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Acting

Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson

Career

Active from 2009 to 2025, busiest in 2016 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rams
Rams
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Icelandic Drama 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Atmospheric Mystery 2
  • Slow-Paced 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 53
Cold Haven
Cold Haven (2025)

TV show · as Daníel

King & Conqueror
King & Conqueror (2025)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as King Harald Hardrada

Áramótaskaup: 2024
Áramótaskaup: 2024 (2024)

Writer

Draumahöllin
Draumahöllin (2024)

TV show

Summerlight and Then Comes The Night
Summerlight and Then Comes The Night (2022)
GoodWatch score 44

as CEO

Fractures
Fractures (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Siggi

My Funeral
My Funeral (2020)

TV show · as Hilmar S. Sørensen

Love on Iceland
Love on Iceland (2020)
GoodWatch score 64

as Kristian

2010s

13 titles · average score 68
The County
The County (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

as Friðgeir

Pabbahelgar
Pabbahelgar (2019)

TV show · as Matti

Dovetail
Dovetail (2018)

as Aron

Let Me Fall
Let Me Fall (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

as Erlingur Hafsteinn

Cruelty
Cruelty (2016)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jói Schram

Autumn Lights
Autumn Lights (2016)
GoodWatch score 47

as Jóhann

Heartstone
Heartstone (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sigurdur

Rams
Rams (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

as Bjarni

Life in a Fishbowl
Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
GoodWatch score 76

as Gústi

Metalhead
Metalhead (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

as Janus

Vikingar
Vikingar (2013)

as Magnus

Either Way
Either Way (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

as Finnbogi

2000s

1 title · average score 66
The Cliff
The Cliff (2009)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Lárus