Benedikt Erlingsson

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 Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
Memphis
Memphis
The Nail
The Nail
Rattlesnakes
Rattlesnakes
Njalssaga
Njalssaga
Volcano
Volcano
The Higher Force
The Higher Force
Circledrawers
Circledrawers

Filmography

2025 The Danish Woman
as Balding Thug
2024 Touch
as Dr. Stefánsson
2021 Blackport
as Steingrímur
2021 Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
as Bróðir Símon
2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
as Halldor Laxness
2013 Polite People
as Þorgeir
2011 World's End
as Búi
2011 Volcano
as Pálmi
2011 The Viking Sagas
as Himself
2009 Circledrawers
as Mozart
2008 The Nail
as
2008 The Higher Force
as Snati
2007 Parents
as Police man
2007 Rattlesnakes
as
2006 The Boss of It All
as Interpreter
2006 She Talks Icelandic
as
2004 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
as Flykaptajn
2003 Njalssaga
as
2002 The Lost Little Caterpillar
as Narrator
2002 Memphis
as