Benedikt Erlingsson
Directing·May 31, 1969 — 57 years old·Reykjavik, Iceland
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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2026Góðir ÍslendingarTVGuest Star2025The Danish WomanTVBalding Thug · Writer · Director · Creator2024When the Light Breaks2024TouchDr. Stefánsson2021BlackportTVSteingrímur2021Hver drap Friðrik Dór?Bróðir Símon2018Woman at WarDirector · Screenplay · Producer2016Áramótaskaup: 20162016Poor IcelandProducer2016Stefan Zweig: Farewell to EuropeHalldor Laxness2015The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and CarnivalsDirector2013Of Horses and MenDirector · Writer2011World's EndTVBúi2011VolcanoPálmi2011The Viking SagasHimself2011Polite PeopleÞorgeir2009CircledrawersMozart2008The NailScreenplay · Co-Producer · Director2008The Higher ForceSnati2007ThanksDirector · Writer2007ParentsPolice man2007Rattlesnakes2006The Boss of It AllInterpreter2006She Talks Icelandic2004The Eagle: A Crime OdysseyTVFlykaptajn2003Njalssaga2002The Lost Little CaterpillarNarrator2002Memphis2001The Seagull's LaughterHilli2001My Life as BentTVHaraldur, Linettes kæreste1998The DanceHólófernes1998Doomsday1997FóstbræðurTV