Ólafur S.K. Þorvaldz

Actors Male

was born in Reykjavík, Iceland.

He started his first steps in theatre and film in high school and then went straight to drama school after graduation. He trained at the Arts Educational School of Acting in London, graduating in 2003. Whilst in drama school he started the production company, Children of Loki, who still handle all of his productions.

Straight after drama school Ólafur started working as an actor and director. Often staging his own writings in both England and Scotland, performing one of his plays at the Gateway theatre in Edinburgh.

Ólafur worked as an actor in the UK for 2 years after graduation, before returning to his native Iceland and going into two productions at the city theatre in Reykjavík. Ólafur quickly started going into directing and writing full force and he has directed and written over a dozen plays. He´s worked within the industry in his homeland as an actor, voice over artist, writer and director.

Ólafur is the voice of Simon from Alvin and the Chipmunks, he‘s the voice of Yoghi bear, Kronk from Emperor‘s new school, amongst dozens of others.

As an actor he‘s starred as Iago in Shakespeare‘s Othelloat the National Operah house (Theatre), Barry from Leaves of Glass (Theatre), Stebbi in Small mountain (feature film), amongst others.

Olafur was the writer of series 3 and 4 of the world renowned children's TV series, LazyTown, amongst other writing credits.

Creative Artists

Fyrirsagnalisti

Álfrún Laufeyjardóttir - Actors Female

2001

Since a young age Álfrún has been singing, acting and dancing. Being the daughter of an actress and a director Álfrún was raised in the theatre and on film sets.

Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir - Actors Entertainment Female

1982

was born and raised in a small town in southern Iceland.

Ahd Tamimi - Actors Male

1990

Classically trained, Ahd has played roles from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams. He has worked in various theatre, film and television roles in the U.K ,Scandinavia and Europe.

Atli Óskar Fjalarsson - Actors Male

1992

graduated with honors in 2017 with a Bachelor's degree in Acting and is known for his subtle, almost poetic, style of acting.

Aron Már Ólafsson - Actors Entertainment Male

1993

er leiklistarnemi í Listaháskóla Íslands og mun útskrifast með B.A. gráðu 2019.

Arnar Dan Kristjánsson - Actors Male

1988

útskrifaðist frá leiklistardeild Listaháskóla Íslands vorið 2013 og hóf störf hjá Borgarleikhúsinu strax eftir útskrift. 

Í kjölfarið hefur hann farið með fjölmörg hlutverk í hinum ýmsu sýningum og má þar nefna Jeppa á fjalli, Refinn, Furðulegt háttalag hunds um nótt, Línu Langsokk, Ræmuna og nú síðast Mamma Mia! 

Bryndís Harolds - Actors Female

1994

Bryndís Harolds will graduate from The Oxford School of Drama in 2020, where she received the Dance and Drama Award and was trained by top specialists in the acting profession.

Bragi Þór Hinriksson - Directors Male

is an accomplished award winning Icelandic film director.

Bragi Valdimar Skúlason - Entertainment Male

ólst upp í Hnífsdal fram á unglingsár, þegar hann fluttist til Reykjavíkur.

Björn Stefánsson - Actors Male

1980

Baldvin Zóphoniasson - Directors

made his first short at the age of 11 and subsequently worked as freelance editor, camera man and producer for the largest TV networks in Iceland as well as studying documentary filmmaking in Norway in addition to directing music videos.

Bjarni Snæbjörnsson - Actors Entertainment Male

1978

graduated with a BFA degree in acting from Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2007. Since then he has gained great stage experience doing classical dramas, comedies, musicals, avant-garde performances and entertainment as well as doing TV shows, commercials and films. 

Bríet Kristjánsdóttir - Actors Female

1992

Bríet Kristjánsdóttir, known internationally as Brie Kristiansen, has appeared in multiple film and television productions.

Donna Cruz - Female Social media

1994

Darri Ingólfsson - Actors Male

1979

an Icelandic Actor, educated in London at the prestigious Arts Educational Schools London, and based in Los Angeles.

David Thor - Actors Male

1993

was born in Norway to an Icelandic mother and a Gambian father.

David Freyr Thorunnarson - Actors Male

1978

Graduated as an actor from the Film/Theatreschool Holberg in Copenhagen in spring 2007. Since then he has been involved in many performances on stage, on screen and in the radio. In addition to his education he has been trained in dancing, singing and long form improve.

Einar Gunn - Actors Male

1957

Born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. Spent half his life in and around New York City, mostly in advertising as an award-winning Creative Director.

Got into acting sideways. On a goof. Found out he was a natural (all the BS in the ad business will develop one's acting chops).

Honed his skills with the likes of the late Bill Esper (William Esper Studio), Patrick Page (Patrick Page Studio), Jordan Lage (Atlantic Acting School), Seth Barrish (The Barrow Group), and Rich Topol (ESPA/Primary Stages); at the Upright Citizens Brigade; and New Jersey School of Dramatic Arts

Greta Salóme - Entertainment Female

1986

is a singer/songwriter/violinist from Iceland with a wide fanbase and following all over the world. 

