Pilou Asbæk

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-serie, 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 und Nikolaj Koppel. Some critics " kommentiert adversely on the obscure jokes shared by the presenters throughout the televised show.