Þorsteinn Bachmann
Actor
- Born
- October 25, 1965 (age 60) · Reykjavík, 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.
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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".
Known for
Against the Ice
February 10, 2022
Under the Tree
September 6, 2017
Tom of Finland
February 24, 2017
And Breathe Normally
August 17, 2018
The Oath
September 6, 2016
Jitters
August 27, 2010
When the Light Breaks
October 17, 2024
The County
August 14, 2019
Volcano
September 30, 2011
Life in a Fishbowl
May 16, 2014
Eleven Men Out
September 2, 2005
Let Me Fall
September 7, 2018
Acting48
- 2026DABB as Pabbi
- 2025Áramótaskaup: 2025 as Guðmundur Ingi
- 2024When the Light Breaks
- 2024Sense
- 2022Summerlight and Then Comes The Night as Guðmundur
- 2022The Very Last Fishing Trip as Valur Adalsteins
- 2022Against the Ice as Captain Amdrup
- 2021Áramótaskaup 2021
- 2020The Last Fishing Trip as Valur
- 2019Agnes Joy as Einar
- 2019