He is known for the long-running Icelandic sketch group Spaugstofan which he co-created.
Pálmi was born in 1957 in Bolungarvík, the Westfjords, Iceland.
[1] Pálmi graduated from the Icelandic Drama School in 1982.
[2] Pálmi is a nature lover and once walked up 52 mountains (1 per week) in a year in Iceland.
He likes hunting birds and especially reindeer which is one of his favorite foods.