瑞内·拜诺索恩是一名演员，因为作品孤星泪 (1998), Ofelia kommer til byen (1985) and 终结极限 (2001)而被大众所熟知。
Has worked as a baker and a postman in his earlier years during drama studies.
Learnt all his lines in Icelandic for the film Korpens Skugga by heart, since he doesn't really know how to speak a word of it.