Acting

Joel Kinnaman

Born 1979-11-25 · 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 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.

Credits

Newest first

The Beast
as Agent Taft
2026
High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
as John Nixon
2026
Detective Hole
as Tom Waaler
2026
Placeholder
as Self
2026
Imperfect Women
as Robert
2026
The American Revolution
as Samuel Seabury / Nils Collin / Thomas Hutchinson (voice)
2025
Icefall
as Harlan
2025
The Silent Hour
as Frank Shaw
2024
Silent Night
as Brian Godlock
2023
Silent Night
Executive Producer
2023
Sympathy for the Devil
as The Driver
2023
Peacemaker
as Colonel Rick Flag Jr. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Peacemaker
as Rick Flag 2 (uncredited)
2022
The Suicide Squad
as Colonel Rick Flag
2021
Brothers by Blood
as Michael
2021
The Secrets We Keep
as Thomas
2020
For All Mankind
as Ed Baldwin
2019
The Informer
as Pete Koslow
2019
Hanna
as Erik Heller
2019
Altered Carbon
as Takeshi Kovacs
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
Suicide Squad
as Rick Flag
2016
Edge of Winter
as Elliot Baker
2016
Chelsea
as Self
2016
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
Knight of Cups
as Errol
2015
Child 44
as Vasili
2015
Run All Night
as Mike Conlon
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
RoboCop
as Alex Murphy / RoboCop
2014
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
as Johan 'JW' Westlund
2013
Johan Falk: Codename: Lisa
as Frank Wagner
2013
House of Cards
as Will Conway
2013
Johan Falk: The Child Infiltrator
as Frank Wagner
2012
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan
as Frank Wagner
2012
Johan Falk: The Mother of All Robberies
as Frank Wagner
2012
Johan Falk: The 107 Patriots
as Frank Wagner
2012
Johan Falk: The Rules of the Game
as Frank Wagner
2012
Easy Money: Hard to Kill
as Johan 'JW' Westlund
2012
Lola Versus
as Luke
2012
Safe House
as Keller
2012
The Darkest Hour
as Skyler
2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
as Christer Malm
2011
The Killing
as Stephen Holder
2011
Arn: The Knight Templar
as Sverker Karlsson
2010
Easy Money
as Johan 'JW' Westlund
2010
Johan Falk: The Outlaws
as Frank Wagner
2009
Johan Falk: Operation Nightingale
as Frank Wagner
2009
No Time for Love
as Stefan
2009
Johan Falk: Leo Gaut
as Frank Wagner
2009
Johan Falk: National Target
as Frank Wagner
2009
Johan Falk
as Frank Wagner
2009
Johan Falk: Brothers in Arms
as Frank Wagner
2009
Uppsala Doctor's
as Henrik Karlsson
2009
Uppsala Doctor's
as Henrik Karlsson
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Johan Falk: GSI – Special Operations Group
as Frank Wagner
2009
In Your Veins
as Erik
2009
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
as Sverker Karlsson
2008
In Treatment
as Adam
2008
Paltalk
as Jocke
2008
Second Avenue
as Gustav
2007
Made in Hollywood
as Self
2005
God Save the King
as Dickan
2005
Storm
as Bartender
2005
Hannah med H
as Andreas
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
The Invisible
as Kalle
2002
Bishop
as Bishop Graves
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The Husbands
as Michael
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