Benedikt Erlingsson

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.

Directed

1. Woman at War (2018) — Director
2. Of Horses and Men (2013) — Director
3. The Danish Woman (2025) — Director
4. The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals (2015) — Director
5. The Nail (2008) — Director
6. Thanks (2007) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Boss of It All (2006) — Interpreter
2. Touch (2024) — Dr. Stefánsson
3. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016) — Halldor Laxness
4. When the Light Breaks (2024)
5. Volcano (2011) — Pálmi
6. The Danish Woman (2025) — Balding Thug
7. The Seagull's Laughter (2001) — Hilli
8. The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey (2004) — Flykaptajn
9. Blackport (2021) — Steingrímur
10. Parents (2007) — Police man
11. The Viking Sagas (2011) — Himself
12. The Higher Force (2008) — Snati
13. The Dance (1998) — Hólófernes
14. Polite People (2011) — Þorgeir
15. My Life as Bent (2001) — Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
16. The Lost Little Caterpillar (2002) — Narrator
17. The Nail (2008)
18. Njalssaga (2003)
19. Hver drap Friðrik Dór? (2021) — Bróðir Símon
20. Áramótaskaup: 2016 (2016)
21. World's End (2011) — Búi
22. Fóstbræður (1997)
23. Memphis (2002)
24. Rattlesnakes (2007)
25. She Talks Icelandic (2006)
26. Circledrawers (2009) — Mozart
27. Doomsday (1998)
28. Áramótaskaup: 2018 (2018)
29. Góðir Íslendingar (2026) — Guest Star