Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson


Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson is an Icelandic actor who has worked extensively in Icelandic cinema, television and stage productions. He became internationally known for his role as police officer Ásgeir in the Icelandic TV series Trapped, and in Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's films A White White Day and Godland.

Life and career

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson was born on 22 November 1963.
Ingvar has acted extensively in film, television, and stage productions, both in Iceland and overseas. He had roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Englar alheimsins and Baltasar Kormákur's Mýrin and Everest. Ingvar became internationally known for his role as police officer Ásgeir in the Icelandic TV series Trapped.
He has collaborated with Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason on several occasions, from his graduation short film in Denmark, A Painter, in 2013, his second feature film A White White Day, and in 2022, Godland.
He portrayed a fictitious version of William fitz Osbern in the 2025 BBC series King & Conqueror.

Recognition and awards

Ingvar has won the Edda Award for Actor or Actress of the Year four times, for his performances in the short film Slurpinn & Co.; and the feature films Englar alheimsins ; Kaldaljós ; and Mýrin, in 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2006 respectively.
He won the Audience Award at the 2000 European Film Awards for his performance in Englar alheimsins. Apart from that he has been nominated many times for several roles in various films. In May 2019, Ingvar was awarded the Critics' Week festival best actor award for his performance in A White, White Day.

Partial filmography

  • Ingaló – Skúli
  • Skýjahöllin – Pabbi Alla
  • Devil's Island – Grjóni
  • Pearls and Swine – Viktor
  • Count Me Out – Hilmar
  • No Trace – Óli
  • Slurpinn & Co.
  • Angels of the Universe – Páll
  • Dramarama – Sölvi
  • No Such Thing – Dr. Svendsen
  • Falcons – Cop
  • K-19: The Widowmaker – Chief Engineer Gorelov
  • Stormy Weather – Gunnar
  • Cold Light – Older Grímur
  • Beowulf & Grendel – Grendel
  • Jar City – Erlendur
  • Children
  • Parents – Óskar Sveinn
  • Great Plane
  • Stóra planið – Magnús
  • Skrapp út – Siggi
  • Country Wedding – Brynjólfur
  • Reykjavík-Rotterdam – Steingrímur
  • 8 – Father
  • King's Road – BB
  • Woyzeck – Woyzeck
  • Undercurrent – Skipper Anton
  • Courier – Captain Slavko
  • Polite People – Þorsteinn
  • Borgríki – Gunnar
  • I Against I – Issac Revchenko
  • Rock Bottom
  • Of Horses and Men – Kolbeinn
  • Metalhead – Karl, Hera's father
  • Playtime – The Artist
  • Harry & Heimir: Morð eru til alls fyrst – Símon
  • One Night in Istanbul – Altan
  • Borgríki 2 – Gunnar
  • Dirk Ohm – Illusjonisten som forsvant – Lensmann
  • Everest – Anatoli Boukreev
  • Sparrows – Gunnar
  • Trapped – Ásgeir Þórarinsson
  • Fyrir framan annað fólk – Doctor
  • The Aquatic Effect – Siggi
  • The Oath – Halldór
  • Svanurinn – Karl
  • Justice League – Mayor
  • Vargur
  • Mihkel
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Grimmson
  • A White, White Day – Ingimundur
  • Succession – Magnusson
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League – Mayor
  • Katla – Þór
  • Lamb – Man on Television
  • Blackport – Nautið
  • Killing Eve – Lars
  • The Northman – He-Witch
  • Godland – Ragnar
  • Afturelding – Skarphéðinn
  • Rebel Moon – Hagen
  • Sebastian – Daniel
  • Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver – Hagen
  • The Shrouds
  • The Partisan – Armand