Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson Blyden, (born 9 March 1996) better known by his stage name Stony Blyden, is an Icelandic actor, rapper, singer, drummer and record producer.

Life

Blyden was born and raised in

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. His father, Baldvin, is an Icelandic baker and his mother, Deborah, a Cuban fitness instructor. Blyden began drumming at an early age."Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube"
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'', June 3, 2013. He said that he learned English from watching ''

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''.

Career

For his musical artist name, he chose Stony, which is a rough translation of the second part of his Icelandic name, Thorsteinn, "Thor stone." Using a camera he borrowed from his father he started filming him and his friends covering various songs. He then went on to upload his own drum covers to YouTube under the name Stony's World. In 2014, he starred in a Pepsi commercial for

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. He also created pop-inspired remixes of the Jake and Amir comedy web series produced by

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, receiving millions of views on YouTube and a substantial number of purchases on

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. In a collaboration with Jake and Amir in 2019, Blyden stated that the proceeds from these remixes "got imthrough school" and that he continues to receive money from the songs to this day. As an actor, Blyden has appeared in the films '' The Standoff'' and '' Hope Springs Eternal'', as well as the

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television series '' Casual''. He stars in the 2017

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television series '' Hunter Street''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

*2014: ''Feel Good''

References

External links

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