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 Internationa...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Salem's Lot
2024
as R.T Straker
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

I.S.S.
2024
as Alexey Pulov
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...

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2023
as Kordax
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, Arth...

Before It Ends
2023
as Jakob
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 ...

Hidden Strike
2023
as Paddock
Two elite soldiers must escort civilians through a gauntlet of gunfire and explosions.

Samaritan
2022
as Cyrus
Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was report...

Uncharted
2022
as Gage
A young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never ...

Outside the Wire
2021
as Victor Koval
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.

The A-Z of Eurovision
2020
as Self - Presenter (archive footage)
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 Eurovis...

Run Sweetheart Run
2020
as Ethan
A woman runs for her life though the streets of Los Angeles after her blind date suddenly turns violent.

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self
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...

Overlord
2018
as Captain Wafner
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 ...

The Guardian Angel
2018
as Anders Olsen
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1951. Criminal investigator Anders Olsen follows the case of a bank robber who eyewitnesses say appears to have been acting under...

Game of Thrones - Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms
2017
as Euron Greyjoy (voice)
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' stor...

Woodshock
2017
as Keith
Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects ...

Ghost in the Shell: Hard-Wired Humanity - Making Ghost in the Shell
2017
as self
An in depth look behind the scenes at the making of the live action Ghost In The Shell. Director Rupert Sanders, along with the cast and crew, take yo...

Ghost in the Shell
2017
as Batou
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 stoppi...

The Great Wall
2016
as Bouchard
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

Ben-Hur
2016
as Pontius Pilate
A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.
Natural Disorder
2015
as (voice)
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 handi...

A War
2015
as Claus Michael Pedersen
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three...

April 9th
2015
as Sekondløjtnant Sand
In the early morning of April 9, 1940, the Danish army is alerted: the Germans have crossed the border.

Silent Heart
2014
as Dennis
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 ...

1864: Brødre i krig
2014
as Didrich
When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.

The Absent One
2014
as Ditlev Pram
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 loca...

Speed Walking
2014
as Onkel Kristian
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 ...

Lucy
2014
as Richard
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Sex, Drugs & Taxation
2013
as Simon Spies
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. Th...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of t...

A Hijacking
2012
as Mikkel Hartmann
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 es...

Bora Bora
2011
as Jim
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 go...

A Family
2011
as Peter
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 ba...

The Whistleblower
2010
as Bas
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 ...

Venus
2010
as Rasmus
An erotic comedy in claymation.

R
2010
as Rune
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-lookin...

Monster Busters
2009
as Søren
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...

Crying for Love
2008
as Oliver
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 ...

Comeback
2008
as Kris
An elderly theater director returns to Copenhagen in order to reconnect with his estranged son.

Worlds Apart
2008
as Teis
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...
No Rest for the Wicked
N/A
as Helge
1862. Baldur lives a fisherman’s life on the isolated Faroe Islands far to the north in the Atlantic Ocean. His world is turned upside down when a str...