Elmer Bäck
Hair Color: BrownEye Color: BlueHeight: 184
Education:Master of Arts (Acting), Theatre Academy of Finland 2007
Languages:Fluent in: Swedish, Finnish, English, German, SpanishFamiliar with: French
Biography
Elmer Bäck is a brilliant and multilingual actor. He was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1981. He graduated from The Theatre Academy of Finland in 2007 and thereafter spent 7 years living in Berlin working with the theatre-group Nya Rampen. Together with Nya Rampen, alongside director Markus Öhrn and the Swedish group Institutet, he played some of the world´s most renowned theatre festivals, among them Avignon, Berliner Theatertreffen, Wiener Festwochen and Festival TransAmériques (Montréal). In 2018 he toured the whole of France with the French production “Actrice”, directed by Pascal Rambert.
His big break in film came in 2015 with the title role of Eisenstein in Guanajuato by acclaimed director Peter Greenaway. He has also been working regularly in film and TV in his native Finland, with the TV-series “Jättekiva” and the film “Viimeiset” by director Veiko Öunpuu to name a couple.
Elmer Bäck is fluent in Finnish, Swedish, English, German and Spanish and also works in French.
Curriculum Vitae
Awards
Nominee: Berlin International Film Festival: Teddy Ballot Volkswagen Audience Award: 'Eisenstein in Guanajuato' |
Film
Sihja | Eerik | Marja Pyykkö | Tuffi Films |
The Last Ones | Lievonen | Veiko Öunpuu | Homeless BOB/Bufo Oy |
Eisenstein in Guanajuato | Sergei Eisenstein/LEAD | Peter Greenaway | Submarine/Paloma Negra Films/Fu Works/Potemkino/Edith Films |
Where we once walked | Enok Kajander | Peter Lindholm | Helsinki Filmi |
En kväll på krogen | Todde | Joakim Groth | FST5 / YLE |
International TV
Next of Kin | Markus Volf/ co-lead | Akseli Tuomivaara | Bufo FIlms/ Viaplay Elisa Viihde |
Cold Courage | Matti | Agneta Fagerström/Kadir Balci | Luminoir |
Jättekiva / Idiomatic | Micke/co-lead | Niklas Lindgren | Zodiak Finland |
The Spiral | Oskar Ekblom/co-lead | Hans Herbots | Caviar |
Reklame film
Emma Mattress | Don't worry, Sleep happy/LEAD |
Short films
Tokoi | Lead | Elmer Bäck | Panorama Production |
The Explosion of a Swimming Ring | Jacke | Tommi Seitajoki | TACK Films |
Flores a tus pies | Belial | Juan Andrés Hernández | |
Språkfrågan | Lead | Niklas Lindgren | TACK Films |
Pillow Talk | Supporting | Ylva Gustavsson | Anagram |
Deadlock | Supporting | Elias Lehtinen, John Åhman |
Agonia | Lead | Niklas Kullström |
Tokoi |
Television
Aktivistit | Konni Zilliacus | Lauri Maijala | Helsinki Filmi |
Rehtori | Markus Sundström | Paula Korva | Yellow Film & Tv |
Hillo | Menkkamies | Yellow Film & TV |
Remember me Please | Jon/LEAD | Heidi Lindén | |
Pirjo | Hans | 1 Episode |
Avsked | Styvpappa Arne | FremantleMedia Finland / SVT |
Lemmenleikit | Harri Raumala/LEAD | Miikko Oikkonen | Blue Media Oy |
Magnus Fredrik Skielm-en rövarhistoria | Magnus Fredrik Skielm/LEAD | Sakari Kirjavainen | Moskito television |
Fling | Martin/LEAD | Talking Heads |
Theater
Actrice | Igor | Pascal Rambert | Structure/Theatre des Bouffes du Nord |
Kokki, varas, vaimo & rakastaja | Rakastaja | Riko Saatsi | KOM-teatteri |
Bis zum Tod | Mother | Markus Öhrn | Nya Rampen/Institutet |
WLA | Mother | Markus Öhrn | Nya Rampen/Institutet |
Conte D´Amour | Mother | Markus Öhrn | Nya Rampen/Institutet |
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