Jon Thor Birgisson

Overview

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Birthday
Apr 23, 1975 (50 years old)

Jon Thor Birgisson

Known For

Sigur Rós: Live From the Walt Disney Concert Hall
2h 0m
Movie 2017

Sigur Rós: Live From the Walt Disney Concert Hall

Icelandic Post-Rock band Sigur Ros performs live at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Jónsi: Go Quiet
0h 45m
Movie 2010

Jónsi: Go Quiet

Jonsi awakens to a trashed house in the wake of his New Year's Eve party. He avoids cleaning up and instead plays songs that reflect the night before, the bittersweetness of new year, and the melancholy of one gone by.

Heima
1h 37m
Movie 2007

Heima

Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band visits a wide variety of venues, from a large outdoor festival to a coffee shop.

Screaming Masterpiece
1h 24m
Movie 2005

Screaming Masterpiece

A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.

Biography

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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