Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Born: 1969-01-24

Hilmir Snær Guðnason (born 24 January 1969, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic actor. He is famous in his native country and has appeared in both film and on stage. In 2000 he was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion. Hilmir graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994. He has played in a number of plays and musicals. He is married to Bryndís Jónsdóttir and has two daughters born in 1995 and 2009. He is best known for his roles in the films "101 Reykjavík" (2000), "The Sea" (2002), "White Night Wedding" (2008) & "Lamb" (2021). Three-time winner of the highest national Icelandic film and TV award - "EDDA" (also nominated 3 times).


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Lamb

as Ingvar
Released: 2021-08-12

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they...

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Woman at War

as Taxi Driver
Released: 2018-05-22

Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk...

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101 Reykjavik

as Hlynur
Released: 2000-05-31

Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn...

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A White, White Day

as Olgeir
Released: 2019-07-25

In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had...

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Guy X

as Petri
Released: 2005-06-06

A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.

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The Sea

as Ágúst
Released: 2002-09-13

Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing...

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Brave Men's Blood

as Ívar
Released: 2014-10-17

The head of the Reykjavík police department's internal affairs unit decides to use his...

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The Swan

as Frægur leikari
Released: 2018-01-05

When young Sól is sent to live with her distant countryside relatives for a summer, she becomes...

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Wild Game

as Rúnar
Released: 2023-01-06

At a dinner party in Vesturbær, seven friends decide to play a dangerous game. They put their...

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Peas at 5:30

as Jakob Magnuson
Released: 2004-03-04

It all starts with a bang. The car breaks through the crash barrier and falls off the bridge....

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Angels of the Universe

as Pétur
Released: 2000-01-01

The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets...

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Dawn

as Father
Released: 2012-12-08

A father and his child wake up from a bad dream.

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White Night Wedding

as Jón
Released: 2008-01-18

Jon, a middle-aged professor is going to get married tomorrow, for the second time, to one of...

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The Higher Force

as Prestur
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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Cruelty

as Pétur
Released: 2016-10-21

Two girls disappear from a playground and the two best detectives in the police force try to...

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Stormland

as Árni Valur
Released: 2011-01-14

The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern...

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Witchcraft

as Reverend Jón Magnússon
Released: 1999-11-26

The young and fanatical Jon is appointed pastor to a remote church in 15th century Iceland. As...

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The Last Fishing Trip

as Jónsi
Released: 2020-03-06

Six friends on their annual fishing trip realize leaving wives, work and worries at home is...

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In Front of Others

as Fridrik
Released: 2016-02-26

Hubert is a shy and introverted graphic designer who hasn't been too successful when approaching...

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Mamma Gógó

as The director
Released: 2010-01-01

Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s...

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Blueprint

as Greg
Released: 2003-12-08

The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the...

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On Top Down Under

as The Man
Released: 2002-08-31

On Top - Iceland, a lighthouse, a cold winter evening. Her thoughts drift back to that summer...

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Alma

as Ingvar
Released: 2021-05-07

After having witnessed her father's brutal murder, three-year-old Alma and her mother fled their...

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Cold Trail

as Kjartan
Released: 2006-12-29

After the death of his father, a private investigator in Iceland leads his own search to...

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Grand Finale

as Klemens
Released: 2024-01-26

In Reykjavik, a chamber orchestra on the brink of losing its funding might get a new chance at life

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Rust

as uncredited
Released: 1990-12-26

After 15 years Pétur returns to Baddi's auto garage that is still located at the end of the...

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Circledrawers

as Oleg
Released: 2009-01-10

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

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The Quiet Storm

as uncredited
Released: 2007-09-07

A young girl breaks up from her petit bourgeoisie home and her piano lessons to lead an entirely...

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Agnes

as Guðmundur
Released: 1995-12-22

In a barren land ruled by oppression and ignorance, a spirited woman driven by hope of a better...

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Spooks and Spirits

as uncredited
Released: 2013-03-29

Ofeigur, the passed away father of Anna Sol walks again and starts to involve her life and her...

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The Seagull's Laughter

as Magnús
Released: 2001-10-20

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

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When Dreams Come True

as uncredited
Released: 1995-02-03

The staff at the bureau of values may be the greatest bureaucrats in the world, but they have...

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The Very Last Fishing Trip

as Jónsi
Released: 2022-03-18

A group of friends goes on their annual salmon fishing trip to relax in the countryside. The...

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Polite People

as Hrafnkell
Released: 2013-03-31

A desperate city slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending 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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Thicker Than Water

as Pétur's golfmate
Released: 2006-02-24

Pétur is an optometrist happily married to Ásta. They are expecting a child but already have a...

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The Biggest Rescue

as uncredited
Released: 2014-10-30

Friends Sveppi and Villi discover that an old nemesis has built a doomsday machine that can...

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Flying Blind

as uncredited
Released: 1998-11-27

One day a heavy smoker finally quits his habit exactly when the clock hits noon. After years of...

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Anna

as Adam
Released: 2007-05-26

A rare syndrome keeps Anna in a world of isolation. Desperate for human contact, she attempts to...

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Fullir Vasar

as uncredited
Released: 2018-02-23

The film deals with four men who rob a bank to pay tens of millions of debts one of them to...

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Frozen Paradise

as Narrator
Released: 2005-01-01

A filmmaker joins a group of expert kayakers on a kayaking trip in the ice filled fiords of East...

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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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Our Own Oslo

as uncredited
Released: 2011-01-01

The comedy Our Own Oslo is an everyday love story. We follow the strained courtship of the...

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Ferox

as Drunk man
Released: 2013-04-19

Arnaldur, a 16-year-old boy living a normal teenager's life in Reykjavik. One day, coming home...

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The Nail

as Minister #5
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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Reykjavik Guesthouse: Rent a Bike

as Jóhann Jóhannsson
Released: 2002-03-25

Jóhann is a thirty year old guesthouse owner in downtown Reykjavík who has isolated himself...

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Blackport

as Smári
First aired: 2021-12-26

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

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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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I Hunt Men

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-03-26

This thriller series follows two detectives, Gunnar (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) and Hinrik (Gísli...

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Every Colour of the Sea Is Cold

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-01-01

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