Benedikt Erlingsson

Born: 1969-05-31

Benedikt Erlingsson (born 31 May 1969; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994 and has been with the National Theater of Iceland for most of his career. He has directed two feature-length films, both of which have won the Nordic Council Film Prize.


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Touch

as Dr. Stefánsson
Released: 2024-05-29

Soon after the break of the pandemic and realizing that his clock is ticking, Kristofer gets the...

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The Boss of It All

as Interpreter
Released: 2006-12-08

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business...

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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

as Halldor Laxness
Released: 2016-06-02

Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig,...

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The Viking Sagas

as Himself
Released: 2011-05-10

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out...

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The Seagull's Laughter

as Hilli
Released: 2001-10-20

Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America,...

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Polite People

as Þorgeir
Released: 2013-03-31

A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to...

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Hver drap Friðrik Dór?

as Bróðir Símon
Released: 2021-02-25

Villi Neto investigates the potential death of singer Friðrik Dór. On his hunt for truth Villi...

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The Higher Force

as Snati
Released: 2008-03-28

Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to...

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Njalssaga

as uncredited
Released: 2003-01-01

TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga

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Volcano

as Pálmi
Released: 2011-09-30

Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets...

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The Lost Little Caterpillar

as Narrator
Released: 2002-08-29

little grub ugly - lands in a variety of adventures in her garden. A leisurely bell bumps into...

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Parents

as uncredited
Released: 2007-01-19

The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children....

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Rattlesnakes

as uncredited
Released: 2007-01-01

Some people have to live their lives on a constant look out for snakes. Some even have to wear...

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Circledrawers

as Mozart
Released: 2009-01-10

Welcome to world of the Circledrawers - lowly janitors of the Almighty's imperfect system,...

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The Dance

as Hólófernes
Released: 1998-09-25

Águst Guðmundsson directed this Icelandic period drama, adapted from the short story We Must...

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Memphis

as uncredited
Released: 2002-01-04

To start with we are led to believe the setting is a country-hotel of some sort. In the end we...

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The Nail

as uncredited
Released: 2008-09-29

Robert is an important man with big responsibilities. One day he has an accident that blurs the...

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Doomsday

as uncredited
Released: 1998-01-01

Follows the infamous Sólborgarcase where a mother and her brother were accused of killing their...

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The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

as Flykaptajn
First aired: 2004-10-10

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey is a Danish police procedural television series produced by Danmarks...

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Blackport

as Steingrímur
First aired: 2021-12-26

Follows a young married couple who see their livelihoods threatened when the government starts...

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Mit liv som Bent

as Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
First aired: 2001-03-26

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Fóstbræður

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-10-13

Fóstbræður was a comedy sketch show which premiered on the Icelandic Stöð 2 in October 1997.

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World's End

as Búi
First aired: 2011-10-02

Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The...

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