Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Career timeline

1. 1973 · Born

   Born in Connecticut, USA

2. 1999 · Screen debut

   Robbie Rotten in LazyTown (Movie)

3. 2007 · First production

   Parents (Movie)

4. 2010 · Writing debut

   Undercurrent (Movie)

5. 2013 · Breakthrough

   The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Movie)

6. 2026 · Latest release

   12 12 12 (TV)

Career in numbers

1 1990s

9 2000s

36 2010s

25 2020s

• Drama42
• Comedy20
• Crime15
• Adventure13
• Animation9
• Fantasy9

Highest-rated title Wildwood 2026 8.5 Most popular title Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 2018 6.8

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Ólafur Darri Ólafsson in our catalogue.

Dan Stevens

2 titles together

Jemaine Clement

2 titles together

1. — God of War Upcoming as Thor TV
2. — Blood on Snow Upcoming Movie
3. — A Winter's Journey Upcoming as Jakob Movie
4. 2027 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Upcoming as Drago Movie
5. 2027 Operation Napoleon: Tears of the Wolf Upcoming as Einar Movie
6. 2026 12 12 12 as Blasius Holtz 5.3 TV
7. 2026 Wildwood as Seamus (voice) 8.5 Movie
8. 2025 Hidden People as Sig Movie
9. 2025 Reykjavík Fusion as Jónas TV
10. 2025 Your Friends & Neighbors as Christian Tómasson 7.8 TV
11. 2025 Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue as Travis Davies 6.4 TV
12. 2024 La Palma as Haukur 6.8 TV
13. 2024 Twilight of the Gods as Tiwaz (voice) 7.7 TV
14. 2024 The Darkness as Aki Haraldsson TV
15. 2023 Boat Story as Narrator (voice) 7.3 TV
16. 2023 As Long As We Live as Haddi TV
17. 2023 Kiff as Centaur Claus (voice) 8.4 TV
18. 2023 Operation Napoleon as Einar 6.2 Movie
19. 2022 Summerlight and Then Comes The Night as Kjartan Movie
20. 2022 Monster High as Foxford (voice) 7.8 TV
21. 2022 Entrapped as Andri Ólafsson TV
22. 2022 Vikings: The Rise & Fall as Narrator (voice) TV
23. 2022 Beautiful Beings as Svenni 7.0 Movie
24. 2022 Severance as Mr. Drummond 8.4 TV
25. 2022 Somebody Somewhere as Víglundur 'Iceland' Hjartarson 7.2 TV
26. 2022 The Tourist as Billy Nixon 6.8 TV
27. 2021 The Rock of Ages as The Rock Movie
28. 2021 Star Stable: Mistfall as Sam TV
29. 2020 The Minister as Benedikt TV
30. 2020 Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga as Neils Brongus 6.4 Movie
31. 2019 End of Sentence as Stone 6.2 Movie
32. 2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as urVa (The Archer) (voice) 7.8 TV
33. 2019 NOS4A2 as Bing Partridge 7.3 TV
34. 2019 Murder Mystery as Sergei 6.3 Movie
35. 2019 The Widow as Ariel Helgason 6.9 TV
36. 2019 The Vanishing as Boor 5.8 Movie
37. 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Ragnar the Rock (voice) 7.8 Movie
38. 2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Skender 6.8 Movie
39. 2018 New Amsterdam as Burl 8.3 TV
40. 2018 Let Me Fall as Customer at the Beginning Movie
41. 2018 The Meg as The Wall 6.3 Movie
42. 2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me as Finnish Backpacker 6.4 Movie
43. 2018 Ploey: You Never Fly Alone 6.3 Movie
44. 2017 Emerald City as Ojo 6.6 TV
45. 2016 Patient Seven as Alley Zombie (segment: "Undying Love") 5.2 Movie
46. 2016 Quarry as Credence Mason 7.3 TV
47. 2016 The White King as Pickaxe 5.3 Movie
48. 2016 The BFG as Maidmasher / Cook 6.3 Movie
49. 2016 Lady Dynamite as Scott Marvel Casssidy 6.8 TV
50. 2016 Zoolander 2 as Hasidic Man 4.9 Movie
51. 2016 I can't be seen like this Movie
52. 2015 Trapped as Andri Ólafsson 7.3 TV
53. 2015 The Last Witch Hunter as Belial 6.0 Movie
54. 2015 Reverse Movie
55. 2014 Artun as Jaffi's Father (voice) Movie
56. 2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones as Jonas Loogan 6.4 Movie
57. 2013 Áramótaskaup: 2013 Movie
58. 2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Helicopter Pilot 7.2 Movie
59. 2013 XL as Leifur Sigurðarson Movie
60. 2012 Swim for your life as Narrator Movie
61. 2012 The Deep as Gulli (Guðlaugs Friðþjófssonar) 6.3 Movie
62. 2012 Contraband as Olaf 6.3 Movie
63. 2011 Legends of Valhalla: Thor 5.4 Movie
64. 2011 Stormland as Böddi Movie
65. 2010 Undercurrent as Sævar Movie
66. 2010 King's Road as Ray Movie
67. 2008 Reykjavik-Rotterdam as Elvar 6.3 Movie
68. 2008 Country Wedding as Egill Movie
69. 2008 I Hunt Men TV
70. 2008 White Night Wedding as Sjonni Movie
71. 2005 Beowulf & Grendel as Unferth 5.6 Movie
72. 2004 The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey as Computertyven TV
73. 2000 101 Reykjavik as Marri 6.2 Movie
74. 2000 Fiasco as Gulli Movie
75. 1999 Robbie Rotten in LazyTown as Pósturinn Movie

1. 2022 Summerlight and Then Comes The Night Movie
2. 2007 Parents Movie

1. 2010 Undercurrent Movie

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