Claim: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's first starring role was in the film "Nightwatch" in 1994.

Nightwatch -LRB- Nattevagten -RRB- is a 1994 Danish thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal . The film involves Martin -LRB- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau -RRB- who gets a student job as night watchman at the Forensic Medicine Institute . When making his rounds he finds he must go to where the deceased people are kept . At the same time , a series of murders occur among women in Copenhagen as well as mysterious and unexplained things happening in the medical department .   Nightwatch was a success in Denmark and was shown at the Fantafestival in 1995 . An American remake of the film which was also directed by Bornedal , was released in 1997 . The original Nightwatch was included on a list of the top 100 Danish film as chosen by Kosmorama .