Pilou Asbæk
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
The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
No Rest for the Wicked
2026
as Helge
The Fires
2025
as Thomas
Salem's Lot
2024
as R.T Straker
I.S.S.
2024
as Alexey Pulov
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
as Kordax
Before It Ends
2023
as Jakob
Hidden Strike
2023
as Paddock
Samaritan
2022
as Cyrus
Uncharted
2022
as Gage
Outside the Wire
2021
as Victor Koval
The A-Z of Eurovision
2020
as Self - Presenter (archive footage)
Run Sweetheart Run
2020
as Ethan
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self
Overlord
2018
as Wafner
The Guardian Angel
2018
as Anders Olsen
Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017
as Euron Greyjoy (voice)
Woodshock
2017
as Keith
Ghost in the Shell
2017
as Batou
The Great Wall
2016
as Bouchard
Ben-Hur
2016
as Pontius Pilate
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Natural Disorder
2015
as (voice)
A War
2015
as Claus Michael Pedersen
April 9th
2015
as Sekondløjtnant Sand