Pilou Asbaek

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Birth Name: Johan Philip Asbæk

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark

Date of Birth: 2 March, 1982

Ethnicity: Danish, as well as one fourth French

Pilou Asbæk is a Danish actor.

His father, Jacob A. Asbæk, is Danish, from Hammel, Denmark. His mother, Maria Patricia (Tonn), was born in Casablanca, Morocco, of Danish and French descent. His parents run the gallery, Galerie Asbæk, in Copenhagen. He is married to playwright Anna Bro, with whom he has a daughter.

The name Pilou is a French version of the word Pip.

Pilou’s paternal grandparents were Siegfred Pedersen (the son of Rasmus Jespersen Pedersen and Marie Kirstine Kristensen) and Agnethe/Agnete Asbæk. Rasmus was the son of Seier Pedersen and Karen Marie Rasmussen.

Pilou’s maternal grandparents were Niels Edgar Tonn Petersen and Paulette Couette.

Source: Genealogy of Pilou Asbaek (focusing on his father’s side) – http://patach.dk

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