
Benedikt Erlingsson (born 31 May 1969; Reykjavík) is an Icelandic actor and theater and film director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 1994 and has been with the National Theater of Iceland for most of his career. He has directed two feature-length films, both of which have won the Nordic Council Film Prize.

Touch
2024 · as Dr. Stefánsson

When the Light Breaks
2024

Parents
2007 · as Police man

Polite People
2011 · as Þorgeir

The Dance
1998 · as Hólófernes

The Lost Little Caterpillar
2002 · as Narrator

Áramótaskaup: 2016
2016

Njalssaga
2003

The Boss of It All
2006 · as Interpreter

The Nail
2008

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016 · as Halldor Laxness

The Higher Force
2008 · as Snati

The Seagull's Laughter
2001 · as Hilli

Circledrawers
2009 · as Mozart

She Talks Icelandic
2006

Rattlesnakes
2007

Doomsday
1998

Volcano
2011 · as Pálmi