Jón Gnarr
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Jón Gnarr Kristinsson | |
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 Jón Gnarr and Helga Braga at the Edda Awards 2007 | |
| Mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland | |
| Assumed office 15 June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 February 1967 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Political party | Besti flokkurinn |
Jón Gnarr Kristinsson (born 2 January 1967) is an Icelandic actor, comedian, and politician and the mayor of Reykjavík, since 15 June 2010. He was originally named Jón Gunnar Kristinsson but legally changed his name in 2005. He is married to Jóhanna Jóhannsdóttir.
He started his career in the radio duo Tvíhöfði. As a teenager he was a punk rocker and played bass in a punk band called Nefrennsli ("Runny Nose").[1] He has written and starred in several series of the Icelandic comedy shows Fóstbræður. His best known movies are "The Icelandic Dream" (Íslenski draumurinn - 2000) and "A Man like Me" (Maður eins og ég - 2002). His stand-up comedy show Ég var einu sinni nörd (English: I used to be a nerd ) is autobiographical. In 2004 he wrote, starred and produced a 20 min. long short film, The man on the back. Jón worked as a creative at the Icelandic advertising agency EnnEmm. He played Georg Bjarnfreðarson in the television-series Næturvaktin (English: Night Shift ), Dagvaktin and Fangavaktin, and the feature film Bjarnfreðarson. He was also a co-writer in the series.
In late 2009 he formed the Best Party, a satirical political party that parodied Icelandic politics. The Best Party managed to win the 2010 municipal elections in Reykjavík,[2] with the party gaining 6 out of 15 seats on the City Council (34.7 percent of the vote). His political program includes "Free towels in all Swimming Pools, A polar Bear for the Reykjavík Zoo, All Kinds (of things) for Weaklings, Disneyland in the Vatnsmýri area, A drug-free parliament by 2020, Sustainable Transparency, Tollbooths on the border with Seltjarnarnes, to do away with all debt, Free Access to Hljómskálagarðurinn".[3] Since Jón became mayor of Reykjavík, the city has gained the informal nickname, 'Gnarrenburg', which was the title of an earlier radio show featuring Jón Gnarr.[citation needed]
References
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/nefrennsli
- ^ "Icelandic comedian to become Reykjavik's mayor". The Telegraph. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected". The New York Times. 25 June 2010.
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