Þorsteinn Bachmann
Acting • Born 1965-10-25
Biography
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".
Filmography
57 credits
Eleven Men Out
Movie • 2005
Georg
Scratches: Part 4
Movie • 2006
Far Away War
Movie • 2010
Hotel Earth
Movie • 2008
The Nail
Movie • 2008
Thicker Than Water
Movie • 2006
Steini
Prisonguards
Movie • 2017
Áramótaskaup 2021
Movie • 2021
Hullabaloo
Movie • 2010
Gummi Gumm
The Very Last Fishing Trip
Movie • 2022
Valur Adalsteins
Volcano
Movie • 2011
Ari
The Quiet Storm
Movie • 2007
Keli
Jitters
Movie • 2010
Benedikt
Against the Ice
Movie • 2022
Captain Amdrup
Stormland
Movie • 2011
Toni Group
Either Way
Movie • 2011
Vörubílstjóri
A Man Like Me
Movie • 2002
Dagur
XL
Movie • 2013
Prime minister
Ferox
Movie • 2013
Police Sergeant
Life in a Fishbowl
Movie • 2014
Móri
The Grandad
Movie • 2014
Eiríkur
Summerlight and Then Comes The Night
Movie • 2022
Guðmundur
The Icelandic Dream
Movie • 2000
Geiri
Tom of Finland
Movie • 2017
Editor-in-chief
The Oath
Movie • 2016
Ragnar
Under the Tree
Movie • 2017
Konrad
Let Me Fall
Movie • 2018
Hannes
And Breathe Normally
Movie • 2018
Hörður
Agnes Joy
Movie • 2019
Einar
The Last Fishing Trip
Movie • 2020
Valur
The County
Movie • 2019
Out of the Ash and Into the Fire
Movie • 2000
How about that...
Movie • 2019
Þekktur maður
The Pension Gang
Movie • 2012
Bjarni
Korríró
Movie • 2011
Chess Story
Movie • 2011
Chess player 1
One Family
Movie • 1995
The Viking Sagas
Movie • 1995
Drunken Viking
Sense
Movie • 2024
Dark Ocean
Movie
Áramótaskaup: 2025
Movie • 2025
Guðmundur Ingi
Áramótaskaup: 2014
Movie • 2014
Áramótaskaup: 2015
Movie • 2015
Áramótaskaup: 2016
Movie • 2016
When the Light Breaks
Movie • 2024
DABB
Movie • 2026
Pabbi
Katla
TV • 2021
Gísli
Ríkið
TV
The Press
TV • 2007
Gestur
Balls
TV • 2023
Eysteinn
Trapped
TV • 2015
Sigurður
Case
TV • 2015
Högni
True Detective
TV • 2014
Anders Lund
Jarðarförin mín
TV • 2020
Kristján Kristjánsson
The Darkness
TV • 2024
Jón
Draumahöllin
TV • 2024
Reykjavik 112
TV • 2025
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