Acting credits
26
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Benedikt Erlingsson
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 25Series: 6Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 42092
IMDb ID: nm0259574
Known for: Directing
Born: May 31, 1969
Age: 57
Place of birth: Reykjavik, Iceland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1998 - 2026
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q15635899
Other jobs
Director (5)Producer (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Benedikt Erlingsson.
When the Light Breaks
2024 • Movie
as Dr. Stefánsson
Touch
2024 • Movie
as Bróðir Símon
Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
2021 • Movie
Director
Woman at War
2018 • Movie
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016 • Movie
Producer
Poor Iceland
2016 • Movie
as Halldor Laxness
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016 • Movie
Director
The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals
2015 • Movie
Director
Of Horses and Men
2013 • Movie
as Pálmi
Volcano
2011 • Movie
as Himself
The Viking Sagas
2011 • Movie
as Þorgeir
Polite People
2011 • Movie
as Mozart
Circledrawers
2009 • Movie
The Nail
2008 • Movie
as Snati
The Higher Force
2008 • Movie
Director
Thanks
2007 • Movie
as Police man
Parents
2007 • Movie
Rattlesnakes
2007 • Movie
as Interpreter
The Boss of It All
2006 • Movie
Njalssaga
2003 • Movie
as Narrator
The Lost Little Caterpillar
2002 • Movie
Memphis
2002 • Movie
as Hilli
The Seagull's Laughter
2001 • Movie
as Hólófernes
The Dance
1998 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Benedikt Erlingsson.
as Guest Star • 1 eps
Góðir Íslendingar
2026 • Series
as Balding Thug • 6 eps
The Danish Woman
2025 • Series
as Steingrímur • 8 eps
Blackport
2021 • Series
as Búi • 9 eps
World's End
2011 • Series
as Flykaptajn • 1 eps
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004 • Series
as Haraldur, Linettes kæreste • 10 eps
My Life as Bent
2001 • Series