Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk
Full name	Johan Philip Asbæk
Date of birth	March 2, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Feature Films	Outside the Wire
Role(s)	Victor Koval

Pilou Asbæk is a Danish actor. He is known for his role as Euron Greyjoy in the television series Game of Thrones. He starred in the Netflix science-fiction film Outside the Wire as Victor Koval.

Biography

Asbæk was born in Copenhagen. Asbæk went to boarding school at Herlufsholm School. He graduated from Denmark's Danish National School of Performing Arts in the summer of 2008.

In 2008, he played the leading role in Niels Arden Oplev's drama Worlds Apart. In 2010 he had his breakthrough as the inmate Rune in Lindholm & Noer's prison drama R for which he won the prize for Best actor at The Danish Critic Association Award, Bodil, and at the Danish Film Academy Awards, Robert. Furthermore, he was pointed as Shooting Star at the Berlinale in 2011 for this performance; an honor that is given to ten European Actors. Also, for three years he starred in the BAFTA winning and critically acclaimed television series Borgen as Kasper Juul.

Appearances

Movies

• Outside the Wire

Gallery

See More

• Pilou Asbæk at the Internet Movie Database
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