Eyþór Guðjónsson
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Eyþór Guðjónsson (born February 5, 1968), often anglicized as Eythor Gudjonsson, is an Icelandic actor. He stands 6'3" (1.91 meters) tall.
Eyþór was born in Iceland. He got his first big role in the 2005 horror movie Hostel, where he plays an Icelandic backpacker named Óli famous for his catchphrase, "King of the Swing", travelling through Europe with American backpackers Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) where they get lured to a Slovakian hostel with a gruesome secret. Eli Roth wrote the role of Óli for Eyþór, who is a highly successful businessman and entrepreneur. He had never acted a single day before "Hostel," but Roth found him so charismatic and charming he created the role as an inside joke with Eyþór to prove to the world that anyone could be a movie star if they had the right charisma. Eyþór proved to be popular with audiences and critics in America. He is currently living in Iceland, with several different successful businesses in everything from the fishing industry, to real estate, to animation.
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- Hostel (2005)
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