Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Born: March 2, 1982
in Copenhagen, Denmark
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.

Movies for Pilou Asbæk...

Salem's Lot
Title: Salem's Lot
Character: Richard Straker
Released: October 31, 2024
Type: Movie
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
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I.S.S.
Title: I.S.S.
Character: Alexey Pulov
Released: January 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Title: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Character: Kordax
Released: December 20, 2023
Type: Movie
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend Atlantis, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother. They must protect the kingdom.
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Liberation
Title: Liberation
Character: Jakob
Released: August 24, 2023
Type: Movie
When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees — or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans?
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Hidden Strike
Title: Hidden Strike
Character: Paddock
Released: July 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Two elite soldiers must escort civilians through a gauntlet of gunfire and explosions.
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Samaritan
Title: Samaritan
Character: Cyrus
Released: August 25, 2022
Type: Movie
Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.
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Uncharted
Title: Uncharted
Character: Gage
Released: February 10, 2022
Type: Movie
A young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost brother.
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Outside the Wire
Title: Outside the Wire
Character: Victor Koval
Released: January 15, 2021
Type: Movie
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
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Title: The Investigation
Character: Jakob Buch-Jepsen
Released: September 28, 2020
Type: TV
Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
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The A-Z of Eurovision
Title: The A-Z of Eurovision
Character: Self - Presenter (Archive Footage)
Released: May 16, 2020
Type: Movie
Rylan Clark-Neal narrates a guide to all things Eurovision and takes a sideways look at the greatest singing contest on the planet. The A-Z of Eurovision features all the disasters, the costume changes and memorable musical moments from 65 years of Eurovision.
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Run Sweetheart Run
Title: Run Sweetheart Run
Character: Ethan
Released: January 27, 2020
Type: Movie
A woman runs for her life though the streets of Los Angeles after her blind date suddenly turns violent.
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Title: Familien Asbæk
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2020
Type: TV
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Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Title: Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Character: Self
Released: May 26, 2019
Type: Movie
For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” chronicling the creation of the show’s most ambitious and complicated season. Debuting one week after the series 8 finale, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH delves deep into the mud and blood to reveal the tears and triumphs involved in the challenge of bringing the fantasy world of Westeros to life in the very real studios, fields and car-parks of Northern Ireland. Made with unprecedented access, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH is an up-close and personal portrait from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers. Much more than a “making of” documentary, this is a funny, heartbreaking story, told with wit and intimacy, about the bittersweet pleasures of what it means to create a world – and then have to say goodbye to it.
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Overlord
Title: Overlord
Character: Captain Wafner
Released: November 1, 2018
Type: Movie
France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
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The Guardian Angel
Title: The Guardian Angel
Character: Anders Olsen
Released: March 29, 2018
Type: Movie
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1951. Criminal investigator Anders Olsen follows the case of a bank robber who eyewitnesses say appears to have been acting under some kind of trance.
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Title: Meyerheim & stjernerne
Character: Self
Released: February 19, 2018
Type: TV
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Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Title: Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
Character: Euron Greyjoy (voice)
Released: December 12, 2017
Type: Movie
HBO's animated history of Westeros brings to life all the events that shaped the Seven Kingdoms in the thousands of years before Game of Thrones' story begins.
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Woodshock
Title: Woodshock
Character: Keith
Released: September 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.
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Ghost in the Shell
Title: Ghost in the Shell
Character: Batou
Released: March 29, 2017
Type: Movie
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
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The Great Wall
Title: The Great Wall
Character: Bouchard
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: Movie
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
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Ben-Hur
Title: Ben-Hur
Character: Pontius Pilate
Released: August 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
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Title: Stag
Character: Neils
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: TV
Dark comedy about a group of obnoxious friends who struggle to survive the Stag Weekend from hell, as a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands quickly turns messier than expected.
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Natural Disorder
Title: Natural Disorder
Character: (voice)
Released: November 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Jacob Nossell (24) is intelligent, but hardly fits the picture of a dream child: he suffers from a paralysis of the brain, a congenital physical handicap. It affects not only his powers of speech, but also causes cramps and stiffness. When he speaks, his words cluster together, and when he walks it is with difficulty. With a normal intelligence in a weakened body Jacob is the embodiment of the problem ‘what is normality’: he is too much of an invalid to be fully accepted by society and too ordinary for him to be able to accept his own fate.
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A War
Title: A War
Character: Claus Michael Pedersen
Released: September 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that ultimately sees him return to Denmark accused of a war crime.
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April 9th
Title: April 9th
Character: Sekondløjtnant Sand
Released: March 12, 2015
Type: Movie
In the early morning of April 9th 1940, the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. In Southern Jutland, Danish bicycle and motorcycle companies are ordered out to, against all odds, hold back the forces until the Danish reinforcements can be mobilized. In the fatal hours, we follow second lieutenant Sand and his bicycle company – they will be the first Danish soldiers to meet the enemy in combat on April 9th 1940.
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Silent Heart
Title: Silent Heart
Character: Dennis
Released: November 13, 2014
Type: Movie
The prestigious Danish filmmaker Bille August, winner of an Academy Award and two Palme d'Or in Cannes, returns with a highly personal drama. Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her disease worsens; but, as the weekend progresses, their mother's decision becomes harder and harder to deal with, and old conflicts come to the surface.
