Arnar Jónsson (born 21 January 1943) is an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He has played more leading roles in theaters than any other Icelandic actor. He starred in the film

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and also in 17 other leading roles and about 200 other roles in theater.

Personal life

Arnar was born in

Akureyri Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...

. He is married to

Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir (born 25 March 1945) is an Icelandic theater, opera, film and television director, actress, dancer, choreographer and politician. She was the artistic director of the Reykjavik City Theatre from 1996 to 2000. She w ...

. He likes golf (he plays in competition) and also brought up 5 children. His daughter

Sólveig Arnarsdóttir Sólveig Arnarsdóttir (born 26 January 1973) is an Icelanders, Icelandic actress. She is known for her performances in ''Stella í orlofi'', ''Let Me Fall'', ''Trapped (Icelandic TV series), Trapped'', and ''Katla (TV series), Katla''. Sólve ...

is also an actress.

Filmography

Notes and references

External links

* Jonsson, Arnar People from Akureyri Icelandic male stage actors Icelandic male voice actors Jonsson, Arnar Icelandic male film actors {{iceland-actor-stub