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Pilou Asbæk
Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

ActingBorn March 2, 1982 (age 44)Copenhagen, Denmark

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.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026
Snake Killer

as Brian 'Smiley' Petersen

TV
2025
The Fires

as Thomas

Movie
2025
Insider

as Sig selv

TV
2024
Salem's Lot

as R.T Straker

Movie
2024
Twilight of the Gods

as Thor (voice)

TV
2024
Secrets

as Mads

TV
2024
I.S.S.

as Alexey Pulov

Movie
2023Movie
2023
Hidden Strike

as Paddock

Movie
2022
Samaritan

as Cyrus

Movie
2022TV
2022
Uncharted

as Gage

Movie
2021
Foundation

as The Mule

TV
2021
Outside the Wire

as Victor Koval

Movie
2020
The Investigation

as Jakob Buch-Jepsen

TV
2020
The A-Z of Eurovision

as Self - Presenter (archive footage)

Movie
2020Movie
2020TV
2019
Face to Face

as Markus Lang

TV
2018
Overlord

as Wafner

Movie
2018
The Guardian Angel

as Anders Olsen

Movie
2018TV
2017
Woodshock

as Keith

Movie
2017Movie
2016
The Great Wall

as Bouchard

Movie
2016
Ben-Hur

as Pontius Pilate

Movie
2016
Stag

as Neils

TV
2015Movie
2015
A War

as Claus Michael Pedersen

Movie
2015
April 9th

as Sekondløjtnant Sand

Movie
2014
Silent Heart

as Dennis

Movie
2014Movie
2014
1864

as Didrich

TV
2014
The Absent One

as Ditlev Pram

Movie
2014
Speed Walking

as Onkel Kristian

Movie
2014
Lucy

as Richard

Movie
2013
Sex, Drugs & Taxation

as Simon Spies

Movie
2012
A Hijacking

as Mikkel Hartmann

Movie
2011
Bora Bora

as Jim

Movie
2011
Game of Thrones

as Euron Greyjoy

TV
2011
The Borgias

as Paolo Orsini

TV
2011
A Family

as Peter

Movie
2010
Borgen

as Kasper Juul

TV
2010Movie
2010
Venus

as Rasmus

Movie
2010
R

as Rune

Movie
2009
The Left Wing Gang

as Carsten Nielsen

TV
2009Movie
2008Movie
2008
Comeback

as Kris

Movie
2008TV
2008Movie
2007
The Killing

as David Grüner

TV
2005TV
2005
Klovn

as Pilou

TV
1956TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 2, 1982
Place of BirthCopenhagen, Denmark
Popularity1.9