# Karl Backus

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Karl_Backus
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Karl_Backus.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Backus
> Source revision: 1351840404
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|American actor (born 1963 or 1964) }}

{{Infobox person
| birth_name         = Karl Laurence Backus
| birth_date         = {{Birth based on age as of date|23|1987}}<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |date=1987-11-27 |title=Locals enjoy Shakespeare presentation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mason-valley-news-locals-enjoy-shakespea/154149249/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[Mason Valley News](/source/Reno_Gazette-Journal) |pages=3 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>
| alma_mater         = {{hlist|[Southern Oregon University](/source/Southern_Oregon_University)|[Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training](/source/Asolo_Conservatory_for_Actor_Training)|Portfolio Center}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|art director}}
| years_active       = 1981–present
| known_for          = [Oregon Shakespeare Festival](/source/Oregon_Shakespeare_Festival)
| credits            = {{hlist|''[Skin: The Movie](/source/Skin%3A_The_Movie)''|''[Thane of East County](/source/Thane_of_East_County)''|''[Walking with the Enemy](/source/Walking_with_the_Enemy)''}}
}}
'''Karl Laurence Backus''' is an American actor and [art director](/source/art_director) who appeared in multiple productions of the [Oregon Shakespeare Festival](/source/Oregon_Shakespeare_Festival) in the 1980s and 90s, a [San Diego](/source/San_Diego) production of ''[Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde](/source/Gross_Indecency%3A_The_Three_Trials_of_Oscar_Wilde)'' (2003), and the films ''[Skin: The Movie](/source/Skin%3A_The_Movie)'' (2018), ''[Thane of East County](/source/Thane_of_East_County)'' (2015), and ''[Walking with the Enemy](/source/Walking_with_the_Enemy)'' (2013). Backus has multiple ensemble nominations at the [Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema](/source/Idyllwild_International_Festival_of_Cinema).<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

== Career ==
In 1983, Backus was a public service announcer for [KBST](/source/KBST_(AM)).<ref name=":11" /> He worked as an [art director](/source/art_director) for [J. Walter Thompson](/source/J._Walter_Thompson)<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2000-10-30 |title=On the move |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/move-30440/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216143626/https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/move-30440/ |archive-date=2018-12-16 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[Adweek](/source/Adweek)}}</ref> and in 2015, he was with the [San Diego Film Commission](/source/San_Diego_Film_Commission).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Accomando |first=Beth |author-link=Beth Accomando |date=2015-05-23 |title=San Diego's Film Community Optimistic After City Council Budget Meeting |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2015/05/22/film-community-optimistic-after-city-council-budge |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[KPBS Public Media](/source/KPBS_Public_Media) |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-04 |title=San Diego Mayor's Office Outlines Plans To Attract Film, Television Production |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/politics/2015/06/04/mayors-office-outline-plans-bring-film-television |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[KPBS Public Media](/source/KPBS_Public_Media) |language=en}}</ref>

Backus is a member of the [Oregon Shakespeare Festival](/source/Oregon_Shakespeare_Festival).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1997-03-12 |title=Oregon Shakespeare Festival Actors to visit Cloverdale High |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/cloverdale-reveille-oregon-shakespeare-f/131003164/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[Cloverdale Reveille](/source/Cloverdale_Reveille) |pages=3 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Leary |first=Kathleen F. |url=https://archive.org/details/oregonshakespear0000lear/mode/2up?q=%22karl+backus%22 |title=Oregon Shakespeare Festival |date=2009 |publisher=Carleston, SC : Arcadia Pub. |others=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) |isbn=978-0-7385-7086-0 |page=126}}</ref> He became a member around 1986<ref name=":2" /> and was part of seven teams sponsored by the [Napa Valley Opera House](/source/Napa_Valley_Opera_House)<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Givens |first=Ann |date=1997-01-24 |title=The