Pilou Asbæk
Acting
Born: Mar 02, 1982
From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem's Lot | R.T Straker | 2024 | 6.007 |
| Before It Ends | Jakob | 2023 | 7.1 |
| Hidden Strike | Paddock | 2023 | 6.891 |
| Uncharted | Gage | 2022 | 6.867 |
| The A-Z of Eurovision | Self - Presenter (archive footage) | 2020 | 2.0 |
| Run Sweetheart Run | Ethan | 2020 | 5.6 |
| Game of Thrones: The Last Watch | Self | 2019 | 7.1 |
| The Guardian Angel | Anders Olsen | 2018 | 5.1 |
| Woodshock | Keith | 2017 | 4.4 |
| Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell | self | 2017 | — |
| Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms | Euron Greyjoy (voice) | 2017 | 7.743 |
| Ben-Hur | Pontius Pilate | 2016 | 5.774 |
| The Great Wall | Bouchard | 2016 | 6.027 |
| April 9th | Sekondløjtnant Sand | 2015 | 6.709 |
| A War | Claus Michael Pedersen | 2015 | 6.617 |
| Natural Disorder | (voice) | 2015 | 6.0 |
| The Absent One | Ditlev Pram | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Lucy | Richard | 2014 | 6.473 |
| Speed Walking | Onkel Kristian | 2014 | 6.4 |
| Silent Heart | Dennis | 2014 | 6.6 |
| 1864: Brødre i krig | Didrich | 2014 | 6.4 |
| Sex, Drugs & Taxation | Simon Spies | 2013 | 6.1 |
| A Hijacking | Mikkel Hartmann | 2012 | 6.8 |
| A Family | Peter | 2011 | 6.2 |
| Bora Bora | Jim | 2011 | 6.5 |
| R | Rune | 2010 | 6.833 |
| Venus | Rasmus | 2010 | 4.0 |
| The Whistleblower | Bas | 2010 | 6.738 |
| Monster Busters | Søren | 2009 | 5.0 |
| Worlds Apart | Teis | 2008 | 6.2 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1982 |
| From | Copenhagen, Denmark |