Actor profile

Pilou Asbæk

2nd March 1982 Copenhagen, Denmark Acting

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.

39 Movies 21 TV Shows 1 In Production 65 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

No Rest for the Wicked poster

No Rest for the Wicked 22nd July 2026 as Helge

The Fires poster

The Fires 11th September 2025 as Thomas

Salem's Lot poster

Salem's Lot 3rd October 2024 as R.T Straker

I.S.S. poster

I.S.S. 19th January 2024 as Alexey Pulov

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom poster

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 20th December 2023 as Kordax

Before It Ends poster

Before It Ends 23rd September 2023 as Jakob

Hidden Strike poster

Hidden Strike 6th July 2023 as Paddock

Samaritan poster

Samaritan 25th August 2022 as Cyrus

Uncharted poster

Uncharted 10th February 2022 as Gage

Outside the Wire poster

Outside the Wire 15th January 2021 as Victor Koval

The A-Z of Eurovision poster

The A-Z of Eurovision 16th May 2020 as Self - Presenter (archive footage)

Run Sweetheart Run poster

Run Sweetheart Run 27th January 2020 as Ethan

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch 26th May 2019 as Self

Overlord poster

Overlord 1st November 2018 as Wafner

The Guardian Angel poster

The Guardian Angel 29th March 2018 as Anders Olsen

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms poster

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms 12th December 2017 as Euron Greyjoy (voice)

Woodshock poster

Woodshock 22nd September 2017 as Keith

Ghost in the Shell poster

Ghost in the Shell 29th March 2017 as Batou

The Great Wall poster

The Great Wall 16th December 2016 as Bouchard

Ben-Hur poster

Ben-Hur 17th August 2016 as Pontius Pilate

A War poster

A War 10th September 2015 as Claus Michael Pedersen

April 9th poster

April 9th 12th March 2015 as Sekondløjtnant Sand

Silent Heart poster

Silent Heart 13th November 2014 as Dennis

1864: Brødre i krig poster

1864: Brødre i krig 12th October 2014 as Didrich

The Absent One poster

The Absent One 2nd October 2014 as Ditlev Pram

Speed Walking poster

Speed Walking 28th August 2014 as Onkel Kristian

Lucy poster

Lucy 25th July 2014 as Richard

Sex, Drugs & Taxation poster

Sex, Drugs & Taxation 29th August 2013 as Simon Spies

Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster

Venice 70: Future Reloaded 28th August 2013

A Hijacking poster

A Hijacking 29th February 2012 as Mikkel Hartmann

Bora Bora poster

Bora Bora 1st September 2011 as Jim

A Family poster

A Family 24th February 2011 as Peter

The Whistleblower poster

The Whistleblower 13th September 2010 as Bas

Venus poster

Venus 1st June 2010 as Rasmus

R poster

R 22nd April 2010 as Rune

Monster Busters poster

Monster Busters 9th October 2009 as Søren

Crying for Love poster

Crying for Love 1st August 2008 as Oliver

Comeback poster

Comeback 4th April 2008 as Kris

Worlds Apart poster

Worlds Apart 22nd February 2008 as Teis

Snake Killer poster

Snake Killer 16th January 2026 as Brian 'Smiley' Petersen

Insider poster

Insider 4th May 2025 as Sig selv

Twilight of the Gods poster

Twilight of the Gods 19th September 2024 as Thor (voice)

Secrets poster

Secrets 24th July 2024 as Mads

Melvin Kakooza Show poster

Melvin Kakooza Show 9th April 2022 as Sig selv

Foundation poster

Foundation 23rd September 2021 as The Mule

The Investigation poster

The Investigation 28th September 2020 as Jakob Buch-Jepsen

Familien Asbæk poster

Familien Asbæk 26th January 2020 as Self

Face to Face poster

Face to Face 15th November 2019 as Markus Lang

Meyerheim & stjernerne poster

Meyerheim & stjernerne 19th February 2018 as Sig selv

Stag poster

Stag 27th February 2016 as Neils

1864 poster

1864 12th October 2014 as Didrich

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones 17th April 2011 as Euron Greyjoy

The Borgias poster

The Borgias 3rd April 2011 as Paolo Orsini

Borgen poster

Borgen 26th September 2010 as Kasper Juul

The Left Wing Gang poster

The Left Wing Gang 6th December 2009 as Carsten Nielsen

Zulu Awards poster

Zulu Awards 27th February 2008 as Host

The Killing poster

The Killing 7th January 2007 as David Grüner

Made in Hollywood poster

Made in Hollywood 30th September 2005 as Self

Klovn poster

Klovn 7th February 2005 as Pilou

Eurovision Song Contest poster

Eurovision Song Contest 24th May 1956 as Self - Host

The Thomas Crown Affair poster

Coming soon

The Thomas Crown Affair 4th March 2027