Mats Långbacka

Acting

Mats Långbacka

Born

1963-09-19 (63)

Place of birth

Helsinki, Finland

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Mats Långbacka was born on 19 September 1963 in Helsinki, Finland. He is an actor and producer, known for Glenn (2008), Hamilton (1998) and Moomins on the Riviera (2014). He was previously married to Kaija Penttala.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 8 titles

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beatlehem

2003

Frozen Land poster
6.8

When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.

Frozen Land

2005

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie poster
6.8

Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to got there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

2007

The Leaning Tower poster
5.5

A middle-aged mental patient suffering from a split personality travels to Italy where his two personalities set off all kinds of confusing developments.

The Leaning Tower

2006

Lepakko – Upstairs Downstairs poster
6.0

Documentary about the legendary club Lepakko (The Bat) in Finland.

Lepakko – Upstairs Downstairs

2000

The Return of the Dancing Master poster
5.2

Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner Herbert Molin is brutally murdered in the remote town of Sveg, Lindman travels north to investigate. The more Lindman digs into the mysterious killing, the less he is sure to have known the man he feels so much indebted to...

The Return of the Dancing Master

2004

Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat poster
5.1

In summer 1944 Finnish Karelia, Martta hastily marries Aarne before evacuating alongside newborn Hilkka’s family, Helmi Elisa and their grandmother as Soviet forces advance. Amidst chaotic retreat, the women struggle to stay united and fatefully intersect with Aarne and Arttu, but the relentless offensive exacts heavy suffering and loss on both civilians and soldiers.

Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat

2000

Last Stop poster
NR

Bertil is an old man from Norrbotten in Sweden. His brother has just died, and the shipping of the deceased brother turns out to be very expensive. Bertil decides to solve the whole thing in his own way ...

Last Stop

2007

1990s · 7 titles

Hamilton poster
5.8

A government agent leads his team's effort to stop Russian rebels from smuggling a stolen missile through Sweden.

Hamilton

1998

Routasydän poster
6.8

In this gloomy scenario about Finland's upcoming membership in the European Union, the country has become a poor peripheral area plagued by energy shortages and civil wars. Escaping the city to his summer cottage with his children and a lady next door, a divorced university teacher is forced to pick up a young delirious woman from the roadside. He soon falls in love with her, only to find out she is a sought-after deserter from a violent guerilla army.

Routasydän

1993

Vendetta poster
6.6

Two Swedish business men are kidnapped in Rome by the Mob, and moved to Sicily. Carl Hamilton is sent to Sicily on direct order from the Swedish Government. He is sent to negotiate for their release. Hamiltons partner and best friend, Lundwall, is murdered by the Mob. Hamilton is dragged into a bitter and brutal vendetta between himself and the Mob-leader Don Tommaso.

Vendetta

1995

No artwork available
10.0

Drama documentary about the assissination of Nikolai Bobrikov, Russian governor general in Grand Duchy of Finland. In 16th June 1904 student Eugen Schauman shot Bobrikov at the staircase of Senate in Helsinki and after that himself.

Fem skott i senaten

1992

Lapin kullan kimallus poster
6.5

In 1860s Lapland, gold diggers Jakob Ervast and Nils Lepistö, who previously worked in California, embark on an arduous journey towards the north. The friends find gold at the first excavation site, which Kittilä's crown prince Konrad Planting and Edvard Manninen also start looking for.

Lapin kullan kimallus

1999

Älskar älskar inte poster
6.5

Maverick pilot must learn to live with disability.

Älskar älskar inte

1995

Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät poster
4.7

Inspector Timo Harjunpää works on harassment and extortion campaign case against successful computer expert.

Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät

1993

Series credits

Kotikatu poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kotikatu

1995

Nya tider poster
10.0

Nya tider was a soap opera TV4 started after Skilda världar started as a 1 time a week show. The show started in 1999 and got good ratings the first season, but they soon dropped, and the show was cancelled in 2003. It never got as high ratings as Skilda Världar. It was also moved to just being an episode a week on Sundays without any improvement before it was cancelled.

Nya tider

1999

Der Kommissar und das Meer poster
5.6

The focus is on the Gotland investigation team led by Inspector Robert Anders, who originally comes from Germany, his assistants Karin Jacobson and Thomas Wittberg, and the pathologist Ewa, played by Pippi Longstocking actress Inger Nilsson.

Der Kommissar und das Meer

2007

Der Kommissar und das Meer poster
5.6

The focus is on the Gotland investigation team led by Inspector Robert Anders, who originally comes from Germany, his assistants Karin Jacobson and Thomas Wittberg, and the pathologist Ewa, played by Pippi Longstocking actress Inger Nilsson.

Der Kommissar und das Meer

2007

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood poster
7.2

Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood

2000

Kakarat poster
NR

Young couple, graffiti artist Asta and skateboarder Joona are planning to leave their small hometown and move abroad to study and experience the world. Things get complicated when they find out that Asta is pregnant. Is it possible to conquer the world and have a baby at the same time?

Kakarat

2020

Kentän laidalla poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kentän laidalla

2021

Sydänjää poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sydänjää

2007

Paholaisen tytär poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Paholaisen tytär

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lapin kullan kimallus

2001

S:t Mikael poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

S:t Mikael

1998

Inget Ljus i Tunneln poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Inget Ljus i Tunneln

2011

Kohta 18 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kohta 18

2014

Behind the camera