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Jon Thor Birgisson

Apr 23, 1975 (50 years old) in 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 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.

Known For

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Game of Thrones
Musician
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Sense8
Magnus
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Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Self
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Heima
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Screaming Masterpiece
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Inni
Self - Member of Sigur Rós
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Jónsi: Go Quiet
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Islandia
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Jónsi: Go Live
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Sigur Rós: Gobbledigook

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