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

• 2027The Thomas Crown Affair
• 2026No Rest for the Wicked — Helge
• Snake Killer — Brian 'Smiley' Petersen
• Insider — Sig selv
• 2025The Fires — Thomas
• 2024I.S.S. — Alexey Pulov
• 2024Salem's Lot — R.T Straker
• Secrets — Mads
• Twilight of the Gods — Thor (voice)
• 2023Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom — Kordax
• 2023Before It Ends — Jakob
• 2023Hidden Strike — Paddock
• Invitation to a Bonfire — Leo
• Melvin Kakooza Show — Sig selv
• 2022Samaritan — Cyrus
• 2022Uncharted — Gage
• Foundation — The Mule
• 2021Outside the Wire — Victor Koval
• 2020Run Sweetheart Run — Ethan
• The Investigation — Jakob Buch-Jepsen
• Face to Face — Markus Lang
• Meyerheim & stjernerne — Sig selv
• 2018Overlord — Wafner
• 2018The Guardian Angel — Anders Olsen
• 2017Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms — Euron Greyjoy (voice)
• 2017Ghost in the Shell — Batou
• 2017Woodshock — Keith
• 2016Ben-Hur — Pontius Pilate
• Stag — Neils
• 2016The Great Wall — Bouchard
• 2015A War — Claus Michael Pedersen
• 2015April 9th — Sekondløjtnant Sand
• 2015Natural Disorder — (voice)
• 1864 — Didrich
• 20141864: Brødre i krig — Didrich
• 2014Lucy — Richard
• 2014Silent Heart — Dennis
• 2014Speed Walking — Onkel Kristian
• 2014The Absent One — Ditlev Pram
• 2013Sex, Drugs & Taxation — Simon Spies
• 2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded
• 2012A Hijacking — Mikkel Hartmann
• 2011A Family — Peter
• 2011Bora Bora — Jim
• Game of Thrones — Euron Greyjoy
• The Borgias — Paolo Orsini
• Borgen — Kasper Juul
• 2010R — Rune
• 2010The Whistleblower — Bas
• 2010Venus — Rasmus
• 2009Monster Busters — Søren
• The Left Wing Gang — Carsten Nielsen
• 2008Comeback — Kris
• 2008Crying for Love — Oliver
• 2008Worlds Apart — Teis
• Zulu Awards — Host
• The Killing — David Grüner
• Klovn — Pilou
• Blood on Snow
• Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series

Appearances as themselves (6)

• Familien Asbæk — Self
• 2020The A-Z of Eurovision — Self - Presenter (archive footage)
• 2019Game of Thrones: The Last Watch — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Host
• Hard-Wired Humanity — Self