Pilou Asbæk
Biography
Pilou Asbæk is a Danish actor who trained at the Danish National School of Performing Arts and graduated in 2008. He became known for television roles, playing Kasper Juul in the political drama Borgen from 2010 to 2013 and Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones from 2016, and he portrays The Mule in Foundation. His film work includes the prison drama R (2010), for which he won Robert and Bodil awards for best actor, and A Hijacking (2012). He appeared in Lucy (2014) and Silent Heart (2014), played a soldier in A War, and took roles in Ben-Hur (2016), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Overlord (2018), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), and Salem's Lot (2024). He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 and received a Shooting Stars Award in 2011.
44years old
Turns 45 on March 2in 111 days
- Born Copenhagen
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Johan Philip Asbæk (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 14 years2010 to 2024
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Early training
Asbæk trained at Denmark's Danish National School of Performing Arts and finished his studies there in the summer of 2008.
Getting ready for a role
For A Hijacking, the 2012 Tobias Lindholm film about Somalian piracy, Asbæk gained weight to bring method acting to the role.
Languages
In the Danish version of The Super Mario Bros. Movie from 2023, Asbæk provided the voice of Mario, taking on the part that Chris Pratt voiced in the original.
Beyond film
In Copenhagen, Asbæk shared hosting duties for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with Lise Rønne and Nikolaj Koppel. Throughout the televised show, critics complained about the presenters' obscure jokes.
Pilou Asbæk movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Julius Avery directed two of these films, Tobias Lindholm two. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Scarlett Johansson's page
Roland Møller's page
Julius AveryDirector, 2 films, 2018 to 2022
Tobias LindholmDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2012
All films by Tobias Lindholm
Box office
What Pilou Asbæk's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.6 billion
11 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$469M30.1% of the total
- 2$440M28.3% of the total
- 3$332M21.3% of the total
- 4$170M10.9% of the total
- 5$94M6.0% of the total
- 6$42M2.7% of the total
- 7$6.6M0.4% of the total
- 8$2.7M0.2% of the total
$1.4 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.