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.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Rollo Lothbrok
for Rollo Lothbrok in The Last Vikings
Suggested by mr95
The Viking raids in England are a landmark of the late High Middle Ages. They begin with the powerful Ragnar Lotbhrok who after several raids ended up conquering several lands in England. The arrival of the great Viking Army marks the beginning of a new phase where conquest and colonization take precedence over occasional offensives. In the years that followed, the Grand Army captured much of the North and East of England. This region takes the name of Danelaw and becomes a true Scandinavian settlement. The Vikings are a trade-oriented people, which they will quickly expand thanks to their powerful ship like the knarr, a Viking merchant ship that can carry large quantities. On the side of the Saxons despite the loss of several territories, they still remain quite strong including Wessex as well as Mercia which by allying succeed in pushing back the pagans who try to take their kingdoms. The Viking invasions had social and political impacts on England. Social consequences, because the Scandinavian populations will unite with the Aboriginals. Political consequences, the Viking invasions will incite the Anglo-Saxon elites to unite forming the beginnings of the kingdom of England. Worshiping on one side several gods while on the other side only one god rules the world, the two camps sometimes have debates that can end in bloodshed.
