birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name
iceland icelandic 5 february 1968 eyþór guðjónsson
 eyþór guðjónsson
eyþór guðjónsson

eyþór guðjónsson -lrb- born february 5 , 1968 -rrb- , often anglicized as eythor gudjonsson , is an icelandic actor .
he stands 6 ' 3 '' -lrb- 1.91 m -rrb- tall .
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 '' , traveling through europe with american backpackers paxton -lrb- jay hernandez -rrb- and josh -lrb- derek richardson -rrb- where they get lured to a slovakian hostel with a gruesome secret .
eli roth wrote the role of Óli for eyþór .
he had never acted a single day before `` hostel , '' but roth found him so charismatic and charming he created the role to prove to the world that anyone could be a movie star if they had the right charisma .
eyþór proved to be very popular with audiences and critics in america and around the world .
hostel was written and directed by eli roth , and produced by quentin tarantino .
eyþór was an assistant producer on .
eyþór opened an activity park in reykjavik in 2009 .
eyþór is also producing and hosting his own television show for families , which launched 18 september 2009 .
