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Pilou Asbæk

ActorBorn March 2, 1982 (42 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Killing
  • Murderous Trance
Known For
  • Lucy
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Overlord
  • Ben-Hur
  • A Hijacking
  • Samaritan
  • A War
  • Department Q: The Absent One
  • April 9th
  • R
  • Run Sweetheart Run
  • The Investigation (2020)
  • Worlds Apart
  • Salem's Lot
  • Borgen
  • Twilight of the Gods
  • Sex, Drugs & Taxation
  • Hidden Strike
  • 1864
  • I.S.S.
  • Murderous Trance
  • Before It Ends
  • Woodshock
  • A Family

Filmography

2024
Salem's Lot · as R.t Straker
2024
Twilight of the Gods (TV Series) · as Thor (voice)
2024
Secrets (TV Series) · as Mads
2023
I.S.S. · as Alexey Pulov
2023
2023
Before It Ends · as Jakob
2023
Hidden Strike · as Paddock
2022
Samaritan · as Cyrus
2022
Uncharted · as Gage
2021
Foundation (2021) (TV Series) · as Cast
2021
Outside the Wire · as Victor Koval
2020
The Investigation (2020) (TV Series) · as Jakob Buch-Jepsen
2020
Run Sweetheart Run · as Ethan
2019
Face to Face (2019) (TV Series) · as Markus Lang
2018
Overlord · as Captain Wafner
2018
Murderous Trance · as Anders Olsen
2017
2017
Woodshock · as Keith
2017
Ghost in the Shell · as Batou
2016
The Great Wall · as Bouchard
2016
Ben-Hur · as Pontius Pilate
2016
Stag (TV Series) · as Neils
2016
1864: Brødre i krig · as Didrich
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 (TV Series) · as Didrich
2014
2014
Speed Walking · as Onkel Kristian
2014
Lucy · as Richard
2013
Sex, Drugs & Taxation · as Simon Spies
2013
2012
A Hijacking · as Mikkel Hartmann
2011
Bora Bora · as Jim
2011
Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Euron Greyjoy
2011
The Borgias (TV Series) · as Paolo Orsini
2011
Brainy · as Bjarne
2010
A Family · as Peter
2010
Borgen (TV Series) · as Kasper Juul
2010
2010
R · as Rune
2009
The Left Wing Gang (TV Series) · as Carsten Nielsen
2009
Monster Busters · as Søren
2008
Crying for Love · as Oliver
2008
Deroute (TV Series) · as Mulvad
2008
Worlds Apart · as Teis
2007
The Killing (TV Series) · as David Grüner
2005
Klovn (TV Series) · as Pilou

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