broad side of the Bard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-napa-valley-register-the-broad-side/131003730/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[Napa Valley Register](/source/Napa_Valley_Register) |pages=13 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> assigned to visit over 170,000 students annually across eight states<ref>{{Cite news |date=1989-11-18 |title=Timberline Shakespeare |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-timberline-shakespeare/154149292/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[The Olympian](/source/The_Olympian) |pages=17 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> in the Western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1988-11-10 |title=Actors in Visalia |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hanford-sentinel-actors-in-visalia/154149320/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=The Hanford Sentinel |page=19 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Oscar |date=1996-12-02 |title=Shakespeare opens students' eyes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-shakespeare-opens-students/131003333/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[The Olympian](/source/The_Olympian) |page=15 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Following a performance at [Edward C. Reed High School](/source/Edward_C._Reed_High_School), Backus and his coworker were robbed of their equipment and clothing after discovering their car was stolen.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-11-19 |title=New teaching tool gets Reno preview |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/reno-gazette-journal-new-teaching-tool-g/154149153/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[Reno Gazette-Journal](/source/Reno_Gazette-Journal) |pages=51 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

=== Reception ===
Phyllis Wolfe at [The Des Moines Register](/source/The_Des_Moines_Register) said his performance as [Malcolm](/source/Malcolm_(Macbeth)) in ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)'' "hones his battle ax with a low, resounding ring downstage" and brought clarity to his lines.<ref name=":14">{{Cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Phyllis |date=1993-07-31 |title=Get thee thither to 'Macbeth' in the park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-get-thee-thither/154149337/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[The Des Moines Register](/source/The_Des_Moines_Register) |page=27 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> Ron Cowan at [Statesman Journal](/source/Statesman_Journal) said his performance in ''Moliere Plays Paris'' "is briefly but unforgettably seen as a king who offhandedly invents the musical comedy."<ref name=":15">{{Cite news |last=Cowan |first=Ron |date=1996-02-26 |title=An enjoyable course of fluffy farce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-an-enjoyable-course-of/154149217/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[Statesman Journal](/source/Statesman_Journal) |pages=27–28 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> Steven Winn at [SFGate](/source/SFGate) said Backus' scene in [''Arcadia''](/source/Arcadia_(play)) was the best one, playing "a bored king who is both generous and high-handed."<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Winn |first=Steven |date=1996-06-20 |title='Arcadia' – Encore In Ashland / Stoppard's work tops non-Shakespeare plays |url=https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/arcadia-encore-in-ashland-stoppard-s-work-2978132.php |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[SFGATE](/source/SFGATE) |id={{ProQuest|303490247}}}}</ref> George Weinberg-Harter at [Backstage Magazine](/source/Backstage_Magazine) said Backus' performance as Edward Carson in ''[Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde](/source/Gross_Indecency%3A_The_Three_Trials_of_Oscar_Wilde)'' was the "understated seriousness of a complete legal professional."<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Weinberg-Harter |first=George |date=2019-11-05 |title=Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/gross-indecency-three-trials-oscar-wilde-36416/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[Backstage](/source/Backstage_(magazine))}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Backus was born to Joyce and Laurence Backus of [Central Point, Oregon](/source/Central_Point%2C_Oregon).