Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
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Awards and Nominations
Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara
Marguey Award
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Edda Awards, Iceland. 2022 Nominee Edda Award. Actor of the Year (Leikari ársins í aðalhlutverki) Journey. 2021 Winner Edda Award. Actor of the Year (Leikari ársins í aðalhlutverki) The Minister. 2014 Nominee Edda Award.
- March 3, 1973
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Awards. Overview; Biography; Filmography; Photos; Awards
Actor: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Ólafur Darri was born on the 3rd of March in Connecticut, USA in 1973. Growing up in Iceland from the age of 4 he went to The Icelandic Drama School.
- January 1, 1
- 1.92 m
- Connecticut, USA
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (born 3 March 1973) is an Icelandic-American actor, producer, and screenwriter. 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.
Jul 10, 2020 · Trapped premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and made Ólafsson an international star, critics raving about his tour de force performance as Andri, the police chief of a little fishing village investigating a brutal crime in this Nordic Noir. It aired on Viceland in the US.
Sep 13, 2023 · When we spoke to Ólafur Darri via Zoom from his home in Reykjavík, with his dog Waffle by his side, our focus was on his Icelandic Nordic Noir series 'Trapped' and 'Entrapped', his role in the 2023 Icelandic Oscar contender 'Beautiful Beings', compatriot Aníta Briem’s new TV series 'As Long As We Live', and his strong connection to Iceland.
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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson has lived in Iceland for most of his life and works full time as an actor. He does a lot of theatre work as well as films and he is one of the founders of the Vesturport theatre company, which has performed around the world.
