--- name: "Jónsi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-thor-birgisson" fi1m_id: "jon-thor-birgisson" imdb_id: "nm1743706" tmdb_id: 123286 wikidata_id: "Q315650" roles: ["Composer"] born: "23 April 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 58 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T09:36:57.757242+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jónsi ## Identity Jónsi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-thor-birgisson - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jon-thor-birgisson - **IMDb ID:** nm1743706 - **TMDB ID:** 123286 - **Wikidata ID:** Q315650 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nsi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1743706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123286 Composer. Born 23 April 1975 in Iceland. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 23 April 1975, Iceland - **Active:** 2011–present - **Also known as:** Jon Thor Birgisson, Jonsi, Jón Þór Birgisson, Sigur Rós - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 58 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nsi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315650, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1743706/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123286 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Rental Family*](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) (58), [*We Bought a Zoo*](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) (58) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jon Thor Birgisson, known professionally as Jónsi, is an Icelandic composer, musician and the vocalist and guitarist of the post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is credited as composer, often in collaboration with Alex Somers, on the films *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), *Aloha* (2015), *Boy Erased* (2018), *Tom Clancy's Without Remorse* (2021) and *Rental Family* (2025). He also contributed to the television series *Manhattan* (2014). Birgisson was born on 23 April 1975 in Iceland. He has released solo albums and collaborated on ambient projects with Somers under the name Jónsi & Alex. His film work includes original scores and songs for several features and the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmmusicreporter.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Rental Family* (2025), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) - *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Fi1m 58, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) ## Complete filmography (13) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sigur Rós: Takk...* (2026), as Vocals, Guitar - *Rental Family* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/rental-family.md) - *Islandia* (2025), as Jon - *Saṃsāra* (2021), Original Music Composer - *Tom Clancy's Without Remorse* (2021), Original Music Composer - *Boy Erased* (2018), as Songs - *Sense8* (2015), series, as Magnus - *Aloha* (2015), Original Music Composer - *Manhattan* (2014), series, Original Music Composer - *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) - *Inni* (2011), Writer - *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Musician — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) - *Heima* (2007), Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Jonsi, Sigur Ros on October 8th 2013 at the UCF arena in Orlando, FL](https://film.one/media/person/7376/gallery-c1e388c2819f.jpg) Jonsi, Sigur Ros on October 8th 2013 at the UCF arena in Orlando, FL — Trougnouf, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jonsi%2C_Sigur_Ros_on_October_8th_2013_at_the_UCF_arena_in_Orlando%2C_FL.jpg/1280px-Jonsi%2C_Sigur_Ros_on_October_8th_2013_at_the_UCF_arena_in_Orlando%2C_FL.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sigur Rós member Jón Þór Birgisson (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/7376/gallery-2081ed096870.jpg) Sigur Rós member Jón Þór Birgisson (2007) — Alton, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Jonsi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jonsi Performing at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NYC (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/7376/gallery-6a7a6179065c.jpg) Jonsi Performing at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NYC (2012) — Kennysun, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Jonsi_Performing_in_NYC.jpg/1280px-Jonsi_Performing_in_NYC.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Sigur Rós at Sacrum Profanum Festival 2012 in Cracow](https://film.one/media/person/7376/gallery-ce1122e15ab9.jpg) Sigur Rós at Sacrum Profanum Festival 2012 in Cracow — Radek Oliwa from Kraków, Poland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/J%C3%B3nsi_%28J%C3%B3n_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Birgisson%29_%288070688780%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jónsi](https://film.one/media/person/7376/gallery-29faf740816e.jpg) Jónsi — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated - Satellite Award for Best Original Song 2011: Satellite Award for Best Original Song (nominated) - Nordic Music Prize 2010: Nordic Music Prize (won), for *Go* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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