Benedikt Erlingsson

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.

Filmography

• Ørnen: En Krimi Odyssè (2004)
• Heimsendir (2011)
• Snerting (2024)
• Ljósbrot (2024)
• Áramótaskaup: 2018 (2018)
• Kona fer í stríð (2018)
• Dansinn (1998)
• Áramótaskaup: 2016 (2016)
• Hross í oss (2013)
• Foreldrar (2007)
• Kurteist fólk (2011)
• Litla lirfan ljóta (2002)
• Njálssaga (2003)
• Vor der Morgenröte (2016)
• Naglinn (2008)
• Naglinn (2008)
• Eldfjall (2011)
• Dómsdagur (1998)
• Stóra planið (2008)
• Mávahlátur (2001)
• Skröltormar (2007)
• Circledrawers (2009)
• The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals (2015)
• Hver drap Friðrik Dór? (2021)
• Takk fyrir hjálpið (2007)