Pilou Asbæk — biography, films, roles and trivia

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

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2017 Ghost in the Shell Batou

Interesting facts

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Birth name is Johan Philip Asbæk. Pilou is a Danish abbreviation of the French Petit Philip, Little Philip. The nickname's meaning is that Johan Philip is the younger son in the family.
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Graduated from the National Theater School of Denmark in 2008.
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Asbæk and his wife, playwright Anna Bro, have a daughter, Agnes, born on December 31, 2012.
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He has two older brothers: Thomas Asbæk, a creative consultant, and Martin Asbæk, a gallery owner.