Biography for
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Date of Birth

27 February 1966, Reykjavik, Iceland

Birth Name

Baltasar Kormákur Samper

Height

6' 1¼" (1.86 m)

Mini Biography

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. He has directed ten theatre productions, both at home and abroad. Baltasar Kormákur formed his own theatre with two partners and has directed a string of productions there as well as in The National Theatre of Iceland. Baltasar Kormákur's first feature film, 101 Reykjavík, starring Victoria Abril in one of the main roles, is now out.

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Trivia

His father is Baltasar Samper a well known artist in Iceland.

Has a son named Baltasar Breki.

2001: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

His father is Spanish and his mother is Icelandic.

Speaks Icelandic, English, Spanish and Danish

Personal Quotes

It doesn't matter where my movies are set. Right now, I have a script that's set in Canada and is in English. Just because I was born on the island [Iceland] doesn't mean I want to spend the rest of my life telling stories for 300,000 people. It helps that I'm half-Spanish, because the market I can reach is much bigger.

I don't see Hollywood as the big enemy, because this is where the money is, and not all of the companies are doing studio movies. I'm not tempted to sell out. If I'm going to become well known, I want it to be for something I'm proud of.

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