Joel Kinnaman Biography

Joel Kinnaman (born Charles Joel Nordström; 25 November 1979) is a Swedish-American actor from Stockholm. He is best known for playing the lead role in the Swedish film Easy Money " a role that earned him a Guldbagge Award in the "Best Actor" category " and for his role as Frank Wagner in the Johan Falk film series. , he is starring in AMC's The Killing.

Personal life

Kinnaman was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. His mother, Bitte, is Swedish, and his father, Steve Kinnaman (originally David Kinnaman), is American, and had left the United States at the time of the Vietnam War. He has both Swedish and American citizenship due to his father's United States birth. Kinnaman is Jewish on his mother's side. He has five sisters, one of whom is actress Melinda Kinnaman (his half-sister). Kinnaman spent a year in Texas as a high school exchange student.

He is in a relationship with American actress Olivia Munn.

Career

Kinnaman started his acting career in 2002. He made his breakthrough in the 2009 film I skuggan av värmen and his success continued with a role in six films of the Johan Falk film series. He was then cast in the film Easy Money (released January 2010), which brought him attention in Sweden and the rest of the world. Looking to expand his acting career, Kinnaman hired an agent in the United States, the same agent that represents Johnny Depp. It was announced in the spring of 2010 that he would be making his international film debut in the thriller The Darkest Hour, which began filming in Moscow in June 2010 and was released in December 2011. Beginning in April 2011, Kinnaman has a starring role as Detective Stephen Holder in the AMC television series The Killing.

Kinnaman was one of the contenders for the lead roles in Thor (2011) and Mad Max 4 (2013). He told the newspaper -stran that "it was really close that I got the lead role in Mad Max 4. It stood between me and two others, and the one who got the role was Tom Hardy who plays the lead role in the film Bronson. [...] [The director] was very pleased [with my performance] " but they needed someone who gave an older impression." Regarding Thor, he has stated that "they wanted someone with a Scandinavian touch. At last we were only five candidates left. Unfortunately I could not fly over [to the United States] and do test shoots with Natalie Portman; it interfered with the filming of Snabba Cash". Although Kinnaman admits that he is eager to work and become recognized in America, he says that "I absolutely don't feel that I have to take any role that I can get just because it is the United States. I'm looking for something interesting, I'm still young in my artistry, and I must dare to do things even when there's a risk for failure".

On 3 March 2012, it was confirmed that Kinnaman will be playing the lead role of Alex James Murphy/Robocop in the upcoming 2014 remake of 1987's RoboCop.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Den osynlige	Kalle
2003	Hannah med H	Andreas
2005	Storm	The Bartender
	Tjenare kungen	Dickan
2006	Vinnarskallar	Gurra
2007	Arn " The Knight Templar	Sverker Karlsson
2008	Arn " The Kingdom at Road's End	Sverker Karlsson
2009	In Your Veins	Erik
	183 dagar	Byron
	Johan Falk - Gruppen för särskilda insatser	Frank Wagner	Nominated " Guldbagge Award for the Best Supporting Actor
	Johan Falk - Vapenbröder	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - National Target	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - Leo Gaut	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - Operation Näktergal	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - De fredlösa	Frank Wagner
	Simon & Malou	Stefan
2010	Easy Money	Johan "JW" Westlund	Guldbagge Award for the Best Actor
2011	The Darkest Hour	Skyler
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Christer Malm
2012	Safe House	Keller
	Lola Versus	Luke
	Easy Money II	Johan "JW" Westlund
	Johan Falk - Spelets regler	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - De 107 patrioterna	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - Alla råns moder	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - Organizatsija Karayan	Frank Wagner
	Johan Falk - Barninfiltratören	Frank Wagner
2013	Johan Falk - Kodnamn Lisa	Frank Wagner
	Easy Money III	Johan "JW" Westlund
2014	RoboCop	Alex Murphy / RoboCop
2014	Child 44	Wasilij Nikitin	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Andra Avenyn	Gustav	Swedish TV series
2011"present	The Killing	Stephen Holder	U.S. TV series