
Age: 55
male
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.

Hidden beyond the human world lies Elementaria, a realm governed by four elemental kingdoms: Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. When the forbidden fifth element—metal—returns through a brutal invasion led by the cursed king Amalric Draven, the balance holding the world together begins to collapse. Unaware of their true origins, four youths from the quiet village of Noland are thrust into a war that reveals they are bound to Elementaria by blood and destiny. As ancient powers awaken and alliances fracture, they must learn to master their elements and decide whether they will repeat the failures of the past, or reshape the future of their world.
