Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has made a name on the big and small screen. Aside from Game of Thrones, he’s also known for New Amsterdam and Virtuality.
He’s not just an actor but also a producer and screenwriter. He’s a strong force in the entertainment business with an almost three-decade career. That said, how successful has Nikolaj Coster-Waldau become and how much net worth has he already amassed?
The Start of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s Entertainment Career
The now-51-year-old’s rise to fame began in Denmark when he did Nightwatch in 1994. He followed this success with Wildside and Misery Harbour.
He then made his British movie debut in Bent in 1997, opposite Clive Owen, Jude Law and Mick Jagger. He then did Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down in 2001, which began his prominence in the U.S.
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His next projects were Enigma, My Name is Modesty and Wimbledon. Come 2005. He collaborated with Scott again for the movie Kingdom of Heaven.
He then started to conquer the small screen as the homicide detective John Amsterdam in the Fox TV series New Amsterdam, earning him his Screen Actors Guild card.
The Beginning of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s Mainstream Success
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s mainstream success didn’t begin until he joined the cast of Game of Thrones in 2009. The show premiered in 2011 and made him an award-winning international star.
He won several accolades, like a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Saturn Award, a Critics Choice Television Award, and a number of People's Choice Award nominations.
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While he was busy doing the hit HBO series, he did a lot of movies on the sideline. He was seen in 2011’s Blackthorn and Morten Tyldum’s Headhunters, which turned out to be the highest-grossing Norwegian film of all time.
He then did the 2013 horror film Mama with Jessica Chastain, and it debuted at No.1 at the U.S box office, grossing a whopping $140 million worldwide.
His next project was the science fiction action thriller Oblivion, followed by A Thousand Times Good Night, A Second Chance, God of Egypt, Small Crimes, 3 Things and Shot Caller.
Other films that he did are Domino, Suicide Tourist and Silencing.
Where is Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Today?
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau remains busy despite the end of Game of Thrones. In fact, he continuously does TV and movie projects here and there.
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He has become a part of the podcast series Radioman. According to his IMDb page, he also has two projects: The Last Thing He Told Me, and God Is a Bullet.
He also started working as the global spokesperson for L’Oreal Paris’s Men Expert line of products in January 2018 and launched a production company of his own called Ill Kippers in 2019.
So, how much is he worth today? Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has a fortune of $16 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
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