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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
	Ólafur in 2019
Born	3 March 1973 (age 51); Connecticut, U.S.
Citizenship	Iceland; United States;
Occupations	Actor; producer; screenwriter;
Years active	1998–present
Known for	Children; Fangavaktin; Trapped; The Minister
Partner	Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir
Children	2

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 3 March 1973)^[1] is an Icelandic-American actor, producer, and screenwriter.^[2] He is known for Fangavaktin, Children, Trapped and The Deep. On the international stage, he is known for his appearances in Lady Dynamite, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

Early life

Ólafur was born to Icelandic parents in Connecticut, United States, where his father studied medicine. His family returned to Iceland when he was around four years old.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Career

Ólafur graduated from the Icelandic Drama School in 1998. Afterward, he became involved in numerous productions with the National Theatre of Iceland and Reykjavík City Theatre, also working with various independent theatre groups. He is one of the founders of Vesturport Theatre in Reykjavík.^[6]

Ólafur is best known internationally for his role as Andri, the chief of police in the small town of Seyðisfjörður in the east of Iceland, in the series Trapped. Baltasar Kormákur, who devised the series, has said that the actor was chosen because he was not a typical leading man. In the UK, the Guardian TV critic called his performance "as remarkable as the landscape". Ólafur himself has said that he based the character on his own father.^[4]

In June 2016, Ólafur lip synced in the music video for Winter Sound by the Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men.^[7]

In 2019, the actor was cast in AMC's series adaptation of Joe Hill's NOS4A2 as Bing Partridge.^[8]

He is also an Icelandic dubber and has provided the voices of various characters in animated films, such as Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, and Kung Fu Panda, among others. ^[9]

Personal life

Ólafur is in a relationship with Icelandic dancer Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir. They have two daughters, born in 2010 and 2014.^[10]

Due to being born in the United States, he holds an American citizenship as well as an Icelandic one.^[3]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Fíaskó	Gulli
2000	101 Reykjavík	Marri
2002	True Love (Once Removed)	Waitress	Short
2005	Beowulf & Grendel	Unferth
2006	Thicker than Water	Börkur
2006	Children	Marinó
2007	Parents	Marinó
2008	White Night Wedding	Sjonni
	Country Wedding	Egill
	Reykjavík-Rotterdam	Elvar
2010	Undercurrent	Sævar
2011	Stormland	Böddi – Böðvar Steingrímsson
2012	Contraband	Olaf
2012	The Deep	Gulli^[2]
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Helicopter pilot
2014	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Jonas Loogan
2015	The Last Witch Hunter	Belial^[11]
2016	Zoolander 2	Hasidic man
	The BFG	the Maidmasher
	The White King	Pickaxe
2018	The Spy Who Dumped Me	Finnish backpacker
	The Meg	The Wall
	Let Me Fall	Viðskiptavinur
	The Vanishing	Boor
	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	Skender
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Ragnar the Rock	Voice role
	Murder Mystery	Sergei
	End of Sentence	Officer Stone
2020	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	Neils Brongus
2023	Operation Napoleon	Einar

Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Eagle	Computer thief	1 episode
2009	1066 The Battle for Middle Earth	Gyrd	1 episode
2009	Fangavaktin	Loðfíllinn	7 episodes
2014	Banshee	Jonah Lambrecht	2 episodes
	True Detective	Dewall	1 episode
	Banshee Origins	Jonah Lambrecht	1 episode
2015–21	Trapped	Andri Ólafsson	21 episodes
2016	The Missing	Stefan Andersen	4 episodes
2016	Quarry	Credence Mason	4 episodes
2016–17	Lady Dynamite	Scott Marvel Cassidy	13 episodes
2017	Emerald City	Ojo^[12]	7 episodes
2018	Hilda		13 episodes
2019	The Widow	Ariel Helgason	8 episodes
	New Amsterdam	Burl	1 episode
	NOS4A2	Bing Partridge	20 episodes
	The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance	The Archer (voice)	6 episodes
2020	Cursed	Rugen the Leper King	1 episode
2020	The Minister	Benedikt Ríkharðsson	8 episodes
2021	Vegferð	Ólafur Darri	6 episodes
2022	The Amazing Race 34	Himself	1 episode
2022–24	The Tourist	Billy Nixon	6 episodes
2023	Boat Story	Narrator	6 episodes
2024	Twilight of the Gods	Tiwaz	5 episodes
2024	Somebody Somewhere	Víglundur 'Iceland' Hjartarson	Season 3
TBA	Severance		Season 2
TBA	Reykjavik Fusion	Jónas	Lead role

Video games

List of video game appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	For Honor	Highlander^[13]	Voice role
2023	The Last Worker	Kurt^[14]	Voice role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2006	Edda Awards	Screenplay of the Year (with Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir & Ragnar Bragason)	Children	Won
2006	Edda Awards	Actor of the Year	Children	Nominated
2007	Edda Awards	Best Film (with Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Víkingur Kristjánsson, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir & Ragnar Bragason)	Parents	Won
2007	Nordic Council Film Prize	—	Children	Nominated
2010	Edda Awards	Supporting Actor of the Year	The Prison Shift	Nominated
2011	Edda Awards	Actor of the Year	Stormland	Won
2011	Edda Awards	Screenplay of the Year (with Ottó Geir Borg, Víkingur Kristjánsson, Víkingur Kristjánsson, Ólafur Egilsson, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir & Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson)	Undercurrent	Nominated
2013	Edda Awards	Actor of the Year	The Deep	Won
2013	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Best Actor Award	XL	Won
2014	Edda Awards	Actor of the Year	XL	Nominated
2021	Edda Awards	Actor of the Year	The Minister	Won