--- name: "Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ingvar-e-sigursson" fi1m_id: "ingvar-e-sigursson" imdb_id: "nm0797614" tmdb_id: 55584 wikidata_id: "Q496913" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 November 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 67 average_as: "actor" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-10-23T04:05:50.033411+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson ## Identity Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ingvar-e-sigursson - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ingvar-e-sigursson - **IMDb ID:** nm0797614 - **TMDB ID:** 55584 - **Wikidata ID:** Q496913 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Eggert_Sigur%C3%B0sson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55584 Actor. Born 22 November 1963 in Reykjavík, Iceland. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 November 1963, Reykjavík, Iceland - **Active:** 2015–present - **Also known as:** Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ingvar Sigurðsson - **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (5), 2020s 84 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 63 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Adventure 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,521m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_Eggert_Sigur%C3%B0sson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q496913, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55584 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Trapped*](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson > Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson has a face that foreign casting directors read as a threat and Icelandic directors read as a whole man. Give him a lead, or a supporting part written by someone who knows him, and he is as good as anyone working. Watch Ragnar in *Godland* (2022) hold still for the priest's camera. He has been asked to do a thing, so he does it, exactly as asked and in the way least likely to please the man asking. Sigurðsson plays the guide as someone who made his mind up about the Dane in the first ten minutes and has not been given a reason to change it. Nothing about the performance is loud. The stillness is the joke, and the threat, and the whole character. He has been doing this for thirty years, most of it at home. He came out of the Icelandic Theatre Academy in 1990, joined the National Theatre a year later, and worked through the decade in films by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson and Baltasar Kormákur. The lead in *Angels of the Universe* (2000) made his name in Iceland; *Jar City* (2006), as the detective Erlendur for Kormákur, confirmed it. *Trapped* (2015) was what carried him abroad, though not in the way the reputation suggests: Ásgeir handles the computer and the coffee while Ólafur Darri Ólafsson's Andri does the brooding, and Sigurðsson is funnier than a series that cold has any right to be. Since then the pattern has been steady Icelandic work with English-language supporting parts on the side. The director who gets the most from him is Hlynur Pálmason. *A White, White Day* (2019) gave him a lead, a widower called Ingimundur, and the grief and anger in it are the performance most critics point to. *Godland* gives him less screen time and he is the best thing in the film. We laughed more than we expected to, mostly at him, and the laugh comes from watching a man obey to the letter while making perfectly plain what he thinks of the order. It is a hard thing to do without mugging. He does not mug. The trouble is what happens when he leaves the island. Sigurðsson has said it himself: 'Somehow if you have a slight accent and a strong face, they seem to think: "Yeah, he'll be the bad guy."' The *Rebel Moon* films are the case in point, a heavy with a jaw and not much else to play. That is a waste of an actor who can hold a scene by doing nothing, and it is a waste the industry will keep making. So look for him at home. Pálmason has now made three films with him and Kormákur three more, and between them they account for nearly everything worth seeing. If a fourth Pálmason film arrives with Sigurðsson's name on it, that is the one to clear an evening for. ## Biography Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (also credited as Ingvar E. Sigurðsson) is an Icelandic actor born on 22 November 1963 in Reykjavík. He has worked extensively in Icelandic cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1990s. He is known for roles in films directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson and Baltasar Kormákur, including *Angels of the Universe* (2000) and *Jar City* (2006), as well as *Everest* (2015). He gained wider recognition for portraying police officer Ásgeir in the television series *Trapped* (2015–2018). Sigurðsson has collaborated repeatedly with director Hlynur Pálmason, appearing in *A White, White Day* (2019) and as Ragnar in *Godland* (2022). His international credits include *The Northman* (2022), the *Rebel Moon* films (2023–2024) and *Killing Eve* (2022). He has won the Edda Award for Actor of the Year four times. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *Godland* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Ragnar — [page](https://film.one/film/godland.md) - *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald* (2018), Fi1m 46, as Grimmson — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald.md) - *Succession* (2018), Fi1m 88, as Magnusson — [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) - *Justice League* (2017), Fi1m 40, as Mayor — [page](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md) - *Everest* (2015), Fi1m 61, as Anatoli Boukreev — [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md) - *Trapped* (2015), Fi1m 81, as Ásgeir — [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md) ## Complete filmography (92) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *La Pietà* (2026), as Voiceover - *The Partisan* (2025), as Armand - *The Fires* (2025), as Örn - *King & Conqueror* (2025), series, as Fitzosbern - *The Love That Remains* (2025), as Pálmi - *The Shrouds* (2025), as Elvar - *The Summer Book* (2025), as Eriksson - *Draumahöllin* (2024), series, Actor - *O* (2024), as Grímur - *Sebastian* (2024), as