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Joel Kinnaman Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1979-11-25

Birthplace:
Stockholm, Sweden

Credits:
65 Total Roles

Joel Kinnaman

Acting

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Biography

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 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 James Gunn's 2021 sequel/soft reboot, The Suicide Squad. Since 2019, he has starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction drama series For All Mankind.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Detective Hole TV Tom Waaler
2026 Imperfect Women TV Robert
2025 The American Revolution TV Samuel Seabury / Nils Collin / Thomas Hutchinson (voice)
2025 Icefall MOVIE Harlan
2024 The Silent Hour MOVIE Frank Shaw
2023 Silent Night MOVIE Brian Godlock
2023 Sympathy for the Devil MOVIE The Driver
2022 Peacemaker TV Colonel Rick Flag Jr. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 Peacemaker TV Rick Flag 2 (uncredited)
2021 The Suicide Squad MOVIE Colonel Rick Flag

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