For the basketball player, see Arnar Jónsson (basketball).

Arnar Jónsson (born January 21, 1943 in Akureyri

Akureyri

Akureyri is a town in northern Iceland. It is Iceland's second largest urban area and fourth largest municipality ....

, Iceland

Iceland

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) is an Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He is married to Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir

Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir

Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir is an Icelandic theater, opera, film and television director, actress, dancer, choreographer and politician. She was the artistic director of the Reykjavik City Theatre from 1996-2000...

. Arnar has played more leading roles in theaters than any other Icelandic actor. He starred in the film Outlaw

Útlaginn (The Outlaw)

Útlaginn is an Icelandic movie filmed in 1981, detailing a blood feud that took place in Viking times. It is based upon one of the Icelanders' Sagas called the Gísla saga....

 and also in other 17 main and about 200 other roles in theater. He likes golf (plays in the competition) and also brought up 5 children. His daughter Sólveig Arnarsdóttir

Sólveig Arnarsdóttir

Sólveig Arnarsdóttir is an Icelandic actress.Sólveig Arnarsdóttir is the daughter of the Icelandic Actor Arnar Jónsson. In Berlin she graduated from the Drama School "Ernst Busch". She worked on stage at Icelandic National Theatre, Icelandic Opera and Maxim Gorki Theatre Berlin. She especially...

 is also an actress.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Áramótaskaup 1966
1978	Áramótaskaup 1978
1981	Útlaginn	Gísli Súrsson
1983	Á hjara veraldar
1984	Atómstöðin	Gunnar
1985	Fastir liðir: eins og venjulega	Halldór
1992	Ævintýri á Norðurslóðum	Föður
	Karlakórinn Hekla	Kórfélagi
1997	María	Jónas
1998	Herbergi 6
	Dansinn	Djákni
2001	Mávahlátur	Sýslumaður
2004	Njálssaga	Geir goði
2006	Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé	Eggert