Benedikt Erlingsson
Directing • Born 1969-05-31
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
26 credits
The Boss of It All
Movie • 2006
Interpreter
Memphis
Movie • 2002
The Nail
Movie • 2008
Rattlesnakes
Movie • 2007
She Talks Icelandic
Movie • 2006
Njalssaga
Movie • 2003
The Seagull's Laughter
Movie • 2001
Hilli
Volcano
Movie • 2011
Pálmi
The Higher Force
Movie • 2008
Snati
Circledrawers
Movie • 2009
Mozart
The Lost Little Caterpillar
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Polite People
Movie • 2011
Þorgeir
The Viking Sagas
Movie • 2011
Himself
Touch
Movie • 2024
Dr. Stefánsson
The Dance
Movie • 1998
Hólófernes
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Movie • 2016
Halldor Laxness
Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
Movie • 2021
Bróðir Símon
Doomsday
Movie • 1998
Parents
Movie • 2007
Police man
Áramótaskaup: 2016
Movie • 2016
World's End
TV • 2011
Búi
My Life as Bent
TV • 2001
Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
Blackport
TV • 2021
Steingrímur
Fóstbræður
TV • 1997
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
TV • 2004
Flykaptajn
The Danish Woman
TV • 2026
Balding Thug