Cast & creator
Benedikt Erlingsson
Best known for The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey, The Danish Woman, The Danish Woman
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.
34
film credits
10
television credits
29
1997–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (44)
Showing 44 of 44 credits
The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
Flykaptajn
2004
The Danish Woman
Balding Thug
2025The Danish Woman
Writer
2025The Danish Woman
Director
2025The Danish Woman
Creator
2025
Blackport
Steingrímur
2021Fóstbræður
1997
Touch
Dr. Stefánsson
2024
World's End
Búi
2011
Woman at War
Director
2018Woman at War
Screenplay
2018Woman at War
Producer
2018
My Life as Bent
Haraldur, Linettes kæreste
2001
When the Light Breaks
2024
The Boss of It All
Interpreter
2006
Áramótaskaup: 2018
2018
The Seagull's Laughter
Hilli
2001
Góðir Íslendingar
Guest Star
2026
Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016
Parents
Police man
2007
The Dance
Hólófernes
1998
Polite People
Þorgeir
2011
Of Horses and Men
Director
2013Of Horses and Men
Writer
2013
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Halldor Laxness
2016
The Lost Little Caterpillar
Narrator
2002
Njalssaga
2003
The Nail
2008The Nail
Screenplay
2008The Nail
Co-Producer
2008The Nail
Director
2008
Poor Iceland
Producer
2016
Hver drap Friðrik Dór?
Bróðir Símon
2021
Volcano
Pálmi
2011
The Higher Force
Snati
2008She Talks Icelandic
2006
The Show of Shows: 100 Years of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals
Director
2015
Circledrawers
Mozart
2009
The Viking Sagas
Himself
2011
Rattlesnakes
2007
Doomsday
1998
Memphis
2002
Thanks
Director
2007Thanks
Writer
2007