Nikolaj Coster-Waldau acts.
A Thousand Times Good Night is an Irish-Norwegian produced English language 2013 drama film directed by Erik Poppe , and starring Juliette Binoche , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Maria Doyle Kennedy , Larry Mullen Jr. and Mads Ousdal . Nikolaj Coster-Waldau . In the United States , his debut film role was in the war film Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ) , playing Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon . He then played Detective John Amsterdam in the short-lived Fox television series New Amsterdam ( 2008 ) , as well as appearing as Frank Pike in the 2009 Fox television film Virtuality , originally intended as a pilot .