Joel Kinnaman

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

Suicide Squad

as Rick Flag

The Suicide Squad

as Colonel Rick Flag

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

as Christer Malm

RoboCop

as RoboCop / Alex Murphy

Safe House

as Keller

Peacemaker

as Colonel Rick Flag Jr. (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peacemaker

as Rick Flag 2 (uncredited)

House of Cards

as Will Conway

Run All Night

as Mike Conlon

Altered Carbon

as Takeshi Kovacs