The new suspenseful thriller The Informer is now on VOD! POP Style TV’s Lauren Conlin spoke to the lead actor Joel Kinnaman about his role, his co-stars, and why the film is a must-watch.
Interview by: Lauren Conlin
Video edited by Faisal Bader.
Cover photo liveforfilm.com
Early Life and Background
- Full Name: Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman
- Born: November 25, 1979, in Stockholm, Sweden
- Family: Son of Bitte Kinnaman (a Swedish therapist) and Steve Kinnaman (a Swedish-American dual citizen and Vietnam War veteran); half-sibling to actress Melinda Kinnaman.
- Citizenship: Dual citizen of Sweden and the United States.
- Education: Graduated from the Swedish Academic School of Drama (Teaterhögskolan i Malmö).
Breakthrough and Swedish Career
- Early Roles: Gained initial recognition in Swedish theater (including Crime and Punishment) and early films like Arn: The Knight Templar.
- Breakthrough: Starred in the 2010 thriller Easy Money (Snabba Cash), which became a massive box office hit and earned him a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor.
- Johan Falk: Played Frank Wagner in the Swedish crime-action series Johan Falk.
International and Hollywood Career
- Television:
- The Killing (2011–2014) as Detective Stephen Holder (earned a Saturn Award nomination).
- House of Cards as Governor Will Conway.
- Altered Carbon (Season 1) as Takeshi Kovacs.
- Hanna as Erik Heller.
- For All Mankind (2019–present) as NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin.
- Film:
- RoboCop (2014) as Alex Murphy / RoboCop.
- Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021) as Colonel Rick Flag.
- Silent Night and Icefall (also serving as producer).
Personal Life
- Spouse: Married to model Kelly Gale (2024–present); previously married to Cleo Wattenström.