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Karl Backus | |
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Born | Karl Laurence Backus |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Known for | Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
Notable credits | |
Spouse |
Summer King (m. 2000) |
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Karl Laurence Backus is an American actor and art director who appeared in multiple productions of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the 1980s and 90s, a San Diego production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (2003), and the films Skin: The Movie (2018), Thane of East County (2015), and Walking with the Enemy (2013). Backus has multiple ensemble nominations at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema.[1][2][3][4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Backus was born to Joyce and Laurence Backus of Central Point, Oregon.[6] In 1987, he graduated from Southern Oregon University with Bachelor of Fine Arts[7] in theatre arts and earned a master's degree in 1992 at Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training. Backus graduated from the Portfolio Center in 1999 and married Summer King in 2000.[6] He studied with José Quintero, Oleg Tabakov[8] and did high school theater with Shelley Malil in 1981.[9]
Career
[edit]In 1983, Backus was a public service announcer for KBST.[7] He worked as an art director for J. Walter Thompson[6][1] and in 2015, he was with the San Diego Film Commission.[10][11]
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
[edit]Backus is a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[2][12] He became a member around 1986[5] and was part of seven teams sponsored by the Napa Valley Opera House[3] assigned to visit over 170,000 students annually in the Western United States.[4][2]
Critical analysis
[edit]George Weinberg-Harter at Backstage Magazine said Backus' performance as Edward Carson in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde was the "understated seriousness of a complete legal professional."[13] Steven Winn at SFGate said Backus' scene in Arcadia was the best one, playing "a bored king who is both generous and high-handed."[14]
Stage credits
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Location | Notes |
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Cloud Nine | Betty / Gerry | American College Theater Festival | Regional winner[7] | |
Scapino! | Scapino | Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon | Mainstage[7] | |
In a Northern Landscape | Samuel | |||
Crimes of the Heart | Barnette | |||
Rashomon | Woodcutter | |||
Bar & Ger | Bar | Studio, by Geraldine Aron[7] | ||
Fire in the Dark | Van Gogh | Studio[7] | ||
A Life in the Theatre | John | |||
Miss Julie | Jean | |||
1987–1988 | Macbeth | Elizabethan Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival | [7][15] | |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | [7][16] | |||
The Shoemaker's Holiday | [7][17][16] | |||
Henry IV, Part One | [7] | |||
1989 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Apprentice Pickpocket / Boy / Cadet | Featuring Roy Abramsohn[7][5] | |
Two Gentlemen of Verona | [5] | |||
1996 | Arcadia | King Louis XIV | Angus Bowmer Theatre, Ashland, Oregon | February[18] |
June[14] | ||||
Moliere Plays Paris | Elizabethan Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival | By Molière[19] | ||
Coriolanus | [19] | |||
Romeo and Juliet | ||||
1997 | Gregory | [20][21][19] | ||
2003 | Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde | Attorney Edward Carson | San Diego, California | [13][22][23] |
2004 | Thief River | Middle-aged Ray | Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California | By Lee Blessing[24] |
Year | Title | Location | Notes |
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1988 | The Tempest | Little Theater, Kingsburg High School | [5] |
Much Ado About Nothing | |||
The Catcher in the Rye | |||
Dandelion Wine | |||
1996 | Henry V | Tumwater Middle School, Portland, Oregon | [4] |
Two Soldiers | By William Faulkner[4] | ||
The Butter Battle Book | [4] | ||
1997 | Shh...Listen To Me | Cloverdale High School, Cloverdale, California | Featuring segments from Two Gentlemen of Verona, In Flanders Fields, and Dancing at Lughnasa[2] |
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | What's the Vig? | Kenneth Hart | [25] |
2011 | Misdirection | Simsung | Also executive producer[25] |
2013 | Walking with the Enemy | Colonel Klein | [26][8] |
2015 | Thane of East County | Duke | [25] |
2016 | A Life Lived | Jefferson | [27] |
2018 | Skin: The Movie | Lance | |
2019 | GPS | Malcomb | Short film |
Accolades
[edit]Event | Year | Film | Award | Result |
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Blast Off Film Festival | 2019 | Skin: The Movie | Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated |
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema | 2020 | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
2021 | GPS | Best Ensemble Cast | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "On the move". Adweek. 2000-10-30. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b c d "Oregon Shakespeare Festival Actors to visit Cloverdale High". Cloverdale Reveille. 1997-03-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Givens, Ann (1997-01-24). "The broad side of the Bard". Napa Valley Register. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e Johnson, Oscar (1996-12-02). "Shakespeare opens students' eyes". The Olympian. p. 15. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Shakespeare on stage in Kingsburg". The Selma Enterprise. 1988-11-09. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "King-Backus". Tallahassee Democrat. 1999-12-26. p. 54. Retrieved 2024-07-31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Winter-Spring 1989". Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 1989. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ^ a b "Walking with the Enemy | Trailer & Official Movie Site | See It Now". Walking with the Enemy. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Schroder, Susan (2010-09-08). "Actor's friends testify in his defense". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-07-30. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Accomando, Beth (2015-05-23). "San Diego's Film Community Optimistic After City Council Budget Meeting". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "San Diego Mayor's Office Outlines Plans To Attract Film, Television Production". KPBS Public Media. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Leary, Kathleen F. (2009). Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Internet Archive. Carleston, SC : Arcadia Pub. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7385-7086-0.
- ^ a b Weinberg-Harter, George (2019-11-05). "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde". Backstage. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b Winn, Steven (1996-06-20). "'Arcadia' -- Encore In Ashland / Stoppard's work tops non-Shakespeare plays". SFGATE. ProQuest 303490247. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Review of MACBETH". Shakespeare Bulletin. 5/6 (6/1): 18–19. 1987. ISSN 0748-2558. JSTOR 26352373 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b "Review of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM". Shakespeare Bulletin. 5/6 (6/1): 20–21. 1987. ISSN 0748-2558. JSTOR 26352376 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Review of THE SHOEMAKERS' HOLIDAY". Shakespeare Bulletin. 5/6 (6/1): 21. 1987. ISSN 0748-2558. JSTOR 26352378 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Hurwitt, Robert (1996-02-28). "Ashland plans on growing up Oregon Shakespeare Festival reaches for overdue big-time status". SFGATE. ProQuest 270421710. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b c Theatre world, 1996-1997 season. Internet Archive. New York : Applause. 1999. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-1-55783-343-3.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Armstrong, Alan (1997). "Review of ROMEO AND JULIET". Shakespeare Bulletin. 15 (2): 33–34. ISSN 0748-2558. JSTOR 26353079 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Romeo and Juliet". Shakespeare Quarterly. 48 (5): 732–743. 1997. ISSN 0037-3222. JSTOR 2871361 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Welsh, Anne Marie (2003-01-20). "A righteous 'Gross Indecency'". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 272062586. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Jacques, Ken (2005). The play's the thing : a photographic odyssey through theatre in San Diego. Internet Archive. San Diego, CA : Sunbelt Publications. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-932653-71-0.
- ^ de Poyen, Jennifer (2004-08-30). "Diversionary has an intricate study of passion and denial". San Diego Union Tribune. ProQuest 272381824. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b c "Karl Backus | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ Chang, Justin (2014-04-26). "Film Review: 'Walking With the Enemy'". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Actress Denise Richards Takes On Rare Dramatic Role in Award Winning Independent Film, A Life Lived". M2 PressWIRE. 2017-08-14. ProQuest 1928293514. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
External links
[edit]- Karl Backus at IMDb