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 Eagle: A Crime Odyssey

The Danish Woman

Blackport

Touch

My Life as Bent

World's End

Góðir Íslendingar

The Boss of It All

All Movies (21)

• When the Light Breaks2024
• Touch2024 · as Dr. Stefánsson
• Hver drap Friðrik Dór?2021 · as Bróðir Símon
• Áramótaskaup: 20162016
• Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe2016 · as Halldor Laxness
• Volcano2011 · as Pálmi
• The Viking Sagas2011 · as Himself
• Polite People2011 · as Þorgeir
• Circledrawers2009 · as Mozart
• The Nail2008
• The Higher Force2008 · as Snati
• Parents2007 · as Police man
• Rattlesnakes2007
• The Boss of It All2006 · as Interpreter
• She Talks Icelandic2006
• Njalssaga2003
• The Lost Little Caterpillar2002 · as Narrator
• Memphis2002
• The Seagull's Laughter2001 · as Hilli
• The Dance1998 · as Hólófernes
• Doomsday1998

All TV Shows (7)

• Góðir Íslendingar2026 · as Guest Star
• The Danish Woman2025 · as Balding Thug
• Blackport2021 · as Steingrímur
• World's End2011 · as Búi
• The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey2004 · as Flykaptajn
• My Life as Bent2001 · as Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
• Fóstbræður1997