Gógó Starr - Entertainment

er skærasta drag-stjarna Íslands, Dragdrottning Íslands 2015 og eini draglistamaðurinn sem hefur fulla atvinnu af slíku hér á landi.

Árið 2015 endurvakti hún íslenska dragmenningu með stofnun Drag-Súgur sýninganna sem hún hefur framleitt mánaðarlega síðan þá, en þess á milli hefur Gógó ferðast um heiminn og komið víða fram, meðal annars með drag-súperstjörnum úr RuPaul’s Drag Race þáttunum. 

 

Gunnar Smári Jóhannesson - Actors Male

1992

Graduated from The Icelandic University of the Arts in the spring of 2019 with honors and his graduation solo piece written and performed by Gunnar Smári got outstanding reviews Félagsskapur með ókunnugum

Guðrún Veiga - Female Social media

Samfélagsmiðlar

Gói Karlsson - Actors Entertainment Male

1980

Gói Karlsson was born in Reykjavík 1980. He graduated 2005 with a BFA degree in acting from Iceland Academy of the Arts. He has mainly been working in theatre ( Reykjavík city theatre and the National theatre of Iceland ) and has played about 40 big and leading roles in Comedy, farces, musicals, drama and classics. 

Gunnar Hansson - Actors Entertainment Male

1971

Hildur Vala Baldursdóttir - Actors Female

1992

Graduated from Iceland University of the Arts in the spring of 2019 with a bachelor degree. She has from an early age been involved the Icelandic entertainment scene. 

Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson - Actors Male

1985

Born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland, Hjörtur has performed extensively in film, shorts, television, radio and on stage since graduating from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts in 2012. He co-founded a theatre company in 2012 and is currently working in the Reykjavik City Theatre where he recently played King Richard the Third.

Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir - Actors Female

Heiða Reed

1988

Haraldur Stefánsson - Actors Male

1991

Halldór Halldórsson AKA Dóri DNA - Actors Entertainment Male

1985

is a comedian, actor, an author and a stage performer.

Hlynur Þorsteinsson - Actors Male

1990

Hannes Óli Ágústsson - Actors Male

1981

graduated from the acting department of The Icelandic University of the Arts in 2009.

Hákon Jóhannesson - Actors Male

Actor, Leikari

1993

will graduate with a B.A. degree in acting from Iceland Academy of the Arts in the spring of 2018. Hákon started acting in college, where he was elected chairman of the theater department in his final year. On the school's behalf he won Leiktu Betur, a comedy improv competition between colleges in Iceland.

Hjalti Rúnar Jónsson - Actors Male

Actor, Leikari,

1990

IMPROV ÍSLAND - Entertainment

hefur kitlað hláturtaugar áhorfenda í áttunda sýningartímabil í Þjóðleikhúskjallaranum 2016.

Stór hluti áhorfenda kemur aftur og aftur því engin sýning er eins. Hver sýning á það þó sameiginlegt að vera frumsýning og lokasýning á brakandi fersku gríni sem verður til á staðnum.

Improv getur boðið uppá skemmtanir og hópefli af ýmsu tagi.

Ingamaría Eyjólfsdóttir - Actors Female

1990

Ingamaría studied contemporary method acting and performing arts in the Copenhagen International school of Performing Arts, prior to that she studied film acting and producing in The Icelandic Filmschool. She has played the violin since the age of 7 and she also is a singer. She speaks English, Danish and Icelandic fluently.

Íris Tanja Í. Flygenring - Actors Female

1989

Máni Magnúsarson - Actors Male Up and coming

1997

Mani Magnusson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. He started acting around the age of 6 at The National Theatre of Iceland. He has appeared in short films, TV shows, films and in several production for The National Theatre. Mani has taken many acting courses both in Iceland and in the U.S.. He was in acting school for children in The National Theatre of Iceland and later on begun to teach acting classes at young age, as well he has taken courses on Improv Iceland. In the U.S. he has learned the Ivana Chubbuck´s technique.

Natalía Gunnlaugsdóttir - Actors Female

1996

Recently graduated from Vancouver Film School

Jónas Alfreð Birkisson - Actors Male

1994

Graduated from The Icelandic University of the Arts with BA (hons) in acting, in the spring of 2019.

Whilst studying Jónas performed in Samningurinn (The Contract) with the independent theatre group Smyrsl which went to the Hungarian festival FACT in Budapest and performed with the renowned theatre group Óskabörn Ógæfunnar in Illska.

Jónas co-wrote and was the lead role in the short film Tower of Babel, performed in the Sjúk Ást campaign and has done commercials for companies such as Icelandair and Arion Bank.

Jónmundur Grétarsson - Actors Male

1985

Jónmundurs most recent work include Terrence Malick upcoming film The Last Planet and George Clooney upcoming film Good morning midnight.

Jonathan Duffy - Actors Entertainment Male

1985

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson - Actors Male

1980

Jóhann Sigurðarson - Actors Male

1956

lauk prófi frá Leiklistarskóla Íslands árið 1981.

