New Amsterdam - Cast List
NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU
ZULEIKHA ROBINSON
ALEXIE GILMORE
STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON
International actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s (born July 27, 1970) star is on the rise in Hollywood. Coster-Waldau is a graduate of the prestigious National Theater School in his native Denmark. After leaving his handprint on the European film and television industry, he made his transition to American cinema. In 2001, Coster-Waldau began his U.S. career with a starring role in Ridley Scott’s critically acclaimed, multi-Academy-Award-winning “Black Hawk Down.” Next, he landed a lead role in Michael Apted’s “Enigma” co-starring Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows.
Coster-Waldau’s charm and range as an actor have garnered him multiple roles with many of his previous directors. Scott brought Coster-Waldau back for his 2005 epic film “Kingdom of Heaven” starring Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Eva Green. Additionally, Richard Loncraine, who first cast Coster-Waldau in his 2004 film “Wimbledon” alongside Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst, brought him back for “Firewall,” a thriller starring Harrison Ford.
Coster-Waldau’s additional credits include leading roles in the films “Night Watch”; “Vildspor” (“Wildshot”), which he also co-wrote; “Misery”; “Harbours”; “Foreign Fields”; “24 Hours in the Life of a Woman”; “Rembrandt”; and “Manden Bag Dren.”
Coster-Waldau lives in Denmark with his wife and two young daughters.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars as John Amsterdam, an immortal New York homicide detective who will become mortal after he finds his true love.
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Zuleikha Robinson was born (June 29, 1977) in London and moved to Los Angeles to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her first feature was a supporting role in Mike Figgis' unconventional film “Timecode.”
In her first lead film role, Robinson played a 19th-century Arabian princess named “Jazira” opposite Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif in the Western epic “Hidalgo.” She starred as Al Pacino's daughter in Michael Radford's film version of Shakespeare's “The Merchant of Venice” alongside Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. Robinson also appeared in Fox Searchlight’s “The Namesake” opposite Kal Penn.
Robinson’s television credits include a series regular role as “Yves Adele Harlow” (an anagram for Lee Harvey Oswald) in the FOX drama “The Lone Gunmen.” Most recently, she appeared on HBO’s “Rome” as “Gaia,” a slave who comes to the Aventine to work in the tavern of Vorenus and causes trouble in her own right.
Robinson lives in Los Angeles.
Zuleikha Robinson stars as Eva Marquez, Amsterdam's partner.
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Alexie Gilmore plays the lead opposite Matthew McConaughey in the upcoming film “Surfer Dude,” produced by Tom Hanks’ Playtone shingle. She also has completed work on the films “Definitely, Maybe” with Ryan Reynolds and Rachel Weisz; “I Do & I Don't” opposite Jane Lynch; and Erica Dunton's new film “Three Words and a Star.” Other film credits include “The Babysitters” with Cynthia Nixon and “Descent” with Rosario Dawson.
On television, Gilmore has guest-starred on “Rescue Me,” “Love Monkey,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Conviction” and “Hope & Faith.” Her short film “Cosa Bella” for director Fiona MacKenzie was recently released on a DVD compilation. “Find Love,” for which she received rave reviews, including Variety’s “Gilmore is magnetic,” also was recently released on DVD.
Gilmore lives in New York City.
Alexie Gilmore stars as Dr. Sara Dillane, a Doctor who pronounces Amsterdam's death after a heart attack. Amsterdam`s True love?
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Stephen McKinley Henderson (born August 31, 1949) has worked throughout the United States, on- and off-Broadway, and in television and film. Among his many honors are the NAACP Theatre Award for Outstanding Dramatic Performance by a Male, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and an Obie Award.
Henderson made his first Broadway appearance as “Stool Pigeon” in August Wilson’s “King Hedley II” during the 2001 season. He also played “Slow Drag” in the Broadway revival of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with Charles S. Dutton and Whoopi Goldberg; “Van Helsing” in “Dracula, the Musical” on Broadway; and “Pontius Pilate” in the LAByrinth production of “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, off-Broadway at the Public Theater. Henderson worked for filmmaker Jim McKay as “Arthur” in “Everyday People.”
Henderson lives in Buffalo, NY.
Stephen McKinley Henderson stars as Omar, a Jazz Club owner and an old friend of Amsterdam's. He knows his secret.
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