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Pilou Asbæk

ActorBorn March 2, 1982 (43 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 Whistleblower
  • A War
  • 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)
  • Salem's Lot
  • Worlds Apart
  • Twilight of the Gods
  • Borgen
  • Sex, Drugs & Taxation
  • Hidden Strike
  • I.S.S.
  • 1864
  • Before It Ends
  • Murderous Trance
  • Woodshock
  • A Family

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2027
    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
    Melvin Kakooza Show (TV Series) · as Sig Selv
    2022
    Uncharted · as Gage
    2021
    Foundation (2021) (TV Series) · as The Mule
    2021
    Outside the Wire · as Victor Koval
    2020
    The Investigation (2020) (TV Series) · as Jakob Buch-Jepsen
    2020
    Run Sweetheart Run · as Ethan
    2020
    Meyerheim Og Stjernerne (TV Series) · as Sig Selv
    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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