Þorsteinn Bachmann

Þorsteinn Bachmann

Born: October 25, 1965
in Iceland
Þorsteinn Bachmann (born 25 October 1965) is an Icelandic actor. He is known for his role as Móri in Life in a Fishbowl. In 2015 he won an Edda Award for that same role.

Bachmann grew up in the Fossvogur area of Reykjavík, Iceland before moving to Breiðholt when he was 10 years old. He did not do well in school in the early years. Looking back he remembers, that he was barely able to read or write before changing schools from Fossvogur to the one in Breiðholt.

Bachmann graduated from the Icelandic Drama School in 1991. Since graduation he has worked with theatre groups in Reykjavík and Akureyri and was president of the latter for a few years. He has held many acting courses, and has served as a teacher at both the Icelandic Drama School and the Icelandic Film School. In 2013 he worked with the National Theatre of Iceland.

Before every premiere Bachmann goes to the gym, goes swimming and finishes off with a sauna. "This is something I've always done and goes with every film or stage premiere".

Movies for Þorsteinn Bachmann...

Title: Afturelding
Character: Eysteinn
Released: April 9, 2023
Type: TV
Years after burning out and falling from grace, a middle aged, 90s handball legend seeks to redeem himself by returning to his childhood club to coach the women's team where he clashes with a new generation of women in a post #MeToo society.
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Summerlight and Then Comes The Night
Title: Summerlight and Then Comes The Night
Character: Guðmundur
Released: October 14, 2022
Type: Movie
The village is brimming with stories and if you listen closely it might tell you a few. Perhaps the one about the businessman who dreams in Latin, or the one about the delicate boy who carves moorland birds, or maybe the one of the open-air sexual affair that has explosive consequences.
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The Very Last Fishing Trip
Title: The Very Last Fishing Trip
Character: Valur Adalsteins
Released: March 18, 2022
Type: Movie
A group of friends goes on their annual salmon fishing trip to relax in the countryside. The newcomers in the group really try their hand at endurance and the tour goes quickly and safely into the sink out of new and old sins.
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Against the Ice
Title: Against the Ice
Character: Captain Amdrup
Released: February 10, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.
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Áramótaskaup 2021
Title: Áramótaskaup 2021
Released: December 31, 2021
Type: Movie
Annual TV movie that makes fun of the past year.
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Title: Katla
Character: Gísli
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: TV
A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.
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Title: Jarðarförin mín
Character: Kristján Kristjánsson
Released: April 8, 2020
Type: TV
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The Last Fishing Trip
Title: The Last Fishing Trip
Character: Valur
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Six friends on their annual fishing trip realize leaving wives, work and worries at home is really hard work. What was supposed to be a cozy fishing trip, turns out to be a downward spiral to Hell. Let's go fishing.
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Agnes Joy
Title: Agnes Joy
Character: Einar
Released: October 5, 2019
Type: Movie
When a new neighbour arrives at Rannveig´s doorstep, her frustrated everyday life suddenly changes. The cloud of hopelessness that surrounds her marriage and her relationship with her almost adult daughter lifts temporarily but soon the family is forced to confront new and unknown challenges in their relationship.
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The County
Title: The County
Released: August 14, 2019
Type: Movie
A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.
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How about that...
Title: How about that...
Character: Þekktur maður
Released: March 5, 2019
Type: Movie
An elderly woman feels that she's leading a too lonely a life so she decides to turn things around.
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Let Me Fall
Title: Let Me Fall
Character: Hannes
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
When 15-year-old Magnea meets Stella, everything changes. Stella's no-holds-barred lifestyle drags them both into a world of drugs, which brings serious consequences for each of them, and their relationship. Twelve years later their paths cross again, and a reckoning between them becomes unavoidable.
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And Breathe Normally
Title: And Breathe Normally
Character: Hörður
Released: August 17, 2018
Type: Movie
At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.
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Under the Tree
Title: Under the Tree
Character: Konrad
Released: September 6, 2017
Type: Movie
When Baldvin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
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Prisonguards
Title: Prisonguards
Released: January 21, 2017
Type: Movie
The job of a prisonguard is a strange one; they work on the border of free society and prison. This documentary follows the lives of the prisonguards as they do their job of guarding the prisoners.
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The Oath
Title: The Oath
Character: Ragnar
Released: September 6, 2016
Type: Movie
