Person
Benedikt Erlingsson
Directing · Born 1969-05-31 · Reykjavik, Iceland
Biography
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.
Known for
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Flykaptajn
Áramótaskaup: 2018
2018
The Danish Woman
Balding Thug
Fóstbræður
1997
Blackport
Steingrímur
Góðir Íslendingar
Guest Star
Touch
Dr. Stefánsson
World's End
Búi
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016
My Life as Bent
Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
Filmography
- 2026Góðir ÍslendingarGuest Star
- 2025The Danish WomanBalding Thug
- 2024When the Light Breaks
- 2024TouchDr. Stefánsson
- 2021BlackportSteingrímur
- 2021Hver drap Friðrik Dór?Bróðir Símon
- 2018Áramótaskaup: 2018
- 2018Woman at WarDirector
- 2016Áramótaskaup: 2016
- 2016Poor IcelandProducer
- 2016Stefan Zweig: Farewell to EuropeHalldor Laxness
- 2015The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and CarnivalsDirector
- 2013Of Horses and MenDirector
- 2011World's EndBúi
- 2011VolcanoPálmi
- 2011The Viking SagasHimself
- 2011Polite PeopleÞorgeir
- 2009CircledrawersMozart
- 2008The Nail
- 2008The Higher ForceSnati
- 2007ThanksDirector
- 2007ParentsPolice man
- 2007Rattlesnakes
- 2006The Boss of It AllInterpreter
- 2006She Talks Icelandic
- 2004The Eagle: A Crime OdysseyFlykaptajn
- 2003Njalssaga
- 2002The Lost Little CaterpillarNarrator
- 2002Memphis
- 2001The Seagull's LaughterHilli
- 2001My Life as BentHaraldur, Linettes kæreste
- 1998The DanceHólófernes
- 1998Doomsday
- 1997Fóstbræður
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