Pilou Asbæk
Actor
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
Ghost in the Shell
as Batou 2017
Uncharted
as Gage 2022
The Great Wall
as Bouchard 2016
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
as Kordax 2023
Overlord
as Captain Wafner 2018
Samaritan
as Cyrus 2022
Outside the Wire
as Victor Koval 2021
Ben-Hur
as Pontius Pilate 2016
Hidden Strike
as Paddock 2023
The Absent One
as Ditlev Pram 2014
Salem's Lot
as R.T Straker 2024
The Whistleblower
as Bas 2010
I.S.S.
as Alexey Pulov 2024
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
as Self 2019
A Hijacking
as Mikkel Hartmann 2012
R
as Rune 2010