
Gísli Örn Garðarsson
Biography
Gísli Örn Garðarsson (born 15 December 1973, Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic actor, director, producer, and writer. He is one of the thirteen founding members of Vesturport, Iceland's premier theatre and film company. He is best known as Vidar Jutul in Ragnarok (2020–2023, Netflix) and for writing, producing, and acting in Children (2006), which earned him the Shooting Stars Award at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival. In film, he has appeared in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Against the Ice (2022). He was awarded the Order of the Falcon, Knight's Cross by the President of Iceland in 2010 and has won multiple Edda Awards.
Filmography

Everybody Loves Horses
2025 · 8.0

Ragnarok
2020 · 7.7

Undercurrent
2010 · 7.1

Caramels
2003 · 7.0

Against the Ice
2022 · 6.8

Dramarama
2001 · 6.6

Country Wedding
2008 · 6.6

Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · 6.4

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010 · 6.3

Two Birds
2008 · 6.2

For Life
2020 · 6.1

Children
2006 · 6.1

The Oath
2016 · 6.0

Tumult
2012 · 6.0

Wild Game
2023 · 6.0

Blackport
2021 · 5.9

Jitters
2010 · 5.9

Vultures
2018 · 5.7

Beowulf & Grendel
2005 · 5.6

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
2016 · 5.4

City State
2011 · 5.3

King's Road
2010 · 5.2

Grandma Hófí
2020 · 5.0

Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)
2004 · 4.9

Graves & Bones
2014 · 4.7

Prisoners
2017 · 3.4

Spooks and Spirits
2013 · 2.5

Korríró
2011 · 0.0

No Laughing Allowed
2024 · 0.0

Krautz in Seltjarnarnes
2025 · 0.0
Terra Infirma
— · 0.0
Kill the Poet
— · 0.0