When his daughter's criminal boyfriend becomes an increasing threat to the family, a father must take action to protect them.
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Title: Trapped
Character: Sigurður
Released: December 27, 2015
Type: TV
Icelandic crime drama featuring Chief of Police Andri.
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Title: Case
Character: Högni
Released: October 18, 2015
Type: TV
A dramatic thriller about a broken lawyer who seeks redemption through his investigation into the suspicious suicide of a teenage ballet prodigy.
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The Grandad
Title: The Grandad
Character: Eiríkur
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Gudjón has led a safe life. Suddenly faced with retirement and growing older, he is forced to take a good, hard look at his marriage. A dramatic but often lighthearted story about life at a crossroads and the meaning of it all.
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Life in a Fishbowl
Title: Life in a Fishbowl
Character: Móri
Released: May 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and drinks himself to death over a twenty-year period.
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Title: True Detective
Character: Anders Lund
Released: January 12, 2014
Type: TV
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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Ferox
Title: Ferox
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Arnaldur, a 16-year-old boy living a normal teenager's life in Reykjavik. One day, coming home from school, he finds his brother in the bathtub, dead. Despite clear signs of a suicide, Arnaldur is convinced that his brother's teacher is somehow responsible so he decides to take matters into his own hands and avenge his brother.
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XL
Title: XL
Character: Prime minister
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Ex-family man, avid womanizer, heavy-drinking, parliamentarian, Leifur, is forced to go into rehab by his political rival, following a well publicized art exhibition brawl. Full of denial, Leifur throws a party before checking in, but when it´s time to leave – very few do, turning the night into an adventure exclusively for those old enough to vote.
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The Pension Gang
Title: The Pension Gang
Character: Bjarni
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: Movie
Marta and Johann, a retired couple, invest their life savings with banker Bjarni who has promised to double their money in a convoluted financial scheme. However, they lose it, and subsequently, the couple decide to pay a visit to Bjarni and take matters into their own hands.
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Korríró
Title: Korríró
Released: December 22, 2011
Type: Movie
The tale of Goldilocks is sometimes viewed as a cautionary tale that imparts a lesson about the hazards of wandering off and exploring unknown territory. The point about safety and shelter. But in its essence it was a tale about an intruder who could not control herself when encountering the possessions of others.
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Volcano
Title: Volcano
Character: Ari
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
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Either Way
Title: Either Way
Character: Vörubílstjóri
Released: September 2, 2011
Type: Movie
Two employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.
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Chess Story
Title: Chess Story
Character: Chess player 1
Released: January 29, 2011
Type: Movie
The battle of two great chess players to mentally overpower one another takes on a dimension of life-or-death physicality as their duel begins to echo with the violent sounds of warfare from centuries past.
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Stormland
Title: Stormland
Character: Toni Group
Released: January 14, 2011
Type: Movie
The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Boddi hates materialistic modern society in its entirety and on his blog-page he comically criticizes everything and everyone. Before long he has become an outlaw in his own hometown, just like his viking hero, Grettir. After a series of dramatic mishaps, he snaps and goes riding down south to the big city on his sturdy steed Nietzsche. He's got a gun in his pocket. He's ready for the revolution.
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Hullabaloo
Title: Hullabaloo
Character: Gummi Gumm
Released: December 26, 2010
Type: Movie
The time is 20 years and a few months to the millennium, and the unrecognized, self-proclaimed genius Orm Odins has to deal with the age-old existentialist dilemma that is teenage hood. With his final exams looming, his hormones in overdrive and love just around the corner what can a great poet do to survive? Our setting is Reykjavik in the eighties, a city that is going through a growth spur not unlike our eloquent hero. The mullet is just about to put its mark on a unsuspecting generation, there is no TV on Thursdays, only one radio station, beer is still and outlawed commodity and somewhere within the city limits the first female president in the world will see has a dream.
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Jitters
Title: Jitters
Character: Benedikt
Released: August 27, 2010
Type: Movie
