1970 - Today
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝koˌlɑjˀ ˈkʰʌstɐ ˈvæltɑw]; 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). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has received more than 12,779,737 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is the 1,080th most popular actor (down from 1,047th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 167th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Actor.
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Among actors, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 1,080 out of 9,996. Before him are Sam Elliott, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Clive Owen, Griffin Dunne, and Tchéky Karyo. After him are Libuše Šafránková, David Warner, Yuen Biao, Bill Paxton, Philippe Leroy, and Mandy Patinkin.
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,074
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,075
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,076
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,077
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,078
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,079
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,080
1953 - 2021
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,081
1941 - 2022
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,082
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,083
1955 - 2017
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,084
1930 - Present
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 1,085
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,086
Among people born in 1970, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 26. Before him are River Phoenix, Beck, Lee Byung-hun, Halit Ergenç, Fred Durst, and Simon Pegg. After him are M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Ryan, Paolo Sorrentino, Dominic Purcell, John Frusciante, and Alan Shearer.
1970 - 1993
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 20
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 21
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 22
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 23
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 24
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 26
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 27
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 28
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 29
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 30
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 31
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 32
Among people born in Denmark, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 164 out of 893. Before him are Gabriel Axel (1918), Carl Bloch (1834), Asger Jorn (1914), Thyra (800), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), and Carl Værnet (1893). After him are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Ole Nydahl (1941), Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768), S. P. L. Sørensen (1868), Valdemar Poulsen (1869), and Erik Pontoppidan (1698).
1918 - 2014
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 158
1834 - 1890
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 159
1914 - 1973
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 160
800 - 958
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 161
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 162
1893 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 163
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 164
1747 - 1820
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 165
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 166
1768 - 1810
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 167
1868 - 1939
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 168
1869 - 1942
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 169
1698 - 1764
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 170
Among actors born in Denmark, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ranks 7. Before him are Anna Karina (1940), Mads Mikkelsen (1965), Asta Nielsen (1881), Erik Bruhn (1928), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), and Jesper Christensen (1948). After him are Connie Nielsen (1965), Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Annette Stroyberg (1936), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), and Ghita Nørby (1935).
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 1
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 2
1881 - 1972
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 3
1928 - 1986
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 4
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 12
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 13