Television In 2009, Asbæk played soldier David Grüner in an episode of the second season of the Danish TV series
The Killing (Danish:
Forbrydelsen). Asbæk's performance was uniformly praised by critics. In 2014, the Danish public-funded
DR cast Asbæk as Didrich, a landowner suffering from
post-traumatic stress disorder, in a big-budget period TV series called
1864. In 2016, Asbæk joined the
HBO series
Game of Thrones in
Season 6 as pirate
Euron Greyjoy. Asbæk also portrays
The Mule in season three of the 2021
Apple TV+ television series
Foundation. He appeared as Markus on
Face to Face 3 (2023).
Film In 2011, Asbæk starred in another piece by
Tobias Lindholm, in the film
R, as a Danish convict, portraying a harrowing prison experience. The film was shot in the
Dogme 95–inspired style. The next year, in 2012, Asbæk starred in another
Tobias Lindholm film called
A Hijacking, about
Somalian piracy, for which he transformed himself physically, gaining weight to imbue the role with
method acting. In this film, Asbæk co-stars opposite his wife's cousin, the actor
Nicolas Bro, who plays the other main character,
Mogens Glistrup. In 2014, Asbæk starred opposite
Scarlett Johansson in the
Luc Besson film
Lucy. Also in 2014, Asbæk appeared in the
Bille August film
Silent Heart (Danish:
Stille Hjerte), in which his mother-in-law, Danish actress Vigga Bro, plays the character Lisbeth. In 2015, Asbæk again collaborated with director
Tobias Lindholm in the film
A War (Danish:
Krigen), playing a soldier in
Afghanistan. The film premiered at the
Venice Film Festival. Asbæk co-starred in the 2016 remake of
Ben-Hur, starring
Jack Huston and
Morgan Freeman. In 2017, he played Batou in
Ghost in the Shell. In 2018, he played Captain Wafner in
Overlord. Asbæk plays the lead role as police investigator Anders Olsen in
Murderous Trance, opposite
Josh Lucas. Written and directed by
Arto Halonen, the movie is based on actual events. The plot revolves around the bizarre case of the
hypnosis murders, which took place in Copenhagen in 1951. In April 2021, he joined the cast of the upcoming superhero film
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom as Kordax. In September 2021, Asbæk joined the cast of the
Stephen King adaptation of ''
'Salem's Lot'' as Richard Straker. Asbæk also voiced
Mario in the
Danish dub of 2023's
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (dubbing
Chris Pratt's voice-acting role as the video game character).
Theater • 2008:
Folk og røvere i Kardemomme By –
Bellevue Teatret • 2008:
Core – Det Lille Gasværk.
Presenting On 6, 8 & 10 May 2014, Asbæk co-hosted 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. == Personal life ==