FrameThrower · Actors · Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
7 films · 612 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2013–2020
Born 27 July 1970 · Rudkobing, Denmark
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau 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.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 612 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nikolaj takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 44% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Nikolaj takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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