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Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson

Actor, also producer · Born March 3, 1973 (53) · Connecticut, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 3, 1973 (53)
From
Connecticut, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 94 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 64% in 30 days

What are Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Survival
28%
Bonds
22%
Morality
8%
Power
7%
Society
4%
Ideas
2%
Survival9 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 8

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 6

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 7
Ally
2 of 7
Shadow
1 of 7
Trickster
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
17
Melancholic
12
Dread
8
Hopeful
5
Absurd
3
Other
16

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

94 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Drago

  • Operation Napoleon: Tears of the Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Einar

  • Wildwood(2026)

    as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hidden People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Sig

  • Reykjavík Fusion(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer · as Jónas

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Your Friends & Neighbors(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · as Christian Tómasson

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · as Travis Davies

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • La Palma(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Haukur

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Twilight of the Gods(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Tiwaz (voice) · as Tiwaz / First Wolf (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Aki Haraldsson

  • Boat Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · as Narrator (voice) · as Narrator / Elias

  • As Long As We Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Haddi

  • Kiff(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Centaur Claus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Operation Napoleon(2023)

    as Einar

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Delirium(2023)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Summerlight and Then Comes The Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Producer · as Kjartan

  • Vikings: The Rise and Fall(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Beautiful Beings(2022)

    as Svenni

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Severance(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Mr. Drummond

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Somebody Somewhere(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Víglundur 'Iceland' Hjartarson

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Tourist(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Billy Nixon

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The Rock of Ages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as The Rock

  • Star Stable: Mistfall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sam

  • The Minister(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · Producer · as Benedikt

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga(2020)

    as Neils Brongus

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • End of Sentence(2019)

    as Stone

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as urVa (The Archer) (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • NOS4A2(2019)

    Show 20 episodes · as Bing Partridge

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Murder Mystery(2019)

    as Sergei

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Widow(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ariel Helgason

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • The Vanishing(2018)

    as Boor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019)

    as Ragnar the Rock (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald(2018)

    as Skender

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • New Amsterdam(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Burl

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Let Me Fall(2018)

    as Customer at the Beginning

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Meg(2018)

    as The Wall

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Spy Who Dumped Me(2018)

    as Finnish Backpacker

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Ploey(2018)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Emerald City(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Ojo

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Patient Seven(2016)

    as Alley Zombie (segment: "Undying Love")

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • CUBS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Per

  • Quarry(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · as Credence Mason

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The White King(2016)

    as Pickaxe

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The BFG(2016)

    as Maidmasher / Cook

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Lady Dynamite(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Scott Marvel Casssidy

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Zoolander 2(2016)

    as Hasidic Man

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • I can't be seen like this (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Trapped(2015)

    Show 28 episodes · as Andri Ólafsson

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Last Witch Hunter(2015)

    as Belial

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Reverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Artun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Jaffi's Father (voice)

  • A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

    as Jonas Loogan

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Áramótaskaup: 2013 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty(2013)

    as Helicopter Pilot

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • XL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer · as Leifur Sigurðarson

  • Swim for your life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator

  • The Deep(2012)

    as Gulli (Guðlaugs Friðþjófssonar)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Contraband(2012)

    as Olaf

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Undying Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Alley Zombie

  • Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer(2011)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Stormland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Böddi

  • Permille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer · as Erik

  • Undercurrent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Writer · as Sævar

  • King's Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Ray

  • Epic Fail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Reykjavik-Rotterdam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Elvar

  • Country Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Egill

  • I Hunt Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • White Night Wedding(2008)

    as Sjonni

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Camera Operator · Actor

  • Parents(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Marino

  • Thicker Than Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Börkur

  • Beauty of Small Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Beowulf & Grendel(2005)

    as Unferth

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Ørnen(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Computertyven

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Wine of the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Full House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Njalssaga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • 101 Reykjavik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Marri

  • Fiasco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Gulli

  • Out of the Ash and Into the Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Robbie Rotten in LazyTown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Pósturinn

  • The Rooties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Actor

  • Pearls and Swine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Bjartmar

  • 12 12 12 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • A Winter's Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jakob

  • Blood on Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Dark Ocean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Dead Weight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

  • God of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 2 episodes · as Thor

  • How and Why (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bill Senior

  • Woyzeck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Entertainer

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 92 titles, 82 of them dated from 1997 to 2026; peak year 2019.

Biggest box office

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

$188M worldwide

Highest rated

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Midcredits 91st

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19972026

Peak 2019 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2000Screen debut· 101 Reykjavik
  • 2012First top-billed film· The Deep
  • 2012Breakout· The Deep
  • 2012Career best· The Deep
  • 2015Career best· Trapped

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting90 of 92: 85 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thWriting1 of 92: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing5 of 92: 2 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew1 of 92: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

92 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · acting2000s18 · 17 acting · 2 crew2010s39 · 39 acting · 3 crew2020s22 · 22 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 5% of 22 roles
0015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2026, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 27; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer (2011)

63rd percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Wildwood (2026)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles29–83 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles16–54 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles31–78 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles29–62 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles26–71 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ólafur Darri Ólafsson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers