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Pilou Asbæk

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 ... more

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.

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Lucy
(2014)
Action, Science Fiction
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Luc Besson
Cast:
Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton, Amr Waked, Choi Min-sik
6.4
67%
61
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Ghost in the Shell
(2017)
Action, Science Fiction
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.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Rupert Sanders
Cast:
Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Chin Han
6.4
43%
52
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Uncharted
(2022)
Action, Adventure
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.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Seth Gordon
Cast:
Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Antonio Banderas, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali
6.3
N/A
45
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A Hijacking
(2012)
Drama, Thriller
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.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Tobias Lindholm
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller, Gary Skjoldmose Porter
7.2
95%
82
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The Absent One
(2014)
Thriller
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.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Mikkel Nørgaard
Cast:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Søren Pilmark, Danica Curcic, Pilou Asbæk
7.1
92%
61
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A War
(2015)
Drama, War
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, ...
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Tobias Lindholm
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck, Dar Salim
7.1
N/A
81
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R
(2010)
Crime, Drama
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 Mus...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted, Kim Winther
7.1
89%
67
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Worlds Apart
(2008)
Drama
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.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Niels Arden Oplev
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, Rosalinde Mynster, Sarah Boberg, Anders W. Berthelsen, Charlotte Fich
7.0
N/A
N/A
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April 9th
(2015)
Drama, War
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 fata...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Roni Ezra
Cast:
Lars Mikkelsen, Pilou Asbæk, Joachim Fjelstrup, Martin Greis
6.5
N/A
N/A
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1864
(2014)
Drama, Fantasy, History, War
When Germany and Prussia declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Runtime:
480 min
Director:
Ole Bornedal
Cast:
Jakob Oftebro, Jens Sætter-Lassen, Nicolas Bro, Pilou Asbæk, Marie Tourell Søderberg
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Sex, Drugs & Taxation
(2013)
Comedy, Drama
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 impris...
Runtime:
110 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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A Family
(2011)
Drama
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...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Pernille Fischer Christensen
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, Jesper Christensen, Lene Maria Christensen, Anne Louise Hassing, Line Kruse
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Speed Walking
(2014)
Drama
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...
Runtime:
108 min
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Crying for Love
(2008)
Drama
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 b...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Christian E. Christiansen
Cast:
Laura Christensen, Neel Rønholt, Julie R. Ølgaard, Pilou Asbæk, Thomas Voss
5.7
N/A
N/A
Natural Disorder
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Natural Disorder
(2015)
Documentary
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 int...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Christian Sønderby Jepsen
Cast:
Jacob Nossell, Pilou Asbæk, Simon Bang, Thomas L. Corneliussen
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Monster Busters
(2009)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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 b...
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Martin Schmidt
Cast:
Pilou Asbæk, Peter Mygind, Anna Neye Poulsen, Toke Lars Bjarke
5.2
N/A
N/A
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Venus
(2010)
Animation, Comedy
An erotic comedy in claymation.
Runtime:
9 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Woodshock
(2017)
Drama, Thriller
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.
Runtime:
100 min
Cast:
Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, Pilou Asbæk, Steph DuVall, Jack Kilmer
4.3
24%
39
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1864: Brødre i krig
(2016)
Drama, War
When Prussia and Austria declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Ole Bornedal
Cast:
Jens Frederik Sætter-Lassen, Jakob Oftebro, Søren Malling, Marie Tourell Søderberg, Sarah Sofie Boussina
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Project X-Traction
Action, Adventure, Thriller
When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine to stop them.
Cast:
Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone, John Cena
N/A
N/A
N/A