Mats Långbacka

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.

Works

Kentän laidalla

Kentän laidalla

Release Date:2021-05-22

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Character:Helge Cadenius

Episode Count:8

Kakarat

Kakarat

Release Date:2020-01-01

Character:Henrik Sundström

Episode Count:28

Of Roads

What happens if one has to make a quick decision that proves wrong? What are the consequences, if one does not meet the requirements one sets for oneself when something unexpected happens? And what if after all this, one finds new qualities in one’s character that force one to reconsider one’s entire self-image?

Release Date:2015-01-01

Department:Production

Job:Producer

5.7

Moomins on the Riviera

The Moomins along with Little My and Snorkmaiden had a sea journey that after storms and desert island dangers leads the family to Riviera, the place that takes their unity to the test.

Release Date:2014-10-10

Character:Muumipappa (voice)

Vote Count:39

Kohta 18

Kohta 18

Release Date:2014-02-26

Character:Jonin isäpuoli

Episode Count:4

6.3

The Disciple

The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives in the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles desperately to stay on and makes friends with Hasselbond’s oppressed son, Gustaf, but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.

Release Date:2013-09-27

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:11

6.2

Almost 18

Karri, Pete, André, Akseli and Joni dream, party, love and boast like only teenage males can. They're dealing with the same issues as every other young man — fears and hopes for future, disillusions and problems with parents.

Release Date:2012-03-09

Character:Joni's stepfather

Vote Count:18

Inget Ljus i Tunneln
8.0

Inget Ljus i Tunneln

Release Date:2011-12-27

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

3.0

Iris

A hauntingly beautiful and unusual coming-of-age tale. Set in 1890, Iris's artist mother leaves Stockholm for the summer and sends her 9-year old daughter to stay with an uncle in the Finnish archipelago. The girl learns to play with other children and discovers the joys of friendship in the remote Åland Islands.

Release Date:2011-08-26

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:1

The Inspector

Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.

Release Date:2011-06-16

Character:Työkaveri

Der Kommissar und das Meer
6.6

Der Kommissar und das Meer

Der Kommissar und das Meer is a German television series.

Release Date:2007-12-21

Character:Johann Norum

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:8

6.8

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

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

Release Date:2007-09-28

Character:Polizist

Vote Count:7

Sydänjää
8.0

Sydänjää

Release Date:2007-09-10

Character:Jarmo Geisler

Episode Count:40

Vote Count:1

Last Stop

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 ...

Release Date:2007-01-01

5.5

The Leaning Tower

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

Release Date:2006-10-20

Character:Olavi

Vote Count:14

6.9

Frozen Land

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.

Release Date:2005-01-14

Character:Rikospoliisi Elinan kotona

Vote Count:60

4.8

The Return of the Dancing Master

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...

Release Date:2004-04-08

Character:Erik

Vote Count:8

Paholaisen tytär
7.0

Paholaisen tytär

Release Date:2002-10-07

Character:Juhani Saloluoto

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:1

6.0

Lepakko – Upstairs Downstairs

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

Release Date:2000-09-28

Character:himself

Vote Count:1

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
7.3

Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood

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.

Release Date:2000-02-29

Character:Timo

Episode Count:7

Vote Count:4

4.0

Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat

A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.

Release Date:2000-02-11

Character:Aarne Heikkilä

Vote Count:5

5.7

Lapin kullan kimallus

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.

Release Date:1999-09-10

Character:Konrad Lihr

Vote Count:9

S:t Mikael

S:t Mikael

Release Date:1998-10-03

Character:Jörgen Cedermark

Episode Count:24

5.8

Hamilton

When Russian agents attempt to smuggle a stolen nuclear missile through Sweden, the country's intelligence officers find their intervention occurs too easily.

Release Date:1998-01-30

Character:Åke Stålhandske

Vote Count:47

5.0

Älskar älskar inte

Maverick pilot must learn to live with disability.

Release Date:1995-10-27

Character:Kjell, doctor

Vote Count:1

Kotikatu
3.5

Kotikatu

Release Date:1995-08-24

Character:Juho Huovinen

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2

6.5

Vendetta

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.

Release Date:1995-02-10

Character:Åke Stålhandske

Vote Count:14

4.0

Harjunpää ja kiusantekijät

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

Release Date:1993-09-24

Character:Jari Lehikoinen

Vote Count:3

6.0

Routasydän

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.

Release Date:1993-03-05

Character:Aaro Holvisalo

Vote Count:3

5.3

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus

Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children.

Release Date:1988-12-16

Character:Juhani Lepaa

Vote Count:3

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