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{{short description|Icelandic hip hop artist and musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Stony Blyden
| image = Thorsteinn Stony Baldvinsson Piano, Oct 2012.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|9|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Íslendingabók - Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (9 March 1996) |url=https://islendingabok.is/compare?indId=1102366}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]
| origin =
| occupations = {{hlist|Actor|rapper|singer|writer|record producer}}
| years_active = 2011–present
| background = solo_singer
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| instruments = {{hlist|Bass|drums|guitar|synthesizer|[[Music sequencer|sequencer]]|[[Sampling (music)|sampler]]|vocals}}}}
'''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 [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Sarner |first=Lauren |date=17 September 2019 |title='Bluff City Law' star Stony Blyden: I learned English from 'Friends' |url=https://nypost.com/2019/09/17/bluff-city-law-star-stony-blyden-i-learned-english-from-friends/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref> His father, Baldvin, is an Icelandic baker and his mother, Deborah, a Cuban fitness instructor. Blyden began drumming at an early age.<ref name=mbl>[http://www.mbl.is/monitor/frettir/2013/06/03/med_yfir_500_000_views_a_youtube/ "Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube"] (Icelandic), Monitor, ''[[Morgunblaðið]]'', June 3, 2013.</ref> He said that he learned [[English language|English]] from watching ''[[Friends]]'' and ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref name=":0" />

==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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pálsson |first=Stefán Árni |date=10 November 2014 |title=Stony: "Netið er klikkað" |url=https://www.visir.is/g/2014243746d/stony-netid-er-klikkad- |access-date=3 June 2023 |website=visir.is |language=is}}</ref>

He also created pop-inspired remixes of the [[Jake and Amir (web series)|Jake and Amir]] comedy web series produced by [[CollegeHumor]], receiving millions of views on YouTube and a substantial number of purchases on [[ITunes Store|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jake and Amir |date=August 5, 2019 |title=Jake and Amir Watch Yams! & Bitch! & The Milkman (w/Stony Blyden) |url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/jake-and-amir-w-28991075}}</ref> As an actor, Blyden has appeared in the films ''[[The Standoff]]'' and ''[[Hope Springs Eternal (film)|Hope Springs Eternal]]'', as well as the [[Hulu]] television series ''[[Casual (TV series)|Casual]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title='Stony on Casual'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OO0fyacZE8/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0OO0fyacZE8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=February 26, 2017|work=Hulu|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He stars in the 2017 [[Nickelodeon]] television series ''[[Hunter Street (TV series)|Hunter Street]]''.<ref name="World Screen">{{cite web|url=http://worldscreen.com/tvkids/nickelodeon-preps-premiere-of-hunter-street/|title=Nickelodeon Preps Premiere of Hunter Street|work=World Screen|author=Joanna Padovano Tong|date=February 24, 2017|accessdate=February 25, 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 2016
| ''The Standoff''
| Klyde Kosar
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Dude (2018 film)|Dude]]''
| Stony
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Hope Springs Eternal (film)|Hope Springs Eternal]]''
| Seth Grass
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Life in a Year]]''
| Kiran
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[[You're Cordially Invited]]''
| Oliver
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Casual (TV series)|Casual]]''
| Cookie Guy
| Episode: "Big Green Egg"
|-
| 2017–19
| ''[[Hunter Street (TV series)|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 Shot (TV series)|Big Shots]]''
| Jackson Hoover
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[American Born Chinese (TV series)|American Born Chinese]]''
| Andy
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Goosebumps (2023 TV series)|Goosebumps]]''
| Trey
|
|}

==Discography==
*2014: ''Feel Good''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{twitter|StonyOfficial}}
* {{facebook|StonysWorld}}
* {{IMDb name|7209984}}

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[[Category:21st-century American drummers]]
[[Category:21st-century American rappers]]
[[Category:American hip-hop singers]]
[[Category:American male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century American male rappers]]
[[Category:American record producers]]
[[Category:Icelandic male actors|Stony Blyden]]
[[Category:Icelandic people of Cuban descent|Stony Blyden]]
[[Category:Icelandic people with family names|Stony Blyden]]
[[Category:Icelandic rappers|Stony Blyden]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Underground rappers]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:21st-century American male musicians]]

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