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Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Birthday: 1982-03-02 | Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk (born 2 March 1982) is a Danish actor. Asbæk, the son of gallery owners Patricia and Jacob Asbæk, graduated from Denmark's Statens Teaterskole in summer 2008. He is best known for his role as troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish TV political drama Borgen, which is his biggest role to date. In 2009 he played soldier David Grüner in an episode of the second season of another Danish TV series, Forbrydelsen. 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Hidden Strike

as    Paddock

2022
Samaritan

as    Cyrus

2021
Outside the Wire

as    Victor Koval

2020
Run Sweetheart Run

as    Ethan

2020
The Investigation

as    Jakob Buch-Jepsen

2018
The Guardian Angel

as    Anders Olsen

2018
Overlord

as    Captain Wafner

2017
Ghost in the Shell

as    Batou

2017
Woodshock

as    Keith

2016
The Absent One

as    Ditlev Pram

2016
Stag

as    Neils

2016
Ben-Hur

as    Pontius Pilate

2015
Natural Disorder

as    (voice)

2015
A War

as    Claus Michael Pedersen

2014
1864

as    Didrich

2014
Speed Walking

as    Onkel Kristian

2014
Lucy

as    Richard

2012
A Hijacking

as    Mikkel Hartmann

2010
Venus

as    Rasmus

2010
R

as    Rune

2009
Monster Busters

as    Søren