Iceland’s biggest comedian Ari Eldjárn brings his first stand-up special in English to Netflix from 2nd December.
Pardon my Icelandic hilariously explores Scandinavian stereotypes and offers unique insights into fatherhood, working as a flight attendant and living in a country with a population the size of Coventry.
Ari Eldjárn : Pardon My Icelandic, the first ever Netflix comedy special by an Icelandic comedian, will be available to Netflix members worldwide. This stand-up special was filmed on the Main Stage at the National Theatre of Iceland in 2019. It was directed by August Jakobsson and produced by Made in Iceland Films for Netflix.
Born and raised in Reykjavík, Ari Eldjárn has made numerous TV specials, sold out the National Theatre for months on end, mixed comedy and classical music with the Icelandic National Symphony and performed with the likes of Ari Shaffir, Bill Burr and Ed Byrne.
In the UK Ari Eldjárn has been seen on Mock The Week (BBC Two) and heard on The Arts Hour on Tour (BBC World Service), Scotland Vs.The World (BBC Radio 4) and The Today Programme (BBC Radio 4). He has enjoyed sell out, critically acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, London’s Soho Theatre and Melbourne Comedy Festival 2018 where he also opened the Comedy All Stars Show.
Eldjárn first performed stand-up in 2009, he had recorded his first comedy album by the end of that year. By early 2010 he was in such demand that he quit his day job to become a full time comedian going on to tour extensively across Scandinavia. Ari has written on the popular Icelandic New Year sketch show Áramótaskaup, performed stand up on Icelandic chat show Hringekjan, filmed his own stand up special for RUV and written and starred in sketch show Drekasvæðið (RUV).
He also performs with comedy group Mið-Ísland who have written and starred in their own sketch show for Stöð 2 (Channel 2) and sold over 90,000 tickets. Since 2016 Eldjárn has performed his New Year’s live show Áramótaskop annually in December - selling out 42 shows so far.
