Acting

Pilou Asbæk

Born 1982-03-02 · Copenhagen, Denmark

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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The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
No Rest for the Wicked
as Helge
2026
Snake Killer
as Brian 'Smiley' Petersen
2026
The Fires
as Thomas
2025
Insider
as Sig selv
2025
Salem's Lot
as R.T Straker
2024
Twilight of the Gods
as Thor (voice)
2024
Secrets
as Mads
2024
I.S.S.
as Alexey Pulov
2024
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Kordax
2023
Before It Ends
as Jakob
2023
Hidden Strike
as Paddock
2023
Invitation to a Bonfire
as Leo
2023
Samaritan
as Cyrus
2022
Melvin Kakooza Show
as Sig selv
2022
Uncharted
as Gage
2022
Foundation
as The Mule
2021
Outside the Wire
as Victor Koval
2021
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
2020
Face to Face
as Markus Lang
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
as Self
2019
Overlord
as Wafner
2018
The Guardian Angel
as Anders Olsen
2018
Meyerheim & stjernerne
as Sig selv
2018
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
2017
The Great Wall
as Bouchard
2016
Ben-Hur
as Pontius Pilate
2016
Stag
as Neils
2016
Natural Disorder
as (voice)
2015
A War
as Claus Michael Pedersen
2015
April 9th
as Sekondløjtnant Sand
2015
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
2014
Sex, Drugs & Taxation
as Simon Spies
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
A Hijacking
as Mikkel Hartmann
2012
Bora Bora
as Jim
2011
Game of Thrones
as Euron Greyjoy
2011
The Borgias
as Paolo Orsini
2011
A Family
as Peter
2011
Borgen
as Kasper Juul
2010
The Whistleblower
as Bas
2010
Venus
as Rasmus
2010
R
as Rune
2010
The Left Wing Gang
as Carsten Nielsen
2009
Monster Busters
as Søren
2009
Crying for Love
as Oliver
2008
Comeback
as Kris
2008
Zulu Awards
as Host
2008
Worlds Apart
as Teis
2008
The Killing
as David Grüner
2007
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
Klovn
as Pilou
2005
Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - Host
1956
Blood on Snow
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Hard-Wired Humanity
as Self
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Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series
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