Movie · 2005
Beowulf & Grendel
“The Hero. The Monster. The Myth.”
Released 14 September 2005 103 min Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy More from 2005 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
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How old were they?
Gunnar Eyjólfsson
as Aeschere
Stellan Skarsgård
as Hrothgar
Philip Whitchurch
as Fisherman
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
as Grendel
Ronan Vibert
as Thorkel
Eddie Marsan
as Father Brendan
Rory McCann
as Breca
Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir
as Wealtheow
Gerard Butler
as Beowulf
Tony Curran
as Hondscioh
Spencer Wilding
as Grendels Father
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
as Unferth
Sarah Polley
as Selma
Hringur Ingvarsson
as Young Grendel
Martin Delaney
as Thorfinn
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The numbers
73years between the oldest and youngest billed
79Gunnar Eyjólfsson — oldest on the call sheet
6Hringur Ingvarsson — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast