Jörundur Ragnarsson (born 9 July 1979) is an Icelandic actor. He is best known for his role as Daníel Sævarsson in ''

Næturvaktin ''Næturvaktin'' () is an Icelandic television series. It is the first in a trilogy, its sequels being ''Dagvaktin'' () and ''Fangavaktin'' (). The series was first shown in 2007 on Stöð 2, on Sundays from 16 September to 9 December. In th ...

'' and its sequels, ''

Dagvaktin ''Dagvaktin'' () is a sequel to the Icelandic television series ''Næturvaktin''. It is the second of the three series in the trilogy. The three main characters from ''Næturvaktin'', Georg Bjarnfreðarson (Jón Gnarr Jón Gnarr (; born Jón ...

'' and ''

Fangavaktin ''Fangavaktin'' () is the sequel to the Icelandic television series '' Dagvaktin'' and the final series in the trilogy. The three main characters from ''Næturvaktin'', Georg Bjarnfreðarson (Jón Gnarr), Ólafur Ragnar ( Pétur Jóhann Sigfússo ...

''. In 2007, he appeared in '' Veðramót'', for which he won an award for best supporting actor at the 2007

Edda Awards The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed annually by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February. The ''Edda'' has awarded for outstanding work in various cat ...

. In 2021, he played the role of ''Zack Mossbergsson'', a parody of Facebook CEO

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, in a commercial by Íslandstofa (English: Business Iceland), a public-private organization responsible for the branding and marketing of Iceland and Icelandic export industries.

Early life

Jörundur was born in

Hvammstangi Hvammstangi () 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 lin ...

, Iceland. At the age of 7, his family moved to Suðureyri, in the

Westfjords The Westfjords or West Fjords (, ) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of I ...

, where his father became mayor. The family later moved to

Súðavík Súðavík () is a fishing village and municipality (Súðavíkurhreppur ) on the west coast of Álftafjörður in Westfjords, Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic ...

and

Ólafsvík Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports ...

before he settled in

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