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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.
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
| 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 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom · as Kordax |
| 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 | 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 · 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 | Department Q: The Absent One · as Ditlev Pram |
| 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 | The Whistleblower · as Bas |
| 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 |