Rúnar Freyr Gíslason (born 29 April 1973) is an Icelandic actor, voice actor and singer. He hosts a radio show with TV-personality Logi Bergmann Eiðsson and with Friðrika Hjördís Geirsdóttir called Ísland vaknar (English: Iceland wakes up).[1] He is known for his role as Sigvaldi in the TV-series Trapped.
Rúnar was married to Icelandic singer and actress Selma Björnsdóttir from 2005 until 2010. The couple had met when they played together in the Icelandic adaptation of the musical Grease. The couple had two children together before divorcing in 2010.[5][6]
Rúnar has been in a relationship with gymnastic instructor Guðrún Jóna Stefánsdóttir since 2011. They couple welcomed their first child in April 2015. Rúnar has one other child from a previous relationship.[7]
Rúnar is a recovering alcoholic. He said this in a 2014 interview: "When I came put of rehab two and a half years ago I didn't feel good. I felt as I had lost at life. I was an alcoholic with three tries at rehab in that same year. I felt hopeless. I felt alone and abandoned. The future did not look good. But then I came out into the real world and discovered that this was all wrong. I still had my education, my talents, and most important I had a great family, friends and coworkers that stood by me. They helped me a great deal in my recovery. I never had to suffer alone. There was always someone there and that was and is incredibly valuable to me."[8]
