Benedikt Erlingsson
Directing
May 31, 1969 (57 years old)
Reykjavik, Iceland
29
Acting Credits
6
Directed
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
Filmography
Góðir Íslendingar
2026
as Guest Star
The Danish Woman
2025
as Balding Thug
6.8
Touch
2024
as Dr. Stefánsson
7.4
When the Light Breaks
2024
6.6
Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
2021
as Bróðir Símon
6
Blackport
2021
as Steingrímur
5.9
Áramótaskaup: 2018
2018
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016
as Halldor Laxness
6.5
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016
3
Volcano
2011
as Pálmi
6.9
Polite People
2011
as Þorgeir
6.2
The Viking Sagas
2011
as Himself
5.6
World's End
2011
as Búi
9
Circledrawers
2009
as Mozart
The Nail
2008
6
The Higher Force
2008
as Snati
5.6
Rattlesnakes
2007
Parents
2007
as Police man
5.8
The Boss of It All
2006
as Interpreter
6.6
She Talks Icelandic
2006
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004
as Flykaptajn
6.8
Njalssaga
2003
7
Memphis
2002
The Lost Little Caterpillar
2002
as Narrator
5.5
The Seagull's Laughter
2001
as Hilli
5.5
My Life as Bent
2001
as Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
4.3
The Dance
1998
as Hólófernes
6.2
Doomsday
1998
Fóstbræður
1997
9