Joel Kinnaman Bio - Biography

Name Joel Kinnaman
Height
Naionality Swedish-American
Date of Birth 25-November-1979
Place of Birth Stockholm, Sweden
Famous for Acting
Joel Kinnaman is a Swedish and American actor from Stockholm. He is best known for playing the lead role in the Swedish film Easy Money and for his role as Frank Wagner in the Johan Falk film series – a role that earned him a Guldbagge Award nomination in the "Best Supporting Actor" category. As of 2012 he starred in AMC's The Killing.

Kinnaman started his acting career in 2002. He made his breakthrough in the 2009 film I skuggan av varmen 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.

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