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Egill Ólafsson (born 9 February 1953) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and actor. He is married to the actress Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Egill.

Education


Egill Ólafsson studied playing guitar and piano when he was young and was part of a boys' brass band under the direction of Karl Otto Runólfsson.

While he was a student at Hamrahlid College from 1970 until 1974, Egill Ólafsson sang in the choir of the school Kór MH.

1970 he started to study at the Tónlistarskólinn (music school in Reykjavík). The disciplines he was studying were singing and composing. In 1976 Egill Ólafsson graduated at Tónlistarskólinn In Reykjavík.


Professional life


Among his compositions are music for choirs, brass band music and music for strings and trumpets. He has composed around 30 theatrical works. He composed for musicals Grettir, Eva Luna and Come Dance With Me, the latter having a run on off-Broadway in 1996. His works have been played by various ensembles like Spilverk þjóðanna, Stuðmenn, Hinn íslenski Þursaflokkur, Tríó Björns Thoroddsen, Blái hatturinn, Les Grand Tango and The Icelandic Sound Company. And just recently (2015–16) he's been working with the German group Strom & Wasser as a co-writer and musician. The product has been released by Traumton in Berlin, called "Reykjavik" (Double Album).[1][2]

He has landed many stage roles in Icelandic Theatre and film roles in Icelandic, German and Scandinavian films.

Under the mononym Egill he released a number of albums mainly with Stuðmenn / Spilverk þjóðanna labels. He also co-wrote materials with Finnish artist Matti Kallio, a resident of Iceland.

Egill Olafsson also is a musical-performer. Several times he was performing leading characters in the Icelandic productions of different musicals at the Icelandic National Theatre, for instance Evita (Perón), Carmen negra (Escamillo), Three Penny Opera (Peachum), Kiss me Kate (Fred Graham) and also in many of the plays he has written as composer.[3]

He appeared as Javert in Vesalingarnir, the Icelandic adaptation of Les Misérables at the National Theatre, after having played the role of Jean Valjean in the same musical a quarter of a century earlier. At Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Original West End production of the musical Les Misérables Egill Ólafsson was performing as one of the Seventeen Valjeans at the second encore. It was filmed in October 1995 at the Royal Albert Hall and released on DVD, VHS and LaserDisc distributed by Sony Pictures (US/CAN) and BBC Video (UK).


Personal life


He is married to the actress and former artistic director at the National Theatre in Iceland (2005-2015) Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir.

Before the Icelandic loan guarantees referendum, 2010 Egill Ólafsson was one of the Icelandic celebrities, who spoke out to vote "no".[4][5]

At the elections for the Icelandic parliament Althing in April 2013, Egill Ólafsson was a candidate of Lýðræðisvaktin (Iceland Democratic Party).[6]

In October 2013 his work was honored by FTT (Society Of Songwriters In Iceland).

On 17 June 2015 his work was honored by the President of Iceland. Egill Ólafsson was awarded with the Falcon Order Medal.[7]

In October 2022, it was revealed that Egill had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.[8]


Work



Discography



Albums


Singles


Filmography


  • The Husky in Iceland - (2014) - Narration
  • Team of the Way: Part 5 - Home (2012) - Narration
  • Dream about the road part 3.- The Words (2012) - Narration
  • Legends of Valhalla - Thor (2011) - Main Cast (Icelandic version)
  • Steindinn okkar 2 (2011) - Supporting Cast
  • Dream of the Way: Part 2 - Heritage (2011) - Narration
  • The Magic Wardrobe (2011) - Supporting Cast
  • Mannasiðir Gillz (2010) - Supporting Cast
  • Court 2 (2010) - Supporting Cast
  • Dream of the Way: Part 1 - Prelude (2010) - Narration
  • Big Rescue, The (2009) - Supporting Cast
  • Court (2008) - Supporting Cast
  • Ahead of Time (2004) - Screenplay
  • Ahead of Time (2004) - Main Cast
  • Crossroads (2001) - Main Cast
  • Dramarama (2001) - Supporting Cast
  • Angels of the Universe (2000) - Supporting Cast
  • Citizen Cam (1999) - Main Cast[10][11][12]
  • Honour of the House (1999) - Supporting Cast
  • Vildspor (1998) - Main Cast
  • Count Me Out (1997) - Supporting Cast
  • The Viking Sagas (1996) - Hrut the bowman
  • Private Lives (1995) - Supporting Cast
  • Agnes (1995) - Main Cast
  • Der Gartenkrieg (1994) - Supporting Cast
  • Wallpaper: An Erotic Love Story (1992) - Supporting Cast
  • Men's Choir, The (original: Karlakórinn Hekla / Der Männerchor) (1992) - Main Cast[13]
  • Children of Nature (1991) - Supporting Cast
  • The White Viking (1991) - Olaf Tryggvason
  • Rust (1990) - Music Composer
  • Rust (1990) - Main Cast
  • Stalin Is Not Here - Main Cast
  • Under the Glacier (1989) - Supporting Cast
  • Magnus (1989) - Main Cast
  • Pretty Angels (1989) - Main Cast
  • In the Shadow of the Raven (1988) - Hjörleifur Hörthursson
  • Cool Jazz and Coconuts (1985) - Screenplay
  • Cool Jazz and Coconuts (1985) - Main Cast
  • Black and Without Sugar (1985) - Music Composer
  • When the Raven Flies (1984) - Thord's brother
  • Golden Gate, The (1984) - Supporting Cast
  • Inter Nos (1982) - Music Composer
  • On Top (1982) - Main Cast
  • Twins, The (1981) - Supporting Cast
  • Twins, The (1981) - Music Performers
  • Twins, The (1981) - Music Composer
  • Silfurtunglið (1978) - Music Composer
  • Silfurtunglið (1978) - Main Cast

Compositions


(Music composed for theatre)


References


  1. Tonlist: Egill Ólafsson page (in Icelandic)
  2. Icelandicmusic: Egill Ólafsson page (in English)
  3. official page of Þjóðleikhúsið (The Icelandic National Theatre): Egill Ólafsson page Archived 20 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)
  4. Article at DV.is about Egill Ólafsson and Icesave: Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)
  5. "Icelanders split over repaying debt" – Egill Ólafsson speaks at a video at the official YouTube channel of Al Jazeera English about the Icesave-referendum: (in English)
  6. page of Egill Ólafsson at the official Homepage of the party: Archived 2 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic)
  7. , Information at "Iceland Review On Line"
  8. Bjarki Sigurðsson (31 October 2022). "Egill Ólafsson með Parkinsons". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. Page of Album Örlög min at Sena.is: (in Icelandic)
  10. Page of Citizen Cam at IMDb: (in English)
  11. Article about Citizen Cam at derStandard.at: (in German)
  12. Article about Citizen Cam at Morgunblaðið online: (in Icelandic)
  13. Page of Der Männerchor at IMDb: (in English)
  14. Þrek og tár, Morgunblaðið (11. júní 1995) (in Icelandic)
  15. Website Sella Páls (librettist of the musical): Archived 28 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
  16. FOUR JEWS ON PARNASSUS — A CONVERSATION by arl Djerassi - Performance Schedule:(in English) Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine




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