Gísli Rúnar Jónsson

Acting

Gísli Rúnar Jónsson

Born — Died

1953-03-20 — 2020-07-28

Place of birth

Reykjavik, Iceland

Known for

Acting

Credits

8 titles

Known for

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

Sweet Track poster
4.6

In search of kicks in Reykjavik in the year 2000, a pretty teenager, Stella, teams up with a handsome alcoholic, Robbi, and in a stolen car careers through Iceland with unexpected and bizarre consequences.

Sweet Track

1997

Áramótaskaup: 1994 poster
9.0

1994's Áramótaskaup, an annual 50-minute TV movie, satirizing the events of the past year.

Áramótaskaup: 1994

1994

Stella Runs for Office poster
5.3

Stella and Salomon run a business together, framkoma.is. Salomon is hired by Anton Skúlason, pilot, to beautify and transform a village, that he owns. Stella stays in the town and starts teaching politicians how to act for the coming elections. By accident Stella gets involved with the Centrum party, the main rival of the Central party, and before she knows it she's head over heals in politics.

Stella Runs for Office

2002

Behind Schedule poster
8.0

A French man from an international record company is sent to Iceland where he is supposed to find the next big hit.

Behind Schedule

1993

No artwork available
9.0

A group of icelandic actors and comedians satirize the events of 2001.

Áramótaskaup 2001

2001

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

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 Icelandic Shock Station poster
6.5

The Icelandic Shock-Station is a thoroughbred Icelandic comedy, where the Icelander's daily life and habits are elevated to the level of farcical confusion and where all the laws of common sense are reversed in travesty of themselves, while at the same time the opportunity is taken to satirize some of the features the scriptwriter feels are blemish on the otherwise smooth facade of the nation's character.

The Icelandic Shock Station

1986

Cool Jazz and Coconuts poster
7.0

The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.

Cool Jazz and Coconuts

1985

Behind the camera