An unexpected first kiss causes Gabriel to feel the electrifying "jitters" of love and lust with the free-spirited Marcus; a perfect way to end a Summer studying abroad. Realizing he is gay, Gabriel returns home and is immediately scrutinized by his family and friends who notice he’s different. But as the school year launches with Gabriel distracted with parties and his friends’ own dramas, Marcus returns, reigniting the hot, thrilling emotions of one’s first crush. Jitters fires head-first into the topsy-turvy world of first love with an attractive cast and pulsating soundtrack, making it a smartly refreshing journey into the queer, teen experience.
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Far Away War
Title: Far Away War
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
During the invasion of Gaza in 2008-2009 by the Israeli army, 1400 people were killed - there of 400 children. By the time the last cries of protest died down those names were already forgotten.
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The Nail
Title: The Nail
Released: September 29, 2008
Type: Movie
Robert is an important man with big responsibilities. One day he has an accident that blurs the border between the man and the beast within. Robert acts out and suffers the consequences.
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Hotel Earth
Title: Hotel Earth
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Three children take their grandfather to the graveyard to visit their dead grandmother. When they find out that granddad is tired of living and is actually waiting to die the children get confused, especially the youngest one. Granddad has to find a way to explain to her that death is not the worst thing in the world, which starts a chain of bizarre events. This becomes a learning full experience for the youngest one, even though it leads to a tragic ending.
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Title: The Press
Character: Gestur
Released: December 30, 2007
Type: TV
When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his innocence in a case involving the murder of a young woman. Lára is saved from her desperate financial situation, but at what cost?
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The Quiet Storm
Title: The Quiet Storm
Character: Keli
Released: September 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A young girl breaks up from her petit bourgeoisie home and her piano lessons to lead an entirely new life, as one of the personnel at an institution for juvenile delinquents in a remote part of Northern Iceland. It is the 1970s and the young people in charge of the place are heavily into flower power, sitar music and solving problems by frank talk sessions with the delinquents. However, the hippies, who themselves despise authority, soon find their own authority under attack by the rebellious youngsters, especially after the arrival of a mysterious young girl. Then a violent incident occurs that will have a decisively detrimental effect on relations at the institution.
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Thicker Than Water
Title: Thicker Than Water
Character: Steini
Released: February 24, 2006
Type: Movie
Pétur is an optometrist happily married to Ásta. They are expecting a child but already have a 10 year old boy named Örn. On coincidense Pétur finds out that he is not Örn's biological father.
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Scratches: Part 4
Title: Scratches: Part 4
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
No plot found
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Eleven Men Out
Title: Eleven Men Out
Character: Georg
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
The star player of Icelands top football team causes a stir when he admits to being gay to his team mates and then goes on a journey to discover himself (with the help of the local press). He soon finds himself on the bench for most of his teams matches and decides to call it quits and join a small amateur team made up of men like himself - gay guys trying to play football in a straight world of Icelandic fishing culture machoism
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A Man Like Me
Title: A Man Like Me
Character: Dagur
Released: August 16, 2002
Type: Movie
A postal worker falls in love with the Chinese waitress at a Chinese restaurant. They start dating and quickly fall in and out of love, the waitress returning to China. The young man looks for comfort in his father but he's too preoccupied with winning the Eurovision song contest. After listening to loser friends talk about what Sylvester Stallone would do in his situation, the postal worker decides to buy a ticket to China and follow his love to her home.
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The Icelandic Dream
Title: The Icelandic Dream
Character: Geiri
Released: September 7, 2000
Type: Movie
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
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Out of the Ash and Into the Fire
Title: Out of the Ash and Into the Fire
Released: February 6, 2000
Type: Movie
A streetsweeper finds a unconscious woman while cleaning the streets and decides to help her out by bringing her to his home, but little does he know that the woman is lives a life of crime.
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One Family
Title: One Family
Released: March 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Joe, fed up with his in-laws, runs away from home. Enjoying his newly gained freedom and his father-in-laws credit card, he seduces a number of girls, buys them expensive presents and wines and dines them. His joyride soon ends when he finds out that his wife - and several other girls - are pregnant.
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Title: Ríkið
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV