Pilou Asbæk
Acting1982Copenhagen, Denmark
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.
Known For
Acting History
Future
2026
Snake Killer
TVas Brian 'Smiley' Petersen
2025
World of Westeros Ambient Video
as Euron Greyjoy
The Fires
as Thomas
Secrets
TVas Mads
Foundation
TVas The Mule• 10 eps
Insider
TVas Sig selv
2024
2023
2022
2021
Outside the Wire
as Victor Koval
Klovn
TVas Pilou• 1 eps
2020
Run Sweetheart Run
as Ethan
The A-Z of Eurovision
as Self - Presenter (archive footage)
Familien Asbæk
TVas Self
The Investigation
TVas Jakob Buch-Jepsen
2019
Face to Face
TVas Markus Lang
2018
2017
Woodshock
as Keith
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
as Euron Greyjoy (voice)
Ghost in the Shell
as Batou
2016
The Great Wall
as Bouchard
Ben-Hur
as Pontius Pilate
Stag
TVas Neils
Game of Thrones
TVas Euron Greyjoy• 8 eps
2015
2014
The Absent One
as Ditlev Pram
Lucy
as Richard
Speed Walking
as Onkel Kristian
Silent Heart
as Dennis
1864: Brødre i krig
as Didrich
1864
TVas Didrich
Eurovision Song Contest
TVas Self - Host• 3 eps
2013
2012
A Hijacking
as Mikkel Hartmann
2010
2009
2008