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Þór Breiðfjörð
Þór Breiðfjörð er Grímuverðlaunahafi og söngvaskáld með víðtæka reynslu í söngleikjum hér á Íslandi og erlendis. Hann lauk postgraduate námi í söngleikjum frá The Arts Educational London Schools árið 1996 og hefur síðan leikið aðalhlutverk í Vesalingunum (hlaut Grímuna), Jesú Kristi Súperstjörnu, Evitu, Óperudraugi Ken Hill, Óperudraugi Andrew Lloyd Webber (tilnefndur til Grímunnar), Innrásinni frá Mars og Rómeó og Júlíu með Vesturporti, auk fjölmargra annarra verka.
Þór hefur einnig talsett hlutverk í kvikmyndum á borð við Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), Coco, Encanto og Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. Hann skrifaði, framleiddi og lék aðalhlutverkið í frumlegum söngleik sínum Hark.
Auk þess hefur Þór gefið út þrjár sólóplötur í samstarfi við þekkta tónlistarmenn hérlendis og erlendis. Samhliða starfi sínu við Söngleikjadeildina er hann virkur sem söngvari, leikari, lagahöfundur og þýðandi ásamt því að ljúka MA í menningarstjórnun árið 2026.
English
Thor Breidfjord is an award-winning actor and singer-songwriter with extensive experience in musical theatre in Iceland and abroad. He has performed leading roles in Les Misérables (winner of the Gríman Award), Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera (Gríman nomination), The Invasion from Mars, and Vesturport’s Romeo and Juliet, among others.
Thor has also voiced characters in films including Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), Coco, Encanto, and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. He recently fundraised, produced, and played the lead in his original musical Hark (The Rocker and the Roadie).
In addition, Thor has released three solo albums in collaboration with renowned professionals in Iceland and abroad. Alongside his work with the Musical Theatre Department, he remains active as a performer, songwriter, and translator as well as finishing his MA in cultural managemen in 2026.
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In 1996 Thor moved to London where he studied Musical Theatre at Arts Educational Schools, London. After his graduation, Thor starred in Jesus Christ Superstar on West End and later in Les Misérables where he played a few of the major roles. On a tour around the UK Thor had the chance to play the role of Jean Valjean himself when he was understudying Colm Wilkinson in his comeback in Dublin to the role that made him famous. In 2000 Thor created the part of Jehovah in the new musical Roll Over Jehovah at the New End Theatre in Hampstead and toured the United Kingdom in 2001 playing The Phantom in Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera. In 2004 Thor appeared at the London Playhouse as the jilted lover Count Paris, in a version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, sharing the stage with stars such as Derek Jacobi, Timothy Dalton, Joanna Lumley and Dawn French.
In 2008 Thor released his debut solo album Running Naked with multi-award winning Canadian producer Fred Lavery. The album was made in Atlantic Canada and received a nomination at the East Coast Music Awards in 2010. Thor was selected to play at the awards.
In 2009 Thor was chosen by Microsoft to participate in a campaign in collaboration with ReverbNation where 1000 artists, including established indie-bands such as The Lemonheads and Warren G, could offer their fans a free download of one of their songs, compensated by Microsoft.[5][6] Thor’s single „Sunny Day“ was downloaded nearly 2600 times during the three months that the campaign lasted and landed in the top 80 of these 1000 songs.
Thor is based in Iceland now, working on several original releases.