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

Game of Thrones

Foundation

Eurovision Song Contest

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

The Borgias

The Killing

Uncharted

Klovn

All Movies (42)

• The Thomas Crown Affair2027
• Blood on Snow2026
• The Fires2025 · as Thomas
• Salem's Lot2024 · as R.T Straker
• I.S.S.2024 · as Alexey Pulov
• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom2023 · as Kordax
• Before It Ends2023 · as Jakob
• Hidden Strike2023 · as Paddock
• Samaritan2022 · as Cyrus
• Uncharted2022 · as Gage
• Outside the Wire2021 · as Victor Koval
• The A-Z of Eurovision2020 · as Self - Presenter (archive footage)
• Run Sweetheart Run2020 · as Ethan
• Game of Thrones: The Last Watch2019 · as Self
• Overlord2018 · as Wafner
• The Guardian Angel2018 · as Anders Olsen
• Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms2017 · as Euron Greyjoy (voice)
• Woodshock2017 · as Keith
• Ghost in the Shell2017 · as Batou
• The Great Wall2016 · as Bouchard
• Ben-Hur2016 · as Pontius Pilate
• Natural Disorder2015 · as (voice)
• A War2015 · as Claus Michael Pedersen
• April 9th2015 · as Sekondløjtnant Sand
• Silent Heart2014 · as Dennis
• 1864: Brødre i krig2014 · as Didrich
• The Absent One2014 · as Ditlev Pram
• Speed Walking2014 · as Onkel Kristian
• Lucy2014 · as Richard
• Sex, Drugs & Taxation2013 · as Simon Spies
• Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013
• A Hijacking2012 · as Mikkel Hartmann
• Bora Bora2011 · as Jim
• A Family2011 · as Peter
• The Whistleblower2010 · as Bas
• Venus2010 · as Rasmus
• R2010 · as Rune
• Monster Busters2009 · as Søren
• Crying for Love2008 · as Oliver
• Comeback2008 · as Kris
• Worlds Apart2008 · as Teis
• No Rest for the Wicked— · as Helge

All TV Shows (23)

• Snake Killer2026 · as Brian 'Smiley' Petersen
• Insider2025 · as Sig selv
• Twilight of the Gods2024 · as Thor (voice)
• Secrets2024 · as Mads
• Invitation to a Bonfire2023 · as Leo
• Melvin Kakooza Show2022 · as Sig selv
• Foundation2021 · as The Mule
• The Investigation2020 · as Jakob Buch-Jepsen
• Familien Asbæk2020 · as Self
• Face to Face2019 · as Markus Lang
• Meyerheim & stjernerne2018 · as Sig selv
• Stag2016 · as Neils
• 18642014 · as Didrich
• Game of Thrones2011 · as Euron Greyjoy
• The Borgias2011 · as Paolo Orsini
• Borgen2010 · as Kasper Juul
• The Left Wing Gang2009 · as Carsten Nielsen
• Zulu Awards2008 · as Host
• The Killing2007 · as David Grüner
• Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
• Klovn2005 · as Pilou
• Eurovision Song Contest1956 · as Self - Host
• Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series—