Jóhann Alfreð Kristinsson - Entertainment Male

1985

Jóhann Alfreð er fæddur 1985 í Reykjavík. Hann er uppistandari og skemmtikraftur og hefur m.a. starfað innan vébanda Mið-Íslands hópsins frá árinu 2009. Þá hefur Jóhann tekið að sér leik í auglýsingum, þáttum og kvikmyndum og unnið að handritaskrifum og hugmyndavinnu því tengt. 

Jördis Richter - Actors Entertainment Female

Actor, Actress, Leikkona, Singer, Söngkona

1986

Jörundur Ragnarsson - Actors Directors Male

1979

Júlí Heiðar Halldórsson - Actors Male

1991

Júlíana Sara Gunnarsdóttir - Actors Female

1990

Karen Björg - Entertainment Female

1993

er uppistandari og setti saman uppistandshópsin Bara Góðar sem að hafa verið að gera það mjög gott uppá síðkastið

Karen er með BS gráðu í Sálfræði frá Háskóla Íslands og lærði handritaskrif í London

Leifur Sigurðarson - Actors Male

1985

Leifur hails from both New Zealand and Iceland, and spent the first two decades of his life pursuing a professional tennis career, representing both New Zealand and Iceland, including at Davis Cup level.

Laufey Elíasdóttir - Actors Female

1979

is born and raised in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. She works as an actress and a photographer. Laufey lived and studied film acting in Los Angeles, California in the years 2002-2004. 

Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir - Actors Female

1983

María Dögg Nelson - Actors Female

1992

graduated as an actress with a B.A. in Acting and Performance from the Department of Performing Arts, Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2016. 

María Thelma - Actors Female

1993

graduated as an actress from the Iceland Academy of Arts in 2016.

Magnús Jónsson - Actors Male

1965

Magnús Jónsson graduated from The Icelandic Drama School in 1991

Ólafur S.K. Þorvaldz - Actors Male

1980

was born in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Óskar Þór Axelsson - Directors

Sólbjört Sigurðardóttir - Actors Entertainment Female

1995

graduated as a contemporary dancer with a B.A. degree from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2019. 

Svandís Dóra Einarsdóttir - Actors Female

1984

Svandís Dóra graduated as an actress from The Icelandic Art Academy in 2010. She has taken part in many theatre projects in the National Theater of Iceland and with independent theatre groups. She has also starred on a number of TV series, such as The Lava Field, The Mayor, Promises, Ordinary People and in the award winning short Playing with Balls.

Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir - Actors Female

1969

grew up in Reykjavík with her mother, the actress Bríet Héðinsdóttir , and her father Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, a writer and translator of dramatic literature, and first found fame with a starring stage role at the age of fifteen. At seventeen she moved to London, England to study drama at the Drama Centre London , from which she graduated in 1990 along with contemporaries like Helen McCrory and Tara FitzGerald . She subsequently moved back to Iceland to re-launch a career on the stage and television as a mature artist, making her debut at the National Theatre of Iceland in the role of Solveig in Henrik Ibsen 's Peer Gynt .

Stefán Jónsson - Actors Male

1964

Stefán Hallur Stefánsson - Actors Male

1977

Since his graduation from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts in 2006, Stefán Hallur has worked with professional international and local representation in theatre, film and television including the National Theater of Iceland, Reykjavík City Theater, Vesturport, ART (USA), CDN Orléans (FRA), Blue eyes Productions, Sagafilm, Pegasus Productions, ZikZak Filmworks, Mystery Island, RÚV, ZDF (GER) and ARD (GER).

Smári Gunnarsson - Actors Male

1985

 

 

Sigurður Þór Óskarsson - Actors Male

1988

Salome R. Gunnarsdóttir - Actors Female

1988

Tinna Björt Guðjónsdóttir - Actors Female

1985

Vala Kristín Eiríksdóttir - Actors Female

1991

Valur Freyr Einarsson - Actors Male

1969

Ylva Garðarsdóttir - Actors Female

1989

Thor Tulinius - Actors Male

1959

graduated from the National Theatre academy of Iceland in
1985. He received a grant from the French Government to work in The Comedie Francaise, where he participated in the staging of Jean Genet’s, The Balcony, 1985-86.
In Iceland he worked for the Reykjavík City Theatre as an actor from 1987 – 1990and simultaneously he founded a professional Theatre Group, named Thibillja. 

He directed the first play which was written by the group. In 1991 he was contracted by the National Theatre of Iceland, where he acted the next years. Meanwhile he had a great success as a director with his adaptation of The Country of the Blind, by H.G. Wells.

Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir - Actors Female

1991

 

2015 she graduated with a BA degree in Acting from the Icelandic University of Arts.

 

Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir - Actors Female

1983

útskrifaðist frá leiklistardeild Listaháskóla Íslands vorið 2010 og var þá ráðin til Þjóðleikhússins.

Þórey Birgisdóttir - Actors Female

Actress, Leikkona

1994

has a BA. in acting from the Iceland Academy of the Arts (LHÍ) and a diploma in classical ballet and contemporary dance from the National ballet school in Iceland. Just before graduating LHÍ she was offered a big role in the Icelandic hit musical Slá í gegn in the National Theater of Iceland and has been working there since graduation.

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