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In 1996 Thor moved to London where he studied Musical Theatre at Arts Educational Schools, London.
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Thor Kristinsson
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He has starred in several musical productions both in the United Kingdom and in Iceland. In 2008 he released his debut album, Running Naked. Thor Kristinsson started his career playing in cafés and bars in Reykjavík in the late eighties and early nineties before moving on to songwriting and session singing.
His debut within the theatre was in the musical Hair in 1994 in and in 1995 he took on the role of Judas in the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
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 United Kingdom 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 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. Thor has also made various appearances on Icelandic national television and radio both as a solo artist and with the band Zalka.
He has appeared in several music videos and films as well as one episode of the British Broadcasting Corporation television series All Along the Watchtower.
In 2008 Thor released his debut solo album Running Naked with multi-award winning Canadian producer Fred Lavery. 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.
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.
