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Jon Thor Birgisson
Iceland
Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice. Jónsi…
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Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice. Jónsi is blind in his right eye. He is openly gay, and his boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for Sigur Rós. They also perform together as an art collaboration called Jónsi & Alex. They released their self-titled first book in November 2006, which was an embossed hardcover limited to 1000 copies, along with their first album, Riceboy Sleeps, in July 2009.
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2026
Sigur Rós: Takk...
Movie Vocals, Guitar
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2025
Rental Family
Movie Original Music Composer
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2025
Islandia
Movie Jon
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2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
TV show Self
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2021
Saṃsāra
Movie Original Music Composer
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2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Movie Original Music Composer
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2018
Boy Erased
Movie Songs
- 2017
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2015
Sense8
TV show Magnus
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2015
Aloha
Movie Original Music Composer
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2014
Manhattan
TV show Original Music Composer
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2011
We Bought a Zoo
Movie Original Music Composer
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2011
Inni
Movie Self - Member of Sigur Rós
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2011
Game of Thrones
TV show Musician
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2010
Jónsi - Go Live
Movie Self
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2010
Jónsi: Go Quiet
Movie Self
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2007
Heima
Movie Self
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2005
Screaming Masterpiece
Movie Self
