Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is an actor.
Headhunters (film) . The film was directed by Morten Tyldum and stars Aksel Hennie , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Synnøve Macody Lund . Nightwatch (1994 film) . The film involves Martin ( Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ) who gets a student job as night watchman at the Forensic Medicine Institute . Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ( [ neɡ̊olaɪ̯ kʰʌsd̥ɐ ˈʋald̥ɑʊ̯ ] ; born 27 July 1970 ) is a Danish actor , producer and screenwriter . 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 .