Place of Birth: København, Danmark
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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Salem's Lot | R.T Straker | 2024 |
| Worlds Apart | Teis | 2008 |
| Crying for Love | Oliver | 2008 |
| Before It Ends | Jakob | 2023 |
| R | Rune | 2010 |
| Monster Busters | Søren | 2009 |
| Uncharted | Gage | 2022 |
| A Family | Peter | 2011 |
| A Hijacking | Mikkel Hartmann | 2012 |
| Sex, Drugs & Taxation | Simon Spies | 2013 |
| Venus | Rasmus | 2010 |
| The Absent One | Ditlev Pram | 2014 |
| Lucy | Richard | 2014 |
| Speed Walking | Onkel Kristian | 2014 |
| The A-Z of Eurovision | Self - Presenter (archive footage) | 2020 |
| April 9th | Sekondløjtnant Sand | 2015 |
| Ben-Hur | Pontius Pilate | 2016 |
| Silent Heart | Dennis | 2014 |
| A War | Claus Michael Pedersen | 2015 |
| Ghost in the Shell | Batou | 2017 |
| 1864: Brødre i krig | Didrich | 2014 |
| Natural Disorder | (voice) | 2015 |
| Woodshock | Keith | 2017 |
| The Whistleblower | Bas | 2010 |
| Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell | self | 2017 |
| Bora Bora | Jim | 2011 |
| The Great Wall | Bouchard | 2016 |
| The Guardian Angel | Anders Olsen | 2018 |
| Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms | Euron Greyjoy (voice) | 2017 |
| Hidden Strike | Paddock | 2023 |
| Game of Thrones: The Last Watch | Self | 2019 |
| Run Sweetheart Run | Ethan | 2020 |
| Samaritan | Cyrus | 2022 |
| Comeback | Kris | 2008 |
| Outside the Wire | Victor Koval | 2021 |
| I.S.S. | Alexey Pulov | 2024 |
| Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Kordax | 2023 |
| Overlord | Captain Wafner | 2018 |
| Venice 70: Future Reloaded | 2013 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Meyerheim & stjernerne | Self | 2018 |
| The Left Wing Gang | Carsten Nielsen | 2009 |
| Familien Asbæk | Self | 2020 |
| Twilight of the Gods | Thor (voice) | 2024 |
| 1864 | Didrich | 2014 |
| Zulu Awards | Host | 2008 |
| Stag | Neils | 2016 |
| Game of Thrones | Euron Greyjoy | 2011 |
| The Borgias | Paolo Orsini | 2011 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Killing | David Grüner | 2007 |
| Eurovision Song Contest | Self - Host | 1956 |
| Klovn | Pilou | 2005 |
| Secrets | Mads | 1970 |
| The Investigation | Jakob Buch-Jepsen | 2020 |
| Melvin Kakooza Show | Self | 2022 |
| Face to Face | Markus Lang | 2019 |
| Borgen | Kasper Juul | 2010 |
