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Acting

Hilmir Snær Guðnason

Career

Active from 1995 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Angels of the Universe
Angels of the Universe
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hilmir Snær Guðnason Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.7, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Icelandic Cinema 5
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Nordic Noir 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Atmospheric 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Quirky 2
  • Character-Driven Crime 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 65
Brjánn
Brjánn (2025)

TV show · as Eggert Atlason

Grand Finale
Grand Finale (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as Klemens

House for Sale
House for Sale (2024)

as Narrator

Wild Game
Wild Game (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

as Rúnar

The Very Last Fishing Trip
The Very Last Fishing Trip (2022)

as Jónsi

Lamb
Lamb (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ingvar

Alma
Alma (2021)

as Ingvar

Blackport
Blackport (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Smári

The Last Fishing Trip
The Last Fishing Trip (2020)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jónsi

2010s

12 titles · average score 63
A White, White Day
A White, White Day (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

as Olgeir

The Swan
The Swan (2018)
GoodWatch score 57

as Frægur leikari

Woman at War
Woman at War (2018)
GoodWatch score 81

as Taxi Driver

In Front of Others
In Front of Others (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

as Fridrik

Cruelty
Cruelty (2016)
GoodWatch score 54

as Pétur

Brave Men's Blood
Brave Men's Blood (2014)
GoodWatch score 47

as Ívar

The Biggest Rescue
The Biggest Rescue (2014)

as Eyólfur

Ferox
Ferox (2013)

as Drunk man

Dawn
Dawn (2012)

as Father

Polite People
Polite People (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

as Hrafnkell

Stormland
Stormland (2011)
GoodWatch score 62

as Árni Valur

Mamma Gógó
Mamma Gógó (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

as The director

2000s

19 titles · average score 58
White Night Wedding
White Night Wedding (2008)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jón

I Hunt Men
I Hunt Men (2008)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Cold Trail
Cold Trail (2006)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kjartan

Guy X
Guy X (2005)
GoodWatch score 41

as Petri

Erbsen auf halb 6
Erbsen auf halb 6 (2004)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jakob Magnuson

Blueprint
Blueprint (2003)
GoodWatch score 54

as Greg

The Sea
The Sea (2002)
GoodWatch score 47

as Ágúst

On Top Down Under
On Top Down Under (2002)

as The Man

Reykjavik Guesthouse: Rent a Bike
Reykjavik Guesthouse: Rent a Bike (2002)

as Jóhann Jóhannsson

The Seagull's Laughter
The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
GoodWatch score 61

as Magnús

101 Reykjavik
101 Reykjavik (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

as Hlynur

Angels of the Universe
Angels of the Universe (2000)
GoodWatch score 78

as Pétur

1990s

3 titles · average score 55
Witchcraft
Witchcraft (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

as Reverend Jón Magnússon

Fóstbræður
Fóstbræður (1997)

TV show

Agnes
Agnes (1995)

as Guðmundur