<ref name=":6" /> He started acting around the time he was 20<ref name=":13" /> and in 1987, graduated from [Southern Oregon University](/source/Southern_Oregon_University) with [Bachelor of Fine Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Fine_Arts)<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=1989 |title=Winter–Spring 1989 |url=https://www.osfashland.org/en/company/archives-search.aspx?artifact=92364195081 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=[Oregon Shakespeare Festival](/source/Oregon_Shakespeare_Festival) |language=en}}</ref> in theatre arts. Backus earned a master's degree in 1992 at [Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training](/source/Asolo_Conservatory_for_Actor_Training). Backus graduated from the Portfolio Center in 1999 and married Summer King in 2000.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1999-12-26 |title=King-Backus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tallahassee-democrat-king-backus/131003997/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[Tallahassee Democrat](/source/Tallahassee_Democrat) |page=54 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> He studied with [José Quintero](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Quintero), [Oleg Tabakov](/source/Oleg_Tabakov)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Walking with the Enemy {{!}} Trailer & Official Movie Site  |url=https://walkingwiththeenemy.com/cast/11/karl-backus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206041540/https://walkingwiththeenemy.com/cast/11/karl-backus |archive-date=2013-12-06 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Walking with the Enemy}}</ref> and did high school theater with [Shelley Malil](/source/Shelley_Malil) in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schroder |first=Susan |date=2010-09-08 |title=Actor's friends testify in his defense |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2010/09/08/actors-friends-testify-in-his-defense/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730204512/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2010/09/08/actors-friends-testify-in-his-defense/ |archive-date=2024-07-30 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[San Diego Union-Tribune](/source/San_Diego_Union-Tribune) |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Stage credits ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Theater performances
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Location
!Notes
|-
|
|[''Cloud Nine''](/source/Cloud_9_(play))
|Betty / Gerry
|[American College Theatre Festival](/source/American_College_Theatre_Festival)
|Regional winner<ref name=":11" />
|-
|
|''[Scapino!](/source/Scapino!)''
|[Scapino](/source/Scapino)
| rowspan="8" |[Southern Oregon State College](/source/Southern_Oregon_State_College), Ashland, Oregon
| rowspan="4" |Mainstage<ref name=":11" />
|-
|
|''In a Northern Landscape''
|Samuel
|-
|
|''[Crimes of the Heart](/source/Crimes_of_the_Heart)''
|Barnette
|-
|
|[''Rashomon''](/source/Rashomon_(play))
|Woodcutter
|-
|
|''Bar & Ger''
|Bar
|Studio, by [Geraldine Aron](/source/Geraldine_Aron)<ref name=":11" />
|-
|
|''Fire in the Dark''
|Van Gogh
| rowspan="3" |Studio<ref name=":11" />
|-
|
|''[A Life in the Theatre](/source/A_Life_in_the_Theatre)''
|John
|-
|
|''[Miss Julie](/source/Miss_Julie)''
|Jean
|-
| rowspan="4" |1987–1988
|''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)''
|
| rowspan="6" |Elizabethan Stage, [Oregon Shakespeare Festival](/source/Oregon_Shakespeare_Festival)
|<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1987 |title=Review of MACBETH |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26352373 |journal=[Shakespeare Bulletin](/source/Shakespeare_Bulletin) |volume=5/6 |issue=6/1 |pages=18–19 |jstor=26352373 |issn=0748-2558 }}</ref>
|-
|''[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream)''
|
|<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |date=1987 |title=Review of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26352376 |journal=[Shakespeare Bulletin](/source/Shakespeare_Bulletin) |volume=5/6 |issue=6/1 |pages=20–21 |jstor=26352376 |issn=0748-2558 }}</ref>
|-
|''[The Shoemaker's Holiday](/source/The_Shoemaker's_Holiday)''
|
|<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1987 |title=Review of 'The Shoemakers Holiday' |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26352378 |journal=[Shakespeare Bulletin](/source/Shakespeare_Bulletin) |volume=5/6 |issue=6/1 |page=21 |jstor=26352378 |issn=0748-2558 }}</ref><ref name=":7" />
|-
|''[Henry IV, Part One](/source/Henry_IV%2C_Part_One)''
|
|<ref name=":11" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989
|[''Cyrano de Bergerac''](/source/Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(play))
|Apprentice Pickpocket / Boy / Cadet
|Featuring [Roy Abramsohn](/source/Roy_Abramsohn)<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1988-11-09 |title=Shakespeare on stage in Kingsburg |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-selma-enterprise-shakespeare-on-stag/131003432/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[The Selma Enterprise](/source/The_Selma_Enterprise) |page=20 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>
