Baltasar Breki Samper

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Baltasar Breki.

Baltasar Breki Samper, sometimes referred to as Baltasar Breki Baltasarsson, is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Hjörtur in the 2015 Icelandic TV series Trapped.

Baltasar Breki Samper
Born	Baltasar Breki Baltasarsson Reykjavík, Iceland
Alma mater	Iceland University of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Father	Baltasar Kormákur

Early life and education

Baltasar Breki was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, to choreographer Ástrós Gunnarsdóttir and actor and film director Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson (better known as Baltasar Kormákur).^{[citation needed]} He is the grandson of Catalan painter Baltasar Samper.^{[citation needed]} When he was a boy he attended ballroom dancing classes.^[1]

He graduated from high school at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 2008. During the first two years he was part of the school's drama department, but decided to quit in his third year to focus on other studies.^[1] When he was 18 years old, his father threw him out of the house. He later described himself as "a troubled teen and not very interested in school".^[2]

Before graduating from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2015, Baltasar Breki helped his father on several films as second assistant director.

Career

Baltasar Breki is known for his role as Hjörtur in the Icelandic TV series Trapped.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	101 Reykjavík		Uncredited
2004	Dís
2007	The Quiet Storm	Diddi	Original title: Veðramót
2008	White Night Wedding	Student	Original title: Brúðguminn
2012	The Deep		Original title: Djúpið
2018	Vultures	Erik	Original title: Vargur

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015-2019	Trapped	Hjörtur Stefánsson	Series regular; 19 episodes
2019	Chernobyl	Ananenko	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	Venjulegt fólk	Jón Pétur	Episode: "Nennirðu að passa"
2020	Thin Ice	American Soldier	Episode: "Del 8"
2021	Katla	Kjartan	Series regular; 8 episodes

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref
2015	The Heart of Robin Hood	Much the Miller's Son	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík	[3]
	Sporvagninn Girnd	Stanley Kowalski	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík	[4]
2016	Djöflaeyjan	Grjóni	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík
2017	Gott Fólk	Grímar	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík	[5]