Acting

Jón Sigurbjörnsson

Born 1922-11-01

Jón Sigurbjörnsson is a former Icelandic film and television actor and singer of popular music.

Acting credits

Running Blind poster
8.3

Cold War thriller set in Iceland – a British agent and his Icelandic fiancee try to protect an electronic device from falling into the clutches of the KGB.

Running Blind

1979

Magnús poster
6.8

Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.

Magnús

1989

The Last Farm poster
7.1

An Oscar nominated Icelandic short film about an old man who might leave his farm but keeps a secret.

The Last Farm

2004

Jar City poster
5.9

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

Jar City

2006

Golden Sands poster
8.0

A political comedy about the effects of the apparent discovery of gold in the sands near a small community on Iceland's south coast. Troops from the American NATO base "invade" the territory, journalists from Reykjavik arrive and the morals of the local inhabitants quickly turn topsy-turvy.

Golden Sands

1984

Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli poster
5.4

Based on the saga of Gísli Súrsson, one of the Icelandic Sagas. The attempt of a family head in 10th century Iceland to strengthen the fragile bonds within the clan through blood brotherhood turns into the opposite through suspicion and resentment. When the law of blood revenge has to be fulfilled after a murder, a fateful chain reaction is set in motion.

Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli

1981

When the Raven Flies poster
6.6

Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.

When the Raven Flies

1984

Love in a Supermarket poster
NR

Albert works in the meat section of a convenience store who falls in love with a woman who frequents the store.

Love in a Supermarket

1986

Wildside poster
5.9

Charming desperado Ossy, carrying a deadly secret, tracks down his childhood pal Jimmy in Iceland. But Jimmy, now with a family and a regular job, will do anything to hide his past.

Wildside

1998

Movie Days poster
6.1

This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of director Fridrik Fridriksson tells the saga of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s.

Movie Days

1994

Fyrsti íslenski blúsarinn poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fyrsti íslenski blúsarinn

1992

Foxtrot poster
5.0

Tommi and his half brother Kiddi travel through Iceland with a money transport. A reunion develops into a nightmare after picking up the hitch-hiker Lísa.

Foxtrot

1988

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Divided by Two

1971

Einleikur á ritvél poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Einleikur á ritvél

1969

Witchcraft poster
5.1

The young and fanatical Jon is appointed pastor to a remote church in 15th century Iceland. As is custom, he marries the widow of his predecessor, a woman much older than he is. He is ardent in his fight against Satan, and the villagers don't dare to question his authority. When he falls for a beautiful young woman, Jon is convinced witchcraft is at work, and his crusade leads to cruel executions of innocent people. The stronger his lust, the deeper his madness drives him in his religious fervor.

Witchcraft

1999

Cinderella and the Man Who Had No Trousers poster
NR

The film tells the story of Maja and Nikulás meeting and how they develop a friendship when she starts to visit him regularly. This worries Bergur, Nikulás' son, especially after he learns that his father intends to leave the girl an inheritance, a Chinese vase. Bergur takes action, and the short-lived adventure ends in a more tragic way than is usually the case in fairy tales.

Cinderella and the Man Who Had No Trousers

1986

Kristrún in Hamravík poster
NR

Kristrún visits a withering farm where an old woman intends to marry her son to Kristrún to keep him on the farm, and not leave for the city.

Kristrún in Hamravík

1972

Land and Sons poster
6.7

An Icelandic farmer's son decides to leave his farm, fiance, friends, dog and horse, during the depression before World War II, to start a new life somewhere else.

Land and Sons

1980

Kusk á hvítflibbanum poster
NR

A man's struggle fighting the system he lives in.

Kusk á hvítflibbanum

1981

Privacy poster
8.0

Alexander, a twenty-year-old student, his girlfriend and a schoolmate discover the ins and outs of film-making while shooting a documentary about his family. A gallery of humorous, off-beat characters is revealed, who's seemingly ordinary lives conceal bitter divorces, passionate second marriages, vengeance, luck and misfortune, crime and punishment.

Privacy

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fjarst í eilífðar útsæ

1964

No artwork available
10.0

A tale of crime in the Kolaport

20/20

2001

The Golden Gate poster
NR

A women tries to get the soul of her dead husband through heaven's gate to save him.

The Golden Gate

1984

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bragur

2004