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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

Gender

Male

Birthday

1982-03-02 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As

Pilou Asbaek

Johan Philip Asbæk

Johan Philip Pilou Asbæk

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پیلو اسبک

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.

Known For

Acting

Salem's Lot

2024

Salem's Lot

as

R.T Straker

Worlds Apart

2008

Worlds Apart

as

Teis

Crying for Love

2008

Crying for Love

as

Oliver

Before It Ends

2023

Before It Ends

as

Jakob

R

2010

R

as

Rune

Monster Busters

2009

Monster Busters

as

Søren

Uncharted

2022

Uncharted

as

Gage

A Family

2011

A Family

as

Peter

A Hijacking

2012

A Hijacking

as

Mikkel Hartmann

Sex, Drugs & Taxation

2013

Sex, Drugs & Taxation

as

Simon Spies

Venus

2010

Venus

as

Rasmus

The Absent One

2014

The Absent One

as

Ditlev Pram

Lucy

2014

Lucy

as

Richard

Speed Walking

2014

Speed Walking

as

Onkel Kristian

The A-Z of Eurovision

2020

The A-Z of Eurovision

as

Self - Presenter (archive footage)

April 9th

2015

April 9th

as

Sekondløjtnant Sand

Ben-Hur

2016

Ben-Hur

as

Pontius Pilate

Silent Heart

2014

Silent Heart

as

Dennis

A War

2015

A War

as

Claus Michael Pedersen

Natural Disorder

2015

Natural Disorder

as

(voice)

Woodshock

2017

Woodshock

as

Keith

Bora Bora

2011

Bora Bora

as

Jim

The Great Wall

2016

The Great Wall

as

Bouchard

The Guardian Angel

2018

The Guardian Angel

as

Anders Olsen

Hidden Strike

2023

Hidden Strike

as

Paddock

Samaritan

2022

Samaritan

as

Cyrus

Comeback

2008

Comeback

as

Kris

Outside the Wire

2021

Outside the Wire

as

Victor Koval

I.S.S.

2024

I.S.S.

as

Alexey Pulov

Overlord

2018

Overlord

as

Captain Wafner

The Left Wing Gang

The Left Wing Gang

as

Carsten Nielsen

Twilight of the Gods

Twilight of the Gods

as

Thor (voice)

1864

1864

as

Didrich

Stag

Stag

as

Neils

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

as

Euron Greyjoy

The Borgias

The Borgias

as

Paolo Orsini

The Killing

The Killing

as

David Grüner

Klovn

Klovn

as

Pilou

Secrets

Secrets

as

Mads

The Investigation

The Investigation

as

Jakob Buch-Jepsen

Face to Face

Face to Face

as

Markus Lang

Borgen

Borgen

as

Kasper Juul

Production

Crew

Directing