Jóhannes was born and raised in Iceland, but spent a few years of his childhood living on the Faroe Islands with his mother. He fluently speaks Icelandic, Faroese, Danish and English. He graduated with a BFA degree in acting from the Iceland Academy of Arts in 2005 and has been working in theatre, television and films since.
He has extensive experience in theatre in Iceland and was a resident artist at the National Theatre until he started working in international television and film projects. Hi