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Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Highest Rated: 96% A Hijacking (2013)

Lowest Rated: 24% Hidden Strike (2023)

Birthday: Mar 2, 1982

Birthplace: København, Denmark

Johan "Pilou" Asbaek was an actor who was familiar with the qualities it takes to bring a drama to the big screen. To break into the world of acting, "Pilou" Asbaek held roles in films like the Rosalinde Mynster film "Worlds Apart" (2008), the Anne Louise Hassing film "A Family" (2011) and "Bora Bora" (2011) with Sarah-Sofie Boussnina. He worked in television in his early acting career as well, including parts on "Game of Thrones" (HBO, 2010-) and "The Borgias" (Showtime, 2010-13). He kept working in film throughout the 2010s, starring in "R" (2011), the Rachel Weisz drama "The Whistleblower" (2011) and "A Hijacking" (2013). He also appeared in "Sex, Drugs & Taxation" (2013). Recently, he continued to act in "Kapgang" (2014), the Scarlett Johansson blockbuster action picture "Lucy" (2014) and "Silent Heart" (2014). He also appeared in the thriller "The Absent One" (2014) with Soren Pilmark. Most recently, "Pilou" Asbaek acted in "A War" (2015).

Highest rated movies

96% A Hijacking
92% The Absent One
91% R
90% A War 82% Overlord 67% Lucy 62% Run Sweetheart Run 61% I.S.S.

Photos

Pilou Asbæk None GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT, DIRECTOR RUPERT SANDERS, PILOU ASBAEK, ON-SET, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND. ©PARAMOUNT PICTURES BEN-HUR, Pilou Asbaek as Pontius Pilate, 2016. ph: Philippe Antonello/© Paramount Pictures BEN-HUR, center, from left: Pilou Asbaek as Pontius Pilate, Toby Kebbell as Messala Severus, 2016. ph: Philippe Antonello/© Paramount Pictures A WAR, (aka KRIGEN), Pilou Asbaek, 2015. ©Magnolia Pictures A WAR, (aka KRIGEN), from left: Dar Salim, Pilou Asbaek, 2015. ©Magnolia Pictures A WAR, (aka KRIGEN), Pilou Asbaek (front), 2015. ©Magnolia Pictures A WAR, (aka KRIGEN), Pilou Asbaek, 2015. ©Magnolia Pictures A WAR, (aka KRIGEN), Pilou Asbaek (center), 2015. ©Magnolia Pictures OVERLORD, FROM LEFT: WYATT RUSSELL, PILOU ASBAEK, 2018. PH: PETER MOUNTAIN/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES OVERLORD, PILOU ASBAEK, 2018. PH: PETER MOUNTAIN/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT: PILOU ASBAEK, CHIN HAN, TAWANDA MANYIMO, YUTAKA IZUMIHARA, DANUSIA SAMAL, LASARUS RATUERE, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT: PILOU ASBAEK, CHIN HAN, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, 2017. PH: DAVID JAMES/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT: DANIEL HENSHALL, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, DANUSIA SAMAL, CHIN HAN, PILOU ASBAEK, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT: PILOU ASBAEK, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT: PILOU ASBAEK, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND/© PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT, BACK, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JESS HALL, DIRECTOR RUPERT SANDERS; FROM LEFT, FRONT, PILOU ASBAEK, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, ON-SET, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND. ©PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT, PILOU ASBAEK, CHIN HAN, DANUSIA SAMAL, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND. ©PARAMOUNT PICTURES GHOST IN THE SHELL, FROM LEFT, CHIN HAN, PILOU ASBAEK, 2017. PH: JASIN BOLAND. ©PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Filmography

Movies

Credit
61% 43% I.S.S. Alexey Pulov (Character) $6.6M 2023
33% 81% Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Kordax (Character) $124.5M 2023
24% 55% Hidden Strike Owen Paddock (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Before It Ends Jakob (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salem's Lot Richard Straker (Character) - 2023
38% 71% Samaritan Cyrus (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murderous Trance Unknown (Character) - 2021
62% 46% Run Sweetheart Run Ethan (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Guardian Angel Anders Olsen (Character) - 2018
82% 67% Overlord Wafner (Character) $21.7M 2018
29% 24% Woodshock Keith (Character) $41.1K 2017
42% 51% Ghost in the Shell Batou (Character) $40.5M 2017
25% 52% Ben-Hur Pontius Pilate (Character) $26.4M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1864 The Battle For Europe Didrich (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 67% April 9th Sekondløjtnant Sand (Character) - 2015
90% 79% A War Claus Michael Pedersen (Character) $121.6K 2015
No Score Yet 50% Speed Walking Onkel Kristian (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Heart Dennis (Character) - 2014
92% 68% The Absent One Ditlev Pram (Character) - 2014
67% 47% Lucy Richard (Character) $126.5M 2014
No Score Yet 38% Sex, Drugs & Taxation Simon Spies (Character) - 2013
96% 76% A Hijacking Mikkel Hartmann (Character) $413.3K 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bora Bora Jim (Character) - 2011
91% 73% R Rune (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 62% A Family Peter (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monster Busters Søren (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crying for love Oliver (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 77% Worlds Apart Teis (Character) - 2008

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Face to Face Markus Lang (Character) 2023
84% 77% Efterforskningen Jakob Buch-Jensen (Character) 2020
89% 85% Game of Thrones Euron Greyjoy (Guest Star) 2016-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stag Neils (Character) 2016
100% 94% Borgen Kasper Juul (Character) 2010-2011 2013