Elmer Bäck
Hair Color: BrownEye Color: BlueHeight: 184Weight: 84
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' |
Commercial
| Emma Mattress | Don't worry, Sleep happy/LEAD |
Film
| The Last Ones | Lievonen | Veiko Öunpuu | Homeless BOB/Bufo Oy |
| Sihja | Eerik | Marja Pyykkö | Tuffi Films |
| 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 |
Film and television
| Remember me Please | Jon/LEAD | Heidi Lindén |
International TV
| Cold Courage | Matti | Agneta Fagerström/Kadir Balci | Luminoir |
| The Spiral | Oskar Ekblom/co-lead | Hans Herbots | Caviar |
International Teater
| Actrice | Igor | Pascal Rambert | Structure/Theatre des Bouffes du Nord |
| 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 |
Short films
| The Explosion of a Swimming Ring | Jacke | Tommi Seitajoki | TACK Films |
| Språkfrågan | Lead | Niklas Lindgren | TACK Films |
| Flores a tus pies | Belial | Juan Andrés Hernández |
| Pillow Talk | Supporting | Ylva Gustavsson | Anagram |
| Deadlock | Supporting | Elias Lehtinen, John Åhman |
| Agonia | Lead | Niklas Kullström |
Television
| Rehtori | Markus Sundström | Paula Korva | Yellow Film & Tv |
| Aktivistit | Konni Zilliacus | Lauri Maijala | Helsinki Filmi |
| Hillo | Menkkamies | Yellow Film & TV |
| Jättekiva / Idiomatic | Micke/LEAD | Niklas Lindgren | Zodiak Finland |
| Pirjo | Hans | 1 Episode |
| Avsked | Styvpappa Arne | FremantleMedia Finland / SVT |
| Magnus Fredrik Skielm-en rövarhistoria | Magnus Fredrik Skielm/LEAD | Sakari Kirjavainen | Moskito television |
| Lemmenleikit | Harri Raumala/LEAD | Miikko Oikkonen | Blue Media Oy |
| Fling | Martin/LEAD | Talking Heads |
Theater
| Kokki, varas, vaimo & rakastaja | Rakastaja | Riko Saatsi | KOM-teatteri |
Emma Mattress 
Eisenstein in GuanajuatoVoice Reel
Scenes
