Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjÇ"Ë É›l
ˈkɪ̂nË aËŒman]; born 25 November 1979) is a Swedish and 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 film adaptation of Suicide Squad (2016), based on the
DC Comics anti-hero team of the same name. In 2019, Kinnaman starred
in Hanna as Erik Heller and in For All Mankind as astronaut Ed
Baldwin.Kinnaman was born and raised in Stockholm. His mother, Bitte,
a therapist, is a Swedish citizen. His father, Steve Kinnaman
(originally David Kinnaman), is an American who was drafted during the
Vietnam War and deserted the military from his base in Bangkok.
Kinnaman has both Swedish and American citizenship. Kinnaman's father,
whose family was from the American Midwest, is of Irish and Scottish
descent, while Kinnaman's mother is Jewish (of Ukrainian Jewish
descent). He has five sisters, one of whom is actress Melinda Kinnaman
(his half-sister). During his childhood, Kinnaman learned two
languages as he "spoke English with my dad and Swedish with my mom."
Kinnaman spent a year in Del Valle, Texas, as a high school exchange
student. After high school, he decided to travel around the world. To
finance the trips, he worked in various jobsâ€"as a beer factory line
worker and roof-sweeper in Norway, and as a bar manager in the French
Alps. Kinnaman then travelled for four to five months at a time over a
period of two years in Southeast Asia and South America.Kinnaman began
his acting career as a child actor in Swedish soap opera Storstad
(1990). His older sister was dating one of the show's directors, and
he asked Kinnaman to audition for a part on the show. After portraying
Felix Lundström in 22 episodes, he stepped away from acting.
ˈkɪ̂nË aËŒman]; born 25 November 1979) is a Swedish and 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 film adaptation of Suicide Squad (2016), based on the
DC Comics anti-hero team of the same name. In 2019, Kinnaman starred
in Hanna as Erik Heller and in For All Mankind as astronaut Ed
Baldwin.Kinnaman was born and raised in Stockholm. His mother, Bitte,
a therapist, is a Swedish citizen. His father, Steve Kinnaman
(originally David Kinnaman), is an American who was drafted during the
Vietnam War and deserted the military from his base in Bangkok.
Kinnaman has both Swedish and American citizenship. Kinnaman's father,
whose family was from the American Midwest, is of Irish and Scottish
descent, while Kinnaman's mother is Jewish (of Ukrainian Jewish
descent). He has five sisters, one of whom is actress Melinda Kinnaman
(his half-sister). During his childhood, Kinnaman learned two
languages as he "spoke English with my dad and Swedish with my mom."
Kinnaman spent a year in Del Valle, Texas, as a high school exchange
student. After high school, he decided to travel around the world. To
finance the trips, he worked in various jobsâ€"as a beer factory line
worker and roof-sweeper in Norway, and as a bar manager in the French
Alps. Kinnaman then travelled for four to five months at a time over a
period of two years in Southeast Asia and South America.Kinnaman began
his acting career as a child actor in Swedish soap opera Storstad
(1990). His older sister was dating one of the show's directors, and
he asked Kinnaman to audition for a part on the show. After portraying
Felix Lundström in 22 episodes, he stepped away from acting.
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