Ari Eldjárn (; born 5 September 1981) is an Icelandic

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, writer and actor.

Early life

Ari was born in

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in 1981. His father

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is a writer. His mother Unnur Ólafsdóttir is a meteorologist, and his paternal grandfather,

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, was the third

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(1968–1980).

Career

Ari began to perform stand-up in May 2009. He wrote for several Icelandic TV programmes, including ''Mið-Ísland'' and ''Hversdagsreglur''. He has also appeared in the UK on BBC's ''

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''. In November 2020, his stand-up show ''Eagle Fire Iron'' was released as a vinyl record by Monkey Barrel Records. In December 2020 another of his shows, ''Pardon My Icelandic,'' aired on

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. In January 2021 Ari was awarded the 2020 Icelandic Optimism Award by President

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