Pilou Asbæk

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1982-03-02

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Pilou Asbæk

Biography

Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk (born 2 March 1982) is a Danish actor. He is best known for his roles as Euron Greyjoy on HBO's Game of Thrones, Pontius Pilate in Ben-Hur (2016), Bouchard in The Great Wall (2016), Batou in Ghost in the Shell (2017), Captain Wafner in Overlord (2018), Cyrus in Samaritan(2022), Gage in Uncharted (2022), and a troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish TV political drama Borgen. He was among the recipients of the Shooting Stars Award at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. On 10 May he was co-host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, with Lise Rønne and Nikolaj Koppel. Some critics commented adversely on the obscure jokes shared by the presenters throughout the televised show.

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Acting History

2027
The Thomas Crown Affair
2025
Insider as Sig selv
2025
Secrets as Mads
2024
Salem's Lot as R.T Straker
2024
Twilight of the Gods as Thor (voice)
2024
I.S.S. as Alexey Pulov
2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as Kordax
2023
Before It Ends as Jakob
2023
Hidden Strike as Paddock
2022
Samaritan as Cyrus
2022
Melvin Kakooza Show as Sig selv
2022
Uncharted as Gage
2021
Foundation as The Mule
2021
Outside the Wire as Victor Koval
2020
The Investigation as Jakob Buch-Jepsen
2020
The A-Z of Eurovision as Self - Presenter (archive footage)
2020
Run Sweetheart Run as Ethan
2020
Familien Asbæk as Self
2019
Face to Face as Markus Lang
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch as Self
2018
Overlord as Captain Wafner
2018
The Guardian Angel as Anders Olsen
2018
Meyerheim & stjernerne as Sig selv
2017
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms as Euron Greyjoy (voice)
2017
Woodshock as Keith
2017
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell as self
2017
Ghost in the Shell as Batou
2016
The Great Wall as Bouchard
2016
Ben-Hur as Pontius Pilate
2016
Stag as Neils
2015
Natural Disorder as (voice)
2015
A War as Claus Michael Pedersen
2015
April 9th as Sekondløjtnant Sand
2014
Silent Heart as Dennis
2014
1864: Brødre i krig as Didrich
2014
1864 as Didrich
2014
The Absent One as Ditlev Pram
2014
Speed Walking as Onkel Kristian
2014
Lucy as Richard
2013
Sex, Drugs & Taxation as Simon Spies
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2012
A Hijacking as Mikkel Hartmann
2011
Bora Bora as Jim
2011
Game of Thrones as Euron Greyjoy
2011
The Borgias as Paolo Orsini
2011
A Family as Peter
2010
Borgen as Kasper Juul
2010
The Whistleblower as Bas
2010
Venus as Rasmus
2010
R as Rune
2009
The Left Wing Gang as Carsten Nielsen
2009
Monster Busters as Søren
2008
Crying for Love as Oliver
2008
Comeback as Kris
2008
Zulu Awards as Host
2008
Worlds Apart as Teis
2007
The Killing as David Grüner
2005
Made in Hollywood as Self
2005
Klovn as Pilou
1956
Eurovision Song Contest as Self - Host
Blood on Snow
No Rest for the Wicked as Helge