Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lie Kaas is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. His name is pronounced "Necolai Li Kås". Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film The Boys from St. Petri in 1991 as Otto, the rebel son of a traitor.
He has hosted the Zulu Comedy Galla on Danish TV three times.
He is the son of actor Preben Kaas and actress/writer Anne Mari Lie. He has two daughters.
In 2002 and 2012, he won the Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
In 2012, he received the Lauritzen Award.
In 2003, he was named as one of European films "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | The Boys from St. Petri | Otto Hvidmann | |
| 1994 | Carl, My Childhood Symphony | Carl 3 | |
| 1996 | David's Book | Jacob | |
| 1998 | The Idiots | Jeppe | |
| 1999 | Possessed | Morten | |
| 1999 | In China They Eat Dogs | Martin | |
| 1999 | Disney's Tarzan | Tarzan | Voice only |
| 2000 | Max | Spacy | |
| 2000 | Flickering Lights | Stefan | |
| 2001 | Hr. Boe & Co.'s Anxiety | Leo | |
| 2001 | Truly Human | P. | |
| 2001 | Jolly Roger | Theobalt | |
| 2002 | Old Men in New Cars | Martin | |
| 2002 | Open Hearts | Joachim | |
| 2003 | The Green Butchers | Bjarne/Eigil | |
| 2003 | Stealing Rembrandt | Kiosk-Karsten | |
| 2003 | Reconstruction | Alex David | |
| 2003 | Dogville: The Pilot | Tom | |
| 2004 | Brothers | Jannik | |
| 2005 | The Sun King | Tommy | |
| 2005 | Adam's Apples | Holger | |
| 2005 | Murk | Jacob | |
| 2005 | Allegro | Alex in the zone | |
| 2006 | Clash of Egos | Claus Volter | |
| 2006 | The Ugly Duckling and Me | Ugly | Voice only |
| 2006 | Pu-239 | Tusk | |
| 2007 | Just Another Love Story | Sebastian | |
| 2008 | The Candidate | Jonas Bechmann | |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Mr. Gray/assassin | |
| 2009 | At World's End | Adrian Gabrielsen | aka Ved verdens ende |
| 2010 | Parterapi | Anders | |
| 2010 | The Whistleblower | Jan Van Der Velde | |
| 2011 | Beast | Valdemar | |
| 2011 | A Funny Man | Dirch Passer | |
| 2011 | Freddy Frogface | Freddy Frogface | Voice only |
| 2012 | Forbrydelsen | Matthias Borch | |
| 2012 | Sover Dolly på ryggen | Gordon Dennis | |
| 2013 | The Keeper of Lost Causes | Carl Mørck | |
| 2014 | A Second Chance | Tristan | |
| 2014 | The Absent One | Carl Mørck | |
| 2015 | Child 44 | Ivan Sukov | |
| 2015 | Men & Chicken | Gregor Thanatos | |
| 2016 | Follow the Money/Bedrag | Sander Søndergren | TV series |
| 2016 | A Conspiracy of Faith | Carl Mørck | |
| 2017 | You Disappear | Frederik Halling | |
| 2018 | The Purity of Vengeance | Carl Mørck | |
| 2018 | Britannia | Divis / The Outcast | TV series |
| 2020 | Guardians of Justice |