Age: 56
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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.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Ultron
for Ultron in X-Men: Sentinels
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The film reveals the genesis of the Sentinels as industrialist Bolivar Trask begins designing the massive, mutant-hunting robots. Desperate to mass-produce his creation, Trask forms an alliance with Ultron. Unbeknownst to the human, Ultron is manipulating him as a puppet, using Trask's resources to build a mechanical army intended to eventually annihilate all of humanity. As the newly forged Sentinels deploy, the X-Men mobilize to prevent the total eradication of mutant life. The team, reinforced by Wolverine, Colossus, and Gambit, launches an all-out assault against the robotic legions. Through sheer tactical skill and raw power, the heroes manage to dismantle the Sentinel threat, breaking through the metallic defense lines to finally corner Trask.The victory swiftly shifts into a tense ideological confrontation at the core of the X-Men. Cyclops commands Logan to stand down and prepare Trask for transfer, intending to hand over evidence of mass murder to S.H.I.E.L.D. to ensure a legal trial. Appalled by Trask's atrocities, Wolverine takes matters into his own hands and executes the villain on the spot. This unilateral execution infuriates Cyclops, who fears such ruthless tactics will permanently ruin the X-Men's public image and equate them with the villainous Brotherhood of Mutants. He fiercely reminds Logan that he cannot make major team decisions autonomously. Wolverine remains unrepentant, firing back that a monster responsible for killing hundreds of mutants does not deserve to live. This quiet, philosophical fracture highlights the growing emotional distance and opposing moral compasses of the team's two most prominent leaders, permanently altering the dynamic of the X-Men.
