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
Born	Baltasar Breki Baltasarsson (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 Reykjavík, Iceland
Alma mater	Iceland University of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Father	Baltasar Kormákur

Baltasar Breki Samper (born 22 July 1989), sometimes referred to as Baltasar Breki Baltasarsson, is an Icelandic actor. He is the son of Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur and the grandson of Catalan painter Baltasar Samper. Before graduating from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2015 Baltasar Breki helped his father on several films as second assistant director. He is known for his role as Hjörtur in the Icelandic TV series Trapped.

Early life

Baltasar Breki was born in Reykjavík, Iceland to parents Ástrós Gunnarsdóttir, choreographer and Baltasar Kormákur Baltasarsson (better known as Baltasar Kormákur) in 1989. He graduated from 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.

When Baltasar Breki was a boy he attended ballroom dancing classes. His mother recalls in a 2008 interview: "I think he only attended because he had a crush on the girl that he went with. He is a fine dancer and also very musical. He learned to play the guitar and has music in his entire body, not just in his fingers like some musicians do."

When Baltasar Breki was 18 years old, his father threw him out of the house. This is how he recalls that time in a 2015 interview:

"I was a troubled teen and not very interested in school. I was mainly there for the drama department. When you're 18 and thrown out there's not much else to do than find an apartment with the two Swedish girls you worked with at a bar. It all worked out in the end and I graduated, although my grades could have been better."

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
	Sporvagninn Girnd	Stanley Kowalski	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík
2016	Djöflaeyjan	Grjóni	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík
2017	Gott Fólk	Grímar	National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík

External links

• Baltasar Breki Samper at IMDb