“As actors, we're like these vagabond artists: we have to be invited to perform, so if you don't have a choice of options, it's very hard to define yourself.”

Swedish-American actor

Joel Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor. He first drew attention for the 2010 Swedish film Easy Money and the Johan Falk crime series. He later became widely known for television roles as Detective Stephen Holder in The Killing, Takeshi Kovacs in the first season of Altered Carbon, and Governor Will Conway in House of Cards. He also appeared as Alex Murphy in the 2014 RoboCop remake and as Rick Flag in Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad. From 2019 to 2026, he starred as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in For All Mankind.