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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson has lived in Iceland for most of his life and works full time as an actor. He does a lot of theatre work as well as films and he is one of the founders of the Vesturport theatre company, which has performed around the world. more

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Adventure, Animation, Family
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Runtime:
104 min
Cast:
Jay Baruchel, Jay Baruchel, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, America Ferrera
7.5
90%
71
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
(2018)
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelw...
Runtime:
134 min
Cast:
Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterston, Jude Law
6.6
37%
52
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Contraband
(2012)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Baltasar Kormákur
Cast:
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, J.K. Simmons
6.5
51%
51
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A Walk Among the Tombstones
(2014)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Scott Frank
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, Marina Squerciati, Sebastian Roché
6.5
66%
57
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The Spy Who Dumped Me
(2018)
Action, Comedy
Audrey and Morgan, two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.
Runtime:
117 min
Cast:
Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Justin Theroux, Gillian Anderson
6.0
49%
52
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The Meg
(2018)
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Eli Roth
Cast:
Jason Statham, Ruby Rose, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Jessica McNamee
5.7
46%
46
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101 Reykjavik
(2000)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish flamenco teacher, Lola, moves in with them for Christmas. On New Year's Eve, while his mother is a...
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Baltasar Kormákur
Cast:
Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
6.8
89%
68
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Beowulf & Grendel
(2005)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Sturla Gunnarsson
Cast:
Hringur Ingvarsson, Spencer Wilding, Stellan Skarsgård, Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Tony Curran
5.8
49%
53
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The Deep
(2012)
Drama
Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Baltasar Kormákur
Cast:
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Thora Bjorg Helga, Theodór Júlíusson, María Sigurðardóttir
6.7
96%
N/A
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The White King
(2017)
Drama, Science Fiction
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors, the boy will not rest until he sees his father again.
Runtime:
89 min
Cast:
Agyness Deyn, Jonathan Pryce, Fiona Shaw, Ross Partridge, Greta Scacchi
6.1
70%
N/A
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Reykjavik-Rotterdam
(2008)
Action, Thriller
A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events occur.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Óskar Jónasson
Cast:
Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Victor Löw
6.8
N/A
N/A
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White Night Wedding
(2008)
Drama
Jon, a middle-aged professor is going to get married tomorrow, for the second time, to one of his ex-students half his age. But it's not all roses. First, there's his cranky mother-in-law-to-be who violently opposes the marriage and who demands repayment of Jon's loan before the wedding night. Second, his plans to build a golf course o...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Baltasar Kormákur
Cast:
Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Laufey Elíasdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson
6.7
29%
N/A
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Stormland
(2011)
Comedy, Drama
The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Boddi hates materialistic modern society in its entirety and on his blog-page he comically criticizes everything and everyone. Before long he has become an outlaw in his own hometown, just like his viking hero, Grettir. After a series ...
Runtime:
111 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
Wrath of Gods
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Wrath of Gods
(2007)
Documentary
When Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson set upon Iceland to film Beowulf & Grendel starring Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgard in 2004, they expected the usual complication involved in making a movie, but what they encountered made them wonder if the Norse gods were actually working against them.
Runtime:
72 min
8.3
N/A
N/A
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Undercurrent
(2010)
Drama
The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid crew members commits suicide. To fill his gap, a young woman takes his place on the nex...
Runtime:
95 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Thicker Than Water
(2006)
Drama
Pétur is an optometrist happily married to Ásta. They are expecting a child but already have a 10 year old boy named Örn. On coincidense Pétur finds out that he is not Örn's biological father.
Runtime:
90 min
Cast:
Róbert Arnfinnsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Aaron Brink, Haukur Örn Brink, Sóley Elíasdóttir
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Pearls and Swine
(1997)
Comedy
Lisa wants to take a cruise, hubby Finnbogi schemes to make money. He buys a dilapidated bakery. They get lucky when Karolina, who bakes great cakes, offers to work for them. She's the mother of Marta, head of the area's largest bakery, and the two have quarreled. Marta can't abide mom's rebellion or the rival bakery's success, so she ...
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Óskar Jónasson
Cast:
Fannar Guðmundsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir
6.3
N/A
N/A
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XL
(2013)
Drama
Ex-family man, avid womanizer, heavy-drinking, parliamentarian, Leifur, is forced to go into rehab by his political rival, following a well publicized art exhibition brawl. Full of denial, Leifur throws a party before checking in, but when it´s time to leave – very few do, turning the night into an adventure exclusively for those old e...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Marteinn Þórsson
Cast:
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, María Birta Bjarnadóttir, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann
5.8
N/A
N/A
How and Why
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How and Why
(2014)
Comedy, TV Movie
After his children's science show is canceled, Goodman Hesselman tries to start over with a new show in a little TV market - also a portal to the supernatural world.
8.0
N/A
N/A
How and Why
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How and Why
(2014)
Comedy, TV Movie
After his children's science show is canceled, Goodman Hesselman tries to start over with a new show in a little TV market - also a portal to the supernatural world.
8.0
N/A
N/A
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End of Sentence
(2019)
Drama
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhik...
Runtime:
96 min
Cast:
John Hawkes, Logan Lerman, Sarah Bolger, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
N/A
N/A
N/A
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East
(2015)
Crime
A film inspired by real events in the Icelandic underworld. A young man has a one night stand with the former girlfriend of a violent criminal and is kidnapped by said criminal and his gang in an effort to blackmail him. When that doesn't work they decide to bring him to the countryside to the home of an old friend. There they proceed ...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Jón Atli Jónasson
Cast:
Björn Stefánsson, Arnar Dan, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson
3.2
N/A
N/A
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Fiasco
(2000)
Comedy, Drama
Set in present-day Reykjavík, Fiasco draws a narrative circle of interconnecting stories in which three members of the Bardal household deal with the secret loves in their lives. Karl, an old age pensioner, is busy chasing after an amnesic old screen legend. Julia, Karl's granddaughter, is torn between a mediocre bank manager and a wil...
Runtime:
87 min
Cast:
Margrét Ákadóttir, Silja Hauksdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Eggert Þorleifsson, Róbert Arnfinnsson
2.7
N/A
N/A