Stony Blyden
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| Birth name | Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson |
| Born | March 9, 1996 [1] Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson Blyden, (born March 9, 1996 ) better known by his stage name Stony Blyden, is an Icelandic actor, rapper, singer, drummer and record producer.
Life[edit]
Blyden was born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland.[2] His father, Baldvin, is an Icelandic baker and his mother, Deborah, a Cuban fitness instructor. Blyden began drumming at an early age.[3] He said that he learned English from watching Friends and Seinfeld.[2]
Career[edit]
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 2014 FIFA World Cup.[4]
He also created pop-inspired remixes of the Jake and Amir comedy web series produced by CollegeHumor, receiving millions of views on YouTube and a substantial number of purchases on ITunes. In a collaboration with Jake and Amir in 2019, Blyden stated that the proceeds from these remixes "got [him] through school" and that he continues to receive money from the songs to this day.[5] As an actor, Blyden has appeared in the films The Standoff and Hope Springs Eternal, as well as the Hulu television series Casual.[6] He stars in the 2017 Nickelodeon television series Hunter Street.[7]
Filmography[edit]
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | Casual | Cookie Guy | Episode: "Big Green Egg" |
| 2017–19 | Hunter Street | Max Hunter | Main role (33 episodes) |
| 2018 | Run for Your Life | Miles | Television film |
| 2019 | Bluff City Law | Emerson | Recurring role (10 episodes) |
| 2022 | How I Met Your Father | Jasper | 8 episodes |
| 2022 | Big Shots | Jackson Hoover | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | American Born Chinese | Andy | 5 episodes |
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2016 | The Standoff | Klyde Kosar | |
| 2018 | Dude | Stony | |
| 2018 | Hope Springs Eternal | Seth Grass | |
| 2020 | Life in a Year | Kiran |
Discography[edit]
- 2014: Feel Good
References[edit]
- ^ Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (October 5, 2022). "Íslendingabók - Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (March 9, 1996)".
- ^ a b Sarner, Lauren (September 17, 2019). "'Bluff City Law' star Stony Blyden: I learned English from 'Friends'". New York Post. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube" (Icelandic), Monitor, Morgunblaðið, June 3, 2013.
- ^ Pálsson, Stefán Árni (November 10, 2014). "Stony: "Netið er klikkað"". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Jake and Amir (August 5, 2019). "Jake and Amir Watch Yams! & Bitch! & The Milkman (w/Stony Blyden)".
- ^ "'Stony on Casual'". Hulu. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ Joanna Padovano Tong (February 24, 2017). "Nickelodeon Preps Premiere of Hunter Street". World Screen. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
External links[edit]
- Stony Blyden on Twitter
- Stony Blyden on Facebook
- Stony Blyden at IMDb
- 21st-century American drummers
- 21st-century American rappers
- American drummers
- American hip hop singers
- American male actors
- American male rappers
- American record producers
- Icelandic male actors
- Icelandic people of Cuban descent
- Icelandic people with family names
- Icelandic rappers
- Living people
- Underground rappers
- 1993 births
- 21st-century American male musicians