Pilou Asbæk

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.

Known For

Birth Location Copenhagen, Denmark
Born 1982-03-02

Movies

I.S.S. as Alexey Pulov
2024
Liberation as Jakob
2023
Hidden Strike as Paddock
2023
Samaritan as Cyrus
2022
Uncharted as Gage
2022
Outside the Wire as Victor Koval
2021
The A-Z of Eurovision as Self - Presenter (Archive Footage)
2020
2020
Overlord as Captain Wafner
2018
The Guardian Angel as Anders Olsen
2018
Woodshock as Keith
2017
2017
The Great Wall as Bouchard
2016
Ben-Hur as Pontius Pilate
2016
Natural Disorder as (voice)
2015
A War as Claus Michael Pedersen
2015
April 9th as Sekondløjtnant Sand
2015
Silent Heart as Dennis
2014
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
A Hijacking as Mikkel Hartmann
2012
Bora Bora as Jim
2011
A Family as Peter
2011
2010
Venus as Rasmus
2010
R as Rune
2010
Monster Busters as Søren
2009
Crying for Love as Oliver
2008
Comeback as Kris
2008
Worlds Apart as Teis
2008
Salem's Lot as Richard Straker
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Pilou Asbæk hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows