Joel Kinnaman
Biography
Joel Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor from Stockholm who first appeared as a child on the Swedish soap opera Storstad, then returned to acting in 2002 and trained at drama school before joining the Gothenburg City Theatre and drawing Swedish media attention as Raskolnikov in a stage Crime and Punishment. He played a police informant in six Johan Falk films and was cast in Easy Money, which made him widely known in Sweden and earned him a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor. The thriller The Darkest Hour (2011) was his international film debut, and he then spent four seasons as Detective Stephen Holder on AMC's The Killing. Later roles include Alex Murphy in RoboCop (2014), Rick Flag in Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021), plus Safe House (2012), Run All Night (2015) and Child 44 (2015), and television work in House of Cards, Altered Carbon, Hanna and For All Mankind.
46years old
Turns 47 on November 25in 42 days
- Born Stockholm
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman (birth name)Also credited as Charles Joel Nordström and Joel Nordström
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 17 years2008 to 2025
Genres
Photos
Share
Did you know?!
A role that slipped away
Kinnaman was a contender for the lead roles in Thor (2011) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), parts he did not land.
Early training
Kinnaman graduated from the Malmo Theatre Academy in 2007 and then worked at the Gothenburg City Theatre, where his Raskolnikov in a stage Crime and Punishment drew Swedish media attention that same year.
First role
Kinnaman's international film debut came in the thriller The Darkest Hour, announced in spring 2010, filmed in Moscow from June 2010 and released in December 2011.
Joel Kinnaman movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Anders Nilsson directed three of these films, Daniel Espinosa two and Yuval Adler two. Six actors appear in six of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jens Hultén's page
Marie Richardson's page
Jakob Eklund's page
Meliz Karlge's page
Zeljko Santrac's page
Mikael Tornving's page
Anders NilssonDirector, 3 films, 2009 to 2012
All films by Daniel Espinosa
Yuval AdlerDirector, 2 films, 2020 to 2023
All films by Yuval Adler
Box office
What Joel Kinnaman's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.5 billion
12 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 12 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$749M49.2% of the total
- 2$243M15.9% of the total
- 3$208M13.7% of the total
- 4$169M11.1% of the total
- 5$72M4.7% of the total
- 6$65M4.2% of the total
- 7$13M0.9% of the total
- 8$2.9M0.2% of the total
$1.2 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Guldbagge Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.