Joel Kinnaman

Joel Kinnaman
Kinnaman in 2016
Born
Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman

(1979-11-25) 25 November 1979 (age 44)
Stockholm, Sweden
Citizenship
  • Sweden
  • United States
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Spouse(s)
Cleo Wattenström
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(m. 2015; div. 2018)​

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(m. 2024)​
RelativesMelinda Kinnaman (half-sister)

Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjǔːɛl ˈkɪ̂nːaˌman]; born 25 November 1979[1]) is a Swedish actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money[2][3] and the Johan Falk crime series. Kinnaman is known internationally for his television roles as Detective Stephen Holder in AMC's The Killing, Takeshi Kovacs in the first season of Altered Carbon, and Governor Will Conway in the U.S. version of House of Cards. He has also played Alex Murphy in the 2014 RoboCop remake, and Rick Flag in the Warner Bros. film adaptations of the DC Comics anti-hero team Suicide Squad (2016), as well as its sequel, The Suicide Squad (2021). Since 2019, he has starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series For All Mankind.

  1. ^ "Joel Kinnaman". The Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rehlin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hägred, Per (19 January 2010). "Joel Kinnaman: 'Min revisor är i chocktillstånd'". Expressen. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.