Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Olafur Darri Olafsson found incredible success as an accomplished actor, appearing in a variety of films throughout his Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Olafsson landed roles in various films, including the comedy "Pearls and Swine" (1998) with Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, the Robert Arnfinnsson comedy "Fiasko" (1999) and the Victoria Abril dramatic adaptation "101 Reykjavik" (2001). He also appeared in "Thicker Than Water" (2006), "Beowulf & Grendel" (2006) with Gerard Butler and "Born" (2006) with Gisli Orn Gardarsson. He kept working in film throughout the early 2000s, starring in the Hilmir Snær Guðnason comedic adaptation "White Night Wedding" (2008), "Country Wedding" (2008) and "Reykjavik-Rotterdam" (2008). More recently, he continued to act in the action picture "Contraband" (2012) with Mark Wahlberg, "The Deep" (2012) and "XL" (2013). He also appeared in the comedy adventure "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013) with Ben Stiller. He also worked in television during these years, including a part on "True Detective" (HBO, 2013-15). Olafsson most recently acted in the comedic adventure "The BFG" (2016) with Mark Rylance.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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18% |
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Operation Napoleon | Einar (Character) | $909 | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night | Kjartan (Character) | - | 2022 |
82% |
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Beautiful Beings | Svenni (Character) | - | 2022 |
64% |
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Neils Brongus (Character) | - | 2020 |
91% |
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End of Sentence | Officer Stone (Character) | - | 2019 |
90% |
|
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Ragnar the Rock (Voice) | $160.8M | 2019 |
84% |
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The Vanishing | Boor (Character) | - | 2018 |
36% |
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Skender (Character) | $159.4M | 2018 |
47% |
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The Meg | The Wall (Character) | $142.8M | 2018 |
73% |
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The White King | Pickaxe (Voice) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cubs | Per (Character) | - | 2016 |
18% |
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The Last Witch Hunter | Belial (Character) | $27.4M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reverse | Hilmar (Character) | - | 2015 |
68% |
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A Walk Among the Tombstones | James Loogan (Character) | $26.0M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | XL |
Leifur Sigurdarson (Character), Producer |
- | 2013 |
94% |
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The Deep | Gulli (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Undercurrent | Sævar (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Reykjavik-Rotterdam | Elvar (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Foreldrar | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Children |
Marinó (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thicker Than Water | Börkur (Character) | - | 2006 |
89% |
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101 Reykjavik | Marri (Character) | $125.1K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fiasco | Gulli (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pearls and Swine | Bjartmar (Character) | - | 1998 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 29% | La Palma | Haukur (Character) | 2024 |
76% | 75% | Twilight of the Gods |
Tiwaz / |
2024 |
57% | 70% | Boat Story | Narrator | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Trapped | Andri (Character) | 2015-2016 2018-2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vikings: The Rise and Fall | Narrator | 2022 |
96% | 61% | The Tourist | Billy Nixon (Character) | 2022 |
72% | 82% | NOS4A2 | Bing Partridge (Character) | 2019-2020 |
89% | 94% | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Archer (Voice) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 50% | New Amsterdam | Burl (Guest Star) | 2019 |
57% | 60% | The Widow | Ariel Helgason (Character) | 2019 |
97% | 80% | Lady Dynamite | Scott (Character) | 2017 |
38% | 78% | Emerald City | Ojo (Guest Star) | 2017 |
90% | 92% | Banshee | Jonah Lambrecht (Guest Star) | 2014 |