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Baltasar Kormákur

Producer | Actor | Director

Born in 1966. He graduated from The Drama Academy of Iceland and is one of Iceland's most popular and critically acclaimed actors of the younger generation, working amongst others with Oscar-nominee Fridrik Thór Fridriksson. But it is as a director and theatre entrepreneur he has really made his name... See full bio »

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Baltasar Kormákur Samper
in Reykjavik, Iceland
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2012 Contraband (producer)
 
2012 Djúpið (producer)
 
2010 Summerland (producer)
 
2008 Reykjavik-Rotterdam (producer)
 
2008 The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (executive producer)
 
2008 Brúðguminn (producer)
 
2006 Jar City (producer)
 
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven (producer)
 
2004 Dís (producer)
 
2003/I Stormy Weather (producer)
 
2002 The Sea (producer)
 
2000 101 Reykjavík (producer)
 
1998 Popp í Reykjavík (documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (13 titles)
2008 Reykjavik-Rotterdam
Kristófer
 
2003/I Stormy Weather
Einar
 
2001 Me and Morrison
Askildsen
 
2001 Regína
Ivan
 
2001 No Such Thing
Artaud
 
2000 101 Reykjavík
Þröstur
 
2000 Angels of the Universe
Óli
 
1999/II Split
Fridrik
 
1996 Devil's Island
Baddi
 
1996 Dream Hunters
Gunnar
 
1995 Agnes
Natan
 
1992 A Fairy of Our Time (short)
 
1992 Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story
Lass
 
Show ShowDirector (9 titles)
2013 2 Guns (pre-production)
 
2012 Contraband
 
2012 Djúpið
 
2010 Inhale
 
2008 Brúðguminn
 
2006 Jar City
 
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
 
2002 The Sea
 
2000 101 Reykjavík
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
2012 Djúpið
 
2008 Brúðguminn (screenplay)
 
2006 Jar City (screenplay)
 
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
 
2002 The Sea
 
2000 101 Reykjavík
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2011 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.13 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 May 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2007 Hlustendaverðlaun FM 957 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Närbild (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Baltasar Kormákur (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Store studio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.13 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 Investigation Into the Invisible World (documentary)
The actor in the house
 
2002 Exclusif (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 2002 (2002) … Himself
 

Related Videos

Contraband -- A reformed criminal returns to his old ways when his brother-in-law gets into trouble. His objective: smuggle $15 million into the US to pay his relative's debt. Inhale -- A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter. The Sea -- A rich father in a fisher village plans to take on the project of writing his life story. But first he has to take on his own family, and everybody wants something...
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Personal Details

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1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

6' 1¼" (1.86 m)
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Personal Quote:

The winters are too long, and there's only one airline, so it's difficult to escape when you feel frustrated or claustrophobic. The audience for our films isn't very large, so it's difficult to support an industry. But, Iceland is beautiful. Sometimes it's hard to imagine living anywhere else See more »

Trivia:

His father is Spanish and his mother is Icelandic. See more »

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