Egill Einarsson

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Egill.

Egill Einarsson or Gillz (born 13 May 1980), also known as Gillzenegger, Störe, Stóri G, Big G, Þykki Þykkeh and G-Man, is an Icelandic television personality, motivational speaker, writer and fitness coach.

Egill first became known as a blogger on the now defunct website kallarnir.is in the mid-2000s. Later he wrote columns for the newspaper DV and the magazine Bleikt og blátt, and hosted a radio show on the Icelandic KissFM radio station. His popularity increased as the host of his own TV show Kallarnir, and the author of the lifestyle book Biblía fallega fólksins.[1]

He was a member of the techno band Merzedes Club, known for songs such as Meira frelsi and Ho ho ho we say hey hey hey.

Egill operates the distant fitness training program Fjarþjálfun, and has been an advocate of fitness and a healthy lifestyle. He has written the self-help lifestyle books Mannasiðir Gillz, 'Lífsleikni Gillz,Heilræði Gillz, and hosted the TV show Mannasiðir Gillz on Stöð 2 in 2011, which was the most popular show among the channel's subscribers.[2]

In November 2011 he criticized the book Bang Iceland by American writer Roosh Vörek, calling it "as wrong as possible."[3]

Bibliography

  • Biblía fallega fólksins (The Beautiful People's Bible)
  • Mannasiðir Gillz (2010) (Gillz's Manners)
  • Lífsleikni Gillz (2011) (Gillz's Life Skills)
  • Heilræði Gillz (2012) (Gillz's quality advices)

Television shows

  • Kallarnir
  • Wipeout Ísland (Wipeout Iceland)
  • Auddi og Sveppi (Auddi and Sveppi)
  • Ameríski Draumurinn (The American Dream)
  • Mannasiðir Gillz (Gillz's Manners)

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Ný mannasiðabók eftir Gillz". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 1 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Lokaþátturinn af Mannasiðum Gillz". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  3. ↑ Ritstjórn, "Gillz um flagarabók Vöreks: „Eins rangt og hægt er“", "DV.is", 2011-11-04


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