
Pilou Asbæk
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.
Known for
2025The Fires
Thomas
2025World of Westeros Ambient Video
Euron Greyjoy
2024Salem's Lot
R.T Straker
2024I.S.S.
Alexey Pulov
2023Before It Ends
Jakob
2023Hidden Strike
Paddock
2023Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Kordax
2022Uncharted
Gage
2022Samaritan
Cyrus
2021Outside the Wire
Victor Koval
2020The A-Z of Eurovision
Self - Presenter (archive footage)
2020Run Sweetheart Run
Ethan
2019Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Self
2018The Guardian Angel
Anders Olsen
2018Overlord
Captain Wafner
2017Woodshock
Keith
2017Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
self
2017Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Euron Greyjoy (voice)
2017Ghost in the Shell
Batou
2016Ben-Hur
Pontius Pilate
2016The Great Wall
Bouchard
2015April 9th
Sekondløjtnant Sand
2015A War
Claus Michael Pedersen
2014The Absent One
Ditlev Pram