Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson Blyden (born 9 March 1993), better known by his stage name Stony Blyden, is an Icelandic musician and actor.
Life Blyden was born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. His father, Baldvin, is an Icelandic baker and his mother, Deborah, a Cuban fitness instructor. Blyden began drumming at an early age."Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube" (Icelandic), Monitor, Morgunblaðið, June 3, 2013. He said that he learned English from watching Friends and Seinfeld.
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.
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. As an actor, Blyden has appeared in the films The Standoff and Hope Springs Eternal, as well as the Hulu television series Casual. He stars in the 2017 Nickelodeon television series Hunter Street.
Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 2016 The Standoff Klyde Kosar 2018 Dude Stony 2018 Hope Springs Eternal Seth Grass 2020 Life in a Year Kiran 2025 You're Cordially Invited Oliver
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes 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 2023 Goosebumps Trey
Discography 2014: Feel Good
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