Biography
Gísli Örn Garðarsson (born 15 December 1973) is an Icelandic actor and director. He graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2001 and is one of the thirteen founding members of Vesturport, a Reykjavík-based theatre and film company. Before turning to acting, he competed internationally as a gymnast.
He is known for his role as the Hassansin Leader in the film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), as Vidar Jutul in the Netflix series Ragnarok (2020–2023), and for appearances in Against the Ice (2022) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005). He also wrote, produced and acted in the Icelandic film Children (2006).
In 2007 he received the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2010 he was awarded the Order of the Falcon, Knight's Cross, by the President of Iceland. His partner is the actress and Vesturport co-founder Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir.
