Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Hannes Þór Halldórsson is my favourite kind of athlete: the one who refuses to be only one thing. Most fans remember the towering Reykjavík keeper who saved a Messi penalty at the 2018 World Cup, capped 77 times for Iceland's golden generation. But I'm just as taken by his parallel life as a filmmaker and screenwriter, a craft he pursued seriously even mid-career. That dual identity says something about ambition and curiosity that pure specialists rarely show. He proved you can guard a goal and direct a scene, and frankly, I admire anyone bold enough to chase both.

Name (English)

Hannes Þór Halldórsson

Name (Japanese)

ハンネス・ソール・ハルドーソン

Reading

はんねす・そーる・はるどーそん

Born

April 27, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Origin

Reykjavík, Iceland

Height

193 cm

Occupation

association football player / film director / screenwriter

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/hanneshalldors
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

Tags

• association football player
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.