Pilou Asbæk
Acting • Born 1982-03-02
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
65 credits
Salem's Lot
Movie • 2024
R.T Straker
Worlds Apart
Movie • 2008
Teis
Before It Ends
Movie • 2023
Jakob
R
Movie • 2010
Rune
Monster Busters
Movie • 2009
Søren
Uncharted
Movie • 2022
Gage
A Family
Movie • 2011
Peter
A Hijacking
Movie • 2012
Mikkel Hartmann
Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Movie • 2013
Simon Spies
Venus
Movie • 2010
Rasmus
The Absent One
Movie • 2014
Ditlev Pram
Lucy
Movie • 2014
Richard
Speed Walking
Movie • 2014
Onkel Kristian
The A-Z of Eurovision
Movie • 2020
Self - Presenter (archive footage)
April 9th
Movie • 2015
Sekondløjtnant Sand
Ben-Hur
Movie • 2016
Pontius Pilate
Silent Heart
Movie • 2014
Dennis
A War
Movie • 2015
Claus Michael Pedersen
1864: Brødre i krig
Movie • 2014
Didrich
Natural Disorder
Movie • 2015
(voice)
Woodshock
Movie • 2017
Keith
The Whistleblower
Movie • 2010
Bas
Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
Movie • 2017
self
Bora Bora
Movie • 2011
Jim
The Great Wall
Movie • 2016
Bouchard
The Guardian Angel
Movie • 2018
Anders Olsen
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Movie • 2017
Euron Greyjoy (voice)
Hidden Strike
Movie • 2023
Paddock
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie • 2019
Self
Run Sweetheart Run
Movie • 2020
Ethan
Samaritan
Movie • 2022
Cyrus
Comeback
Movie • 2008
Kris
Outside the Wire
Movie • 2021
Victor Koval
I.S.S.
Movie • 2024
Alexey Pulov
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Movie • 2023
Kordax
Overlord
Movie • 2018
Captain Wafner
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Movie • 2013
No Rest for the Wicked
Movie
Helge
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie • 2027
Blood on Snow
Movie
Ghost in the Shell
Movie • 2017
Batou
Crying for Love
Movie • 2008
Oliver
The Fires
Movie • 2025
Thomas
World of Westeros Ambient Video
Movie • 2025
Euron Greyjoy
The Left Wing Gang
TV • 2009
Carsten Nielsen
Familien Asbæk
TV • 2020
Self
Twilight of the Gods
TV • 2024
Thor (voice)
1864
TV • 2014
Didrich
Zulu Awards
TV • 2008
Host
Stag
TV • 2016
Neils
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Euron Greyjoy
The Borgias
TV • 2011
Paolo Orsini
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
The Killing
TV • 2007
David Grüner
Eurovision Song Contest
TV • 1956
Self - Host
Klovn
TV • 2005
Pilou
Secrets
TV • 2025
Mads
The Investigation
TV • 2020
Jakob Buch-Jepsen
Face to Face
TV • 2019
Markus Lang
Borgen
TV • 2010
Kasper Juul
Melvin Kakooza Show
TV • 2022
Sig selv
Meyerheim & stjernerne
TV • 2018
Sig selv
Foundation
TV • 2021
The Mule
Insider
TV • 2025
Sig selv
Snake Killer
TV • 2026
Brian 'Smiley' Petersen