
Benedikt Erlingsson
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

The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey
2004

The Danish Woman
2025

Touch
2024

Blackport
2021

Áramótaskaup: 2018
2018

World's End
2011

Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016

When the Light Breaks
2024

Góðir Íslendingar
2026

The Lost Little Caterpillar
2002

My Life as Bent
2001

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016

Parents
2007

The Boss of It All
2006

The Dance
1998

The Nail
2008

Polite People
2011

Njalssaga
2003

Circledrawers
2009

The Higher Force
2008

Doomsday
1998

The Seagull's Laughter
2001

Volcano
2011

Rattlesnakes
2007