Joel Kinnaman
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Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money 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 American version of House of Cards. He has also played Alex Murphy in the 2014 RoboCop remake, and Rick Flag in the DC Comics superhero films Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021). From 2019 to 2026, he starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series For All Mankind.
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Joel Kinnaman is a male actor born Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman on November 25, 1979, in Stockholm, Sweden. He holds citizenship in Sweden and the United States and resides in Los Angeles. Kinnaman began his work period in 2002 and has received Guldbagge Awards. He is of the Swedes ethnic group and was educated at Södra Latin.
He speaks Swedish, English language, and American English, with English language and American English as his native languages. His writing language is English language. Kinnaman’s religious or worldview affiliations include Christianity and Judaism. He is the sibling of Melinda Kinnaman and was unmarried partner to Kelly Gale.
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Film & TV
Stockholm, Sweden
Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman (born 25 November 1979) is a Swedish-American actor who first gained recognition for his roles in the Swedish film Easy Money 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…
Known for
- The Beast — Agent Taft2026
- Placeholder — Self2026
- Detective Hole — Tom Waaler2026
- High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam — John Nixon2026
- Imperfect Women — Robert2026
- Icefall — Harlan2025
- The American Revolution — Samuel Seabury / Nils Collin / Thomas Hutchinson (voice)2025
- The Silent Hour — Frank Shaw2024
- Silent Night — Brian Godlock2023
- Sympathy for the Devil — The Driver2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman , ( 1979-11-25 ) 25 November 1979 (age 46) , Stockholm, Sweden
- Citizenship
- Sweden United States
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Spouses
- Cleo Wattenström ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2015 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2018 ) , Kelly Gale ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2024 )
- Relatives
- Melinda Kinnaman (half-sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Sibling
- Melinda Kinnaman
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Södra Latin
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Native language
- American English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Award
- Guldbagge Awards
- Image
- Joel Kinnaman (28494159712) (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1979-11-25
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- Joel Kinnaman
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- ethnic group
- Swedes
- social media followers
- 66750
- unmarried partner
- Kelly Gale
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjǔːɛl ˈkɪ̂nːaˌman]; born 25 November 1979) is a Swedish-American actor. He first gained recognition for his roles in the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money 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 American version of House of Cards. He has also played Alex Murphy in the 2014 RoboCop remake, and Rick Flag in the DC Comics superhero films Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021). From 2019 to 2026, he starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series For All Mankind.
Early life
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