|-
|''[Two Gentlemen of Verona](/source/Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona)''
|
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|1993
|''Macbeth''
|[Malcolm](/source/Malcolm_(Macbeth))
|Iowa Shakespeare Project, [Greenwood Park, Iowa](/source/Greenwood_Park_(Des_Moines))
|<ref name=":14" />
|-
| rowspan="5" |1996
| rowspan="2" |[''Arcadia''](/source/Arcadia_(play))
| rowspan="2" |[King Louis XIV](/source/King_Louis_XIV)
| rowspan="2" |Angus Bowmer Theatre, [Ashland, Oregon](/source/Ashland%2C_Oregon)
|February<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hurwitt |first=Robert |date=1996-02-28 |title=Ashland plans on growing up Oregon Shakespeare Festival reaches for overdue big-time status |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/ashland-plans-on-growing-up-3150370.php |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[SFGATE](/source/SFGATE) |id={{ProQuest|270421710}}}}</ref>
|-
|June<ref name=":5" />
|-
|''Moliere Plays Paris''
|
| rowspan="4" |Elizabethan Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
|By ''[Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re)''<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/theatreworld19960000unse/mode/2up?q=%22backus%22 |title=Theatre world, 1996–1997 season |date=1999 |publisher=New York : Applause |others=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) |isbn=978-1-55783-343-3 |pages=200–201}}</ref>
|-
|''[Coriolanus](/source/Coriolanus)''
|
| rowspan="2" |<ref name=":12" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |''[Romeo and Juliet](/source/Romeo_and_Juliet)''
|
|-
|1997
|Gregory
|<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Armstrong |first=Alan |date=1997 |title=Review of 'Romeo and Juliet'  |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26353079 |journal=[Shakespeare Bulletin](/source/Shakespeare_Bulletin) |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=33–34 |jstor=26353079 |issn=0748-2558 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=1997 |title=Romeo and Juliet |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2871361 |journal=[Shakespeare Quarterly](/source/Shakespeare_Quarterly) |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=732–743 |jstor=2871361 |issn=0037-3222 }}</ref><ref name=":12" />
|-
|2003
|''[Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde](/source/Gross_Indecency%3A_The_Three_Trials_of_Oscar_Wilde)''
|Attorney Edward Carson
|San Diego, California
|<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Welsh |first=Anne Marie |date=2003-01-20 |title=A righteous 'Gross Indecency' |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/272062586/2237CD0E0934425CPQ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[San Diego Union Tribune](/source/San_Diego_Union_Tribune) |language=en |id={{ProQuest|272062586}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacques |first=Ken |url=https://archive.org/details/playsthingphotog0000jacq/mode/2up?q=%22karl+backus%22 |title=The play's the thing : a photographic odyssey through theatre in San Diego |date=2005 |publisher=San Diego: Sunbelt Publications |others=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive) |isbn=978-0-932653-71-0 |page=104}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|''Thief River''
|Middle-aged Ray
|Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, California
|By [Lee Blessing](/source/Lee_Blessing)<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Poyen |first=Jennifer |date=2004-08-30 |title=Diversionary has an intricate study of passion and denial |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/272381824/2237CD0E0934425CPQ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[San Diego Union Tribune](/source/San_Diego_Union_Tribune) |language=en |id={{ProQuest|272381824}}}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+School visitation performances
!Year
!Title
!Location
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1987
|''[Romeo and Juliet](/source/Romeo_and_Juliet)''
| rowspan="4" |[Yerington High School](/source/Yerington_High_School)
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-11-27 |title=Shakespearean actors at local schools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mason-valley-news-shakespearean-actors-a/154149446/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[Mason Valley News](/source/Reno_Gazette-Journal) |pages=17 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-11-13 |title=Oregon Shakespearean Festival actors to present school & public programs here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mason-valley-news-oregon-shakespearean-f/154149520/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=[Mason Valley News](/source/Reno_Gazette-Journal) |pages=13 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>