Daniel - *Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver* (2024), as Hagen - *Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire* (2023), as Hagen - *Balls* (2023), series, as Skarphéðinn - *Godland* (2022), as Ragnar · Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/godland.md) - *The Northman* (2022), as He-Witch - *Blackport* (2021), series, as Nautið - *Lamb* (2021), as Creature - *Katla* (2021), series, as Þór - *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021), as Mayor - *To Plant a Flag* (2020), as Farmer - *Thirst* (2019), as Lögga - *A White, White Day* (2019), as Ingimundur · Executive Producer - *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald* (2018), as Grimmson — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-beasts-the-crimes-of-grindelwald.md) - *Mihkel* (2018), as Skúli - *Succession* (2018), series, as Magnusson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md) - *Vultures* (2018), Actor - *Killing Eve* (2018), series, as Lars — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md) - *The Swan* (2018), as Karl - *Justice League* (2017), as Mayor — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md) - *Salvation* (2017), Actor - *The Oath* (2016), as Halldór - *The Together Project* (2016), as Siggi - *In Front of Others* (2016), Actor - *Trapped* (2015), series, as Ásgeir — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/trapped-2015.md) - *Sparrows* (2015), as Gunnar - *Everest* (2015), as Anatoli Boukreev — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/everest.md) - *The Disappearing Illusionist* (2015), as Lensmannen - *Brave Men's Blood* (2014), as Executive Producer - *Gone* (2014), as Man - *One Night in Istanbul* (2014), as Altan - *A Painter* (2013), as Maler - *Playtime* (2013), as The Artist - *Metalhead* (2013), as Karl - *Of Horses and Men* (2013), as Kolbeinn - *Rock Bottom* (2013), Actor - *I Against I* (2012), as Issac Revchenko - *Tumult* (2012), as Chief - *City State* (2011), as Gunnar · Executive Producer - *Polite People* (2011), as Þorsteinn - *Chess Story* (2011), as Chess player 2 - *Small Things* (2011), as Gunnar - *Courier* (2010), as Captain Slavko - *Knowledgy* (2010), Actor - *Undercurrent* (2010), as Skipper Anton · Writer - *King's Road* (2010), as BB - *8* (2008), as Father (segment "The Letter") - *Reykjavik-Rotterdam* (2008), as Steingrímur - *Country Wedding* (2008), as Brynjólfur - *Back Soon* (2008), as Siggi - *Dolor* (2008), as Father - *The Higher Force* (2008), as Magnús - *The letter* (2008), Actor - *Parents* (2007), as Óskar Sveinn · Writer, Producer - *Jar City* (2006), as Erlendur - *Beowulf & Grendel* (2005), as Grendel - *The Magician* (2005), Actor - *Cold Light* (2004), as Older Grímur - *Stormy Weather* (2003), as Gunnar - *Second Nature* (2003), as Franz - *Njalssaga* (2003), Actor - *Falcons* (2002), as Cop (as Ingvar E. Sigurðsson) - *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), as Gorelov - *No Such Thing* (2002), as Dr. Svendsen - *Dramarama* (2001), as Sölvi - *Angels of the Universe* (2000), as Páll - *Áramótaskaup: 1999* (1999), Actor - *No Trace* (1998), as Óli - *Doomsday* (1998), Actor - *Slurpinn & Co.* (1998), Actor - *Count Me Out* (1997), as Hilmar - *Pearls and Swine* (1997), as Viktor - *Devil's Island* (1996), as Grjóni - *When Dreams Come True* (1995), Actor - *Sail Boats of Heaven* (1994), series, as Einar - *The Sky Palace* (1994), as Pabbi Alla - *Camera Obscura* (1993), Actor - *Ingaló* (1992), as Skúli - *SSL-25 (Special Squad Laugarnesvegur 25)* (1989), Actor - *Broken Glass* (1988), Actor - *Woyzeck*, as Woyzeck - *Prophecy of the Seeress*, Actor - *The Seal Woman*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-7f87b83388fa.jpg) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson — Luigi Caputo, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Ingvar_Eggert_Sigur%C3%B0sson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Salzburger Festspiele 2012: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson in der Titelrolle von Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-45c1f8cac218.jpg) Salzburger Festspiele 2012: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson in der Titelrolle von Henrik Ibsens Peer Gynt — Luigi Caputo, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Salzburger_Festspiele_2012_-_Peer_Gynt.jpg/1280px-Salzburger_Festspiele_2012_-_Peer_Gynt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-5f1330fa6866.jpg) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson — Image via TMDB - ![Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-9e15c892ea4f.jpg) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson — Image via TMDB - ![Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-4ac9f22981b1.jpg) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson — Image via TMDB - ![Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-1c102ad4c1c2.jpg) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson — Image via TMDB - ![Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson](https://film.one/media/person/21331/gallery-52eb8dbe6823.jpg) Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 5 won, 3 nominated - European Film Award for Best Actor 2019: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *A White, White Day* - Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 2014: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won), for *Of Horses and Men* - Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 2007: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won), for *Parents* - Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2004: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Cold Light* - Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 2000: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won), for *Angels of the Universe* - European Film Award for Best Actor 2000: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Angels of the Universe* - Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2000: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (won), for *Angels of the Universe* - Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress 1999: Edda Award for Best Leading Actor or Actress (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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