Bjarni Snæbjörnsson is an Icelandic actor, perfomer and writer. He graduated with a BFA degree in acting from Iceland University of the Arts in 2007. Since then he has gained great stage experience doing classical dramas, comedies, musicals, avant-garde performances and entertainment as well as TV shows, commercials and films.
He has performed with all the major theatres in Iceland: The Reykjavík City Theatre, Akureyri Theatre Company and The National Theatre while also being active in independent theatre groups. Bjarni is a founding memeber of Improv Iceland from the company’s debut in 2014 and has performed countless comedy improv shows in Iceland and abroad. He is also a founding member of Perplex Theatre Company. The company’s most recent production, a one man original musical, Good Morning faggi, ran for two years in Iceland and had a full run at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe to rave reviews. Bjarni co-wrote the piece and he was nominated as the singer of the year by Gríman, The Icelandic Performance Awards. The show was considered as on of the top five theatre events of 2021 by The Morning Paper (Morgunblaðið).
He has appeared in TV series such as Hi Jack, Stella Blómkvist, Manners and Ordinary People and in the feature films Birta (2021) and Redux (2022). He can also be seen on TV sketch shows, commercials and does voiceover work for advertisements and animated films.
Bjarni is a trained singer and performs on a regular basis at various private and public events, for example in stage musicals and with The North Iceland Synfonic Orchestra. He currently is showing Disney’s Frozen at The Icelandic National Theatre.
Bjarni has a BA in English from the University of Iceland, MA in Arts Education and speaks French.
Representation:
Creative Artists Iceland
www.cai.is / cai@cai.is / tel: +354-824-4550