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1864: Brødre i krig
Title: 1864: Brødre i krig
Character: Didrich
Released: October 12, 2014
Type: Movie
When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
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Title: 1864
Character: Didrich
Released: October 12, 2014
Type: TV
When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
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The Absent One
Title: The Absent One
Character: Ditlev Pram
Released: October 2, 2014
Type: Movie
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
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Speed Walking
Title: Speed Walking
Character: Onkel Kristian
Released: August 28, 2014
Type: Movie
In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. It's 1976, music's in the air and hormones are blossoming. But in the midst of it all Martin's mother suddenly passes away and her tragic death trickers a series of events that not only changes Martin's life forever, but also affects everyone else in the local community. Overwhelmed with grief neither Martin's dad, nor his older brother, is capable to comfort Martin. He enters adulthood in a mixture of drunken happiness and immense sadness over the loss of his mother, and his relationship to both his friend Kim and girlfriend Kristine comes to its natural conclusion.
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Lucy
Title: Lucy
Character: Richard
Released: July 25, 2014
Type: Movie
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
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Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Title: Sex, Drugs & Taxation
Character: Simon Spies
Released: August 29, 2013
Type: Movie
Maybe the best thing to come out of Scandinavia during the hippie years was, in fact, the story of a radical libertarian and a hedonist capitalist. Their friendship, forged by being outsiders in a conformist country, took them through years of adulation and success, with slight detours into the welcoming arms of vilification and imprisonment. A joyride through taxation, mass travel, hookers and politics. Not feeling too constrained by historical facts, director Christoffer Boe's story of Simon Spies and Mogens Glistrup covers just a few of their decades in a tale of warmth and humour, defiance and eccentricity.
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A Hijacking
Title: A Hijacking
Character: Mikkel Hartmann
Released: February 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.
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Bora Bora
Title: Bora Bora
Character: Jim
Released: September 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Mia, 15, is at odds with everyone. School is hell and her mother is always on her back. Mia is only at peace when she is running - something she is good at. On a downtown shopping street she meets Zack, 16, who runs with a gang of kids who want to become parent independent and live as pickpockets. Mia joins them, but finds the pressure difficult. Moreover, the police have their eye on them. Mia has a choice, to keep ignoring her problems or face up to them.
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Title: Game of Thrones
Character: Euron Greyjoy
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
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Title: The Borgias
Character: Paolo Orsini
Released: April 3, 2011
Type: TV
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
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A Family
Title: A Family
Character: Peter
Released: February 24, 2011
Type: Movie
Ditte owns a gallery, has a loving boyfriend and her dream job in New York is within reach. But Ditte is also the youngest generation of the famous bakery dynasty, Rheinwald, and when her beloved, but dominating father comes down with a serious illness, Ditte is faced with the grueling decision: To pursue her own dreams, or to continue the legacy of her family.
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Title: Borgen
Character: Kasper Juul
Released: September 26, 2010
Type: TV
40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the newly won seats, and how far she is willing to go in order to gain as much influence as possible.
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The Whistleblower
Title: The Whistleblower
Character: Bas
Released: September 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
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Venus
Title: Venus
Character: Rasmus
Released: June 1, 2010
Type: Movie
An erotic comedy in claymation.
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R
Title: R
Character: Rune
Released: April 22, 2010
Type: Movie
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
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Title: The Left Wing Gang
Character: Carsten Nielsen
Released: December 6, 2009
Type: TV
In 1989, seven radical left-wing activists were charged of being behind a series of the most professional robberies in the history of Denmark. The many millions stolen in the gang's activities were transferred to the terror organization PFLP with the aim of supporting anti-Israeli Palestinians. The assumed leader of the gang, Jan Weimann, never revealed his double life to his wife or friends, and police superintendent Jørn Moos, who was in charge of the investigation, staked his career to catch the gang members.
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Monster Busters
Title: Monster Busters
Character: Søren
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: Movie
The 12-year-old Oliver discovers that his grandfather used to be a monster hunter and is keeping a shadow monster locked up in his secret cellar. When the shadow monster accidentally escapes, Oliver and his younger brother Lasse have to follow their grandfather's instructions and enlist their friends to catch the monster and bring it back - before it is too late! »Monster Busters« is based on an idea of the universe in the children's book series by Jacob Weinreich.
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Crying for Love
Title: Crying for Love
Character: Oliver
Released: August 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Three girls meet by chance in a hospital. Struggling to come to terms with their fate, they all look back on a decisive moment in their life: Sara, a professional swimmer relentlessly urged on by her ambitious father, was deprived of her only real chance of happiness. Mette has left her deeply religious family, finding it too hard to bear that they have accepted her fate while she hasn't. And Stephanie has brutally rejected her boyfriend in fear of being rejected herself. Although their stories are very different, the three girls are brought together in their search for love and companionship. Based on the Oscar nominated short fiction »At Night«
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Comeback
Title: Comeback
Character: Kris
Released: April 4, 2008
Type: Movie
An elderly theater director returns to Copenhagen in order to reconnect with his estranged son.
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Title: Zulu Awards
Character: Host
Released: February 27, 2008
Type: TV
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Worlds Apart
Title: Worlds Apart
Character: Teis
Released: February 22, 2008
Type: Movie
17-year-old Sara leads a sheltered existence with her family, members of Jehovah’s Witnesses, when she meets the outsider Teis and falls in love. Sara, herself a believer, now faces an important turning point in her life as she is forced to choose between religion and love.
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Title: Made in Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: TV
Made in Hollywood is a talk show hosted by Kylie Erica Mar and Julie L. Harkness airing in syndication since September 30, 2005. The series is currently in its seventh season. The series is filmed in two studios in Los Angeles, California and New York City. Made in Hollywood also airs a spinoff series, Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition.
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Title: Eurovision Song Contest
Character: Self - Host
Released: May 24, 1956
Type: TV
The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition, organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine the winner.
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Title: Twilight of the Gods
Character: Thor (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
An anime series surrounding ancient Norse mythology. Plot TBA.