Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson Explained

Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Birth Place:	Iceland
Alma Mater:	Iceland Academy of the Arts
Occupation:	Actor, writer
Years Active:	2006-Present
Awards:	Nomination, 2014 Edda Award, Supporting Actor of the Year for Metalhead Nomination, 2012 Edda Award, Actor of the Year for Either WayNomination, 2012 Nordic Council Film Prize for Either Way

Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic stage and film actor who starred in and co-wrote 2011's Either Way, Ragnar Bragason's Metalhead and Baltasar Kormákur's The Deep.

Career

Gunnarsson stars in the film Rams which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] He also stars in the American film Autumn Lights.^{[2] [3]}

He has also starred in television: he played Valdi in the Icelandic crime mini-series Stella Blómkvist, and appeared in the second episode of the first season of the American IFC satirical series Documentary Now!

Selected filmography

• Let Me Fall (2018)
• Stella Blómkvist (2018)
• Cruelty (2016)
• Heartstone (2016)
• Autumn Lights (2016)
• Rams (2015)
• Blóðberg (2015)
• Life in a Fishbowl (2014)
• Grave & Bones (2014)
• Metalhead (2013)
• Prince Avalanche (2013) (writer)
• The Deep (2013)
• Either Way (2011)
• Heimsendir (2011 TV Mini-series)
• Jar City (2006)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015 Official Selection . 16 April 2015 . Cannes.
2. News: Autumn Lights on in Iceland. Nancy. Tartaglione. Deadline Hollywood. 5 June 2014.
3. News: 'Metalhead' ('Malmhaus'): Helsinki Review. John. DeFore . The Hollywood Reporter. 22 September 2014.