhagen in 1993. In the United States, he played Detective John Amsterdam in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam, as well as appearing as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot. He became widely known to a broad audience after playing Jaime Lannister in the HBO Super Hit series Game of Thrones.