Dóri DNA

Halldór Laxness Halldórsson
Born	(1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 39)
Other names	Dóri DNA
Occupations	Actor author comedian rapper television personality
Parents	Guðný Halldórsdóttir Halldór Þorgeirsson
Relatives	Auður Laxness (grandmother) Halldór Laxness (grandfather)

Halldór Laxness Halldórsson (born 16 May 1985), better known as Dóri DNA,^[1] is an Icelandic actor, author, comedian, rapper and television personality. He has hosted the TV-shows Skítamix on Stöð 2^[2] and Veislan on RÚV.^[3] In 2020, he started appearing as Colonel Sanders in advertisements for KFC in Iceland.^[4] In May 2022, he released the single Því þú átt það skilið, along with Þormóður Eiríksson and Króli, and appeared as Sanders in the music video.^[5]

Halldór is the son of filmmakers Guðný Halldórsdóttir and Halldór Þorgeirsson^[6] and grandson of writer and Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness and writer and craftswoman Auður Laxness.^[7][8]

Bibliography

TV

Venjulegt fólk (2018-) Afturelding (2023)

Films

Northern Comfort (2023)

Novels

• 2019: Kokkáll^[9]

Plays

• 2015: Þetta er grín, án djóks (with Saga Garðarsdóttir)
• 2019: Atómstöðin - endurlit, Þjóðleikhúsið (with Una Þorleifsdóttir)
• 2021 Þétting Hryggðar (with Una Þorleifsdóttur)

Poetry

• 2015: Hugmyndir: Andvirði hundrað milljónir
• 2017: Órar, martraðir og hlutir sem ég hugsa um þegar ég er að keyra

References

1. Davíð Roach Gunnarsson; Guðmundur Pálsson (24 October 2019). "Lífið finnur leið til að láta okkur líða illa". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. Aníta Estíva Harðardóttir (13 April 2021). "Lærði að bera virðingu fyrir iðnaðarmönnum". K100 (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
3. "Dóri DNA og Gunni Kalli í nýjum matreiðsluþáttum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
4. "Dóri DNA óþekkjanlegur í nýrri auglýsingu KFC". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 28 February 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. Bjarki Sigurðsson (6 May 2022). "Dóri DNA gefur út lag sem Sanders". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
6. Guðný Hrafnkelsdóttir (13 July 2008). "Ég er enginn Emil í Kattholti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 20–21. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
7. Stefán Árni Pálsson (4 February 2019). "Dóri DNA setur upp leikrit afa síns". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
8. "Ég ætla þér að sýna, hvernig á að ríma". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 13 July 2013. p. 12. Retrieved 6 May 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
9. Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir; Gísli Marteinn Baldursson; Björg Magnúsdóttir (20 November 2019). "Við slúðrum líka við frændsystkinin". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

• Halldór Laxness Halldórsson at IMDb