Age: 55
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Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) 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. He then played a detective in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam (2008), and appeared in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality, originally intended as a pilot. He is a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, drawing public attention to issues such as gender equality and climate change.
S.H.I.E.L.D. sends Clint Barton to eliminate Natasha Romanoff, a dangerous Red Room assassin. In Budapest, Barton finds her in a safehouse and hesitates, realizing she’s been manipulated. Romanoff reveals key intel on her overseer, General Dreykov. The two join forces to take him down. They rig a five-story building with explosives and lure Dreykov inside using his daughter, Antonia, as bait. The bombs detonate, killing Dreykov and Antonia. As Hungarian Special Forces pursue them, Barton and Romanoff engage in a fierce firefight, then escape and hide for ten days before fleeing Budapest. With Dreykov dead, S.H.I.E.L.D. deems the Red Room neutralized and recruits Romanoff into STRIKE Team: Delta. All details remain classified. Post Credits: In a shadowy safehouse, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent hands a file on Hank Pym’s shrinking technology to Barton and Romanoff. Romanoff murmurs, “We need to find him… and his secrets,” hinting at a looming new threat.