|-
|''[The Taming of the Shrew](/source/The_Taming_of_the_Shrew)''
|-
|''['Tis Pity She's a Whore](/source/'Tis_Pity_She's_a_Whore)''
|-
|''[Shoemaker's Holiday](/source/Shoemaker's_Holiday)''
|-
| rowspan="4" |1988
|''[The Tempest](/source/The_Tempest)''
| rowspan="4" |Little Theater, [Kingsburg High School](/source/Kingsburg_High_School)
| rowspan="4" |<ref name=":2" />
|-
|''[Much Ado About Nothing](/source/Much_Ado_About_Nothing)''
|-
|''[The Catcher in the Rye](/source/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye)''
|-
|''[Dandelion Wine](/source/Dandelion_Wine)''
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
|[''Henry V''](/source/Henry_V_(play))
| rowspan="3" |Tumwater Middle School, [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon)
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''Two Soldiers''
|By [William Faulkner](/source/William_Faulkner)<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''[The Butter Battle Book](/source/The_Butter_Battle_Book)''
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1997
|''Shh...Listen To Me''
|Cloverdale High School, [Cloverdale, California](/source/Cloverdale%2C_California)
|Featuring segments from ''[Two Gentlemen of Verona](/source/Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona)'', ''[In Flanders Fields](/source/In_Flanders_Fields)'', and ''[Dancing at Lughnasa](/source/Dancing_at_Lughnasa)''<ref name=":0" />
|}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1993
|''Hidden Fears''
|Man at the Y
|
|-
|2006
|''What's the Vig?''
|Kenneth Hart
|<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Karl Backus {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/karl_backus |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|''Misdirection''
|Simsung
|Also executive producer<ref name=":8" />
|-
|2013
|''[Walking with the Enemy](/source/Walking_with_the_Enemy)''
|Colonel Klein
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Justin |date=2014-04-26 |title=Film Review: 'Walking With the Enemy' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-walking-with-the-enemy-1201164485/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine)) |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
|-
|2015
|''[Thane of East County](/source/Thane_of_East_County)''
|Duke
|<ref name=":8" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''[A Life Lived](/source/A_Life_Lived)''
|Jefferson
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-14 |title=Actress Denise Richards Takes On Rare Dramatic Role in Award Winning Independent Film, A Life Lived |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1928293514/Record/2237CD0E0934425CPQ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=M2 PressWIRE |language=en |id={{ProQuest|1928293514}}}}</ref>
|-
|[''Undocumented''](/source/Undocumented_(2016_film))
|Reporter
|Short film
|-
|2018
|''[Skin: The Movie](/source/Skin%3A_The_Movie)''
|Lance
|
|-
|2019
|''GPS''
|Malcomb
|Short film
|-
|2024
|''[Sincerely Saul](/source/Sincerely_Saul)''
|Officer Porter
|<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=McAndrews |first=Mary Beth |date=2025-09-09 |title=EXCLUSIVE 'Sincerely Saul' Trailer Reveals The Hells of Suburban Purgatory |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/542496/exclusive-sincerely-saul-trailer-reveals-the-hells-of-suburban-purgatory/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909211704/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/542496/exclusive-sincerely-saul-trailer-reveals-the-hells-of-suburban-purgatory/ |archive-date=2025-09-09 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central) |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Event
!Year
!Film
!Award
!Result
|-
|Blast Off Film Festival
|2019
| rowspan="2" |''[Skin: The Movie](/source/Skin%3A_The_Movie)''
|Best Acting Ensemble
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema](/source/Idyllwild_International_Festival_of_Cinema)
|2020
|Best Ensemble
|{{nom}}
|-
|2021
|''GPS''
|Best Ensemble Cast
|{{nom}}
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0045739}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Backus, Karl}}
Category:1960s births
Category:Living people
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from Oregon
Category:American art directors
Category:Southern Oregon University alumni
Category:Florida State University alumni
Category:Male actors from San Diego
Category:American male Shakespearean actors

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Karl Backus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Backus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Backus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.