
Directing
Benedikt Erlingsson
31 May 1969 (57) Reykjavik, Iceland
- Directed
- 6
- Written
- 5
- Produced
- 2
- Movies
- 22
- Shows
- 6
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
- 2025
- The Danish Woman · Series · Balding Thug
- The Danish Woman · Series · Writer
- 2024
- When the Light Breaks · Film
- Touch · Film · Dr. Stefánsson
- 2021
- Hver drap Friðrik Dór? · Film · Bróðir Símon
- Blackport · Series · Steingrímur
- 2018
- Áramótaskaup: 2018 · Film
- Woman at War · Film · Director
- 2016
- Áramótaskaup: 2016 · Film
- Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe · Film · Halldor Laxness
- Poor Iceland · Film · Producer
- 2015
- The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals · Film · Director
- 2013
- Of Horses and Men · Film · Director
- 2011
- Volcano · Film · Pálmi
- The Viking Sagas · Film
- Polite People · Film · Þorgeir
- World's End · Series · Búi
- 2009
- Circledrawers · Film · Mozart
- 2008
- The Nail · Film
- The Higher Force · Film · Snati
- The Nail · Film · Screenplay
- 2007
- Parents · Film · Police man
- Rattlesnakes · Film
- Thanks · Film · Director
- 2006
- The Boss of It All · Film · Interpreter
- She Talks Icelandic · Film
- 2004
- The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey · Series · Flykaptajn
- 2003
- Njalssaga · Film
- 2002
- The Lost Little Caterpillar · Film · Narrator
- Memphis · Film
- 2001
- The Seagull's Laughter · Film · Hilli
- My Life as Bent · Series · Haraldur · Linettes kæreste
- 1998
- 1997
- Fóstbræður · Series






























