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Stony Blyden
Background information
Birth nameÞorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson
Born (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 (age 30) [1]
Reykjavík, Iceland
GenresHip hop
Occupations
  • Actor
  • rapper
  • singer
  • writer
  • record producer
Instruments
Years active2011–present

Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson Blyden, (born March 9, 1993 ) 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 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

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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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

Year Title Role Notes
2016 The Standoff Klyde Kosar
2018 Dude Stony
2018 Hope Springs Eternal Seth Grass
2020 Life in a Year Kiran

Discography

References

  1. ^ Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (October 5, 2022). "Íslendingabók - Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (March 9, 1993)".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube" (Icelandic), Monitor, Morgunblaðið, June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Pálsson, Stefán Árni (November 10, 2014). "Stony: "Netið er klikkað"". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Jake and Amir (August 5, 2019). "Jake and Amir Watch Yams! & Bitch! & The Milkman (w/Stony Blyden)".
  6. ^ "'Stony on Casual'". Hulu. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  7. ^ Joanna Padovano Tong (February 24, 2017). "Nickelodeon Preps Premiere of Hunter Street". World Screen. Retrieved February 25, 2017.

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