Karl Backus

Karl Backus
Born
Karl Laurence Backus

1963 or 1964 (age 60–61)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • art director
Years active1981–present
Known forOregon Shakespeare Festival
Notable credits
Spouse
Summer King
(m. 2000)
Parents
  • Laurence Backus (father)
  • Joyce Backus (mother)

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.