Joel Kinnaman

Birth Name:

Charles Joel Nordström

Birth Place:

Stockholm, Sweden

Profession

Actor, Producer

Won a Guldbagge Award for best actor for "Snabba cash" in 2011
Graduated from the Swedish Academic School of Drama
After high school, he decided that he would work and save up money to go traveling for seven years, but after three years, he developed an interest in acting instead
Started out acting in a Swedish stage production of "Crime and Punishment
When he applied to the biggest theater school in Sweden, he didn't get in, but he did get far enough in the process that he felt he could be good at acting
Quote: "It's really boring to do a character that is only one way, that's not how we are as people․ We show a different face to everyone that we meet․ I try to put that in, even if it's not in the scripts․"
Quote: "[on "The Killing"] "It feels like the real zombie show on AMC․ It just keeps coming back from the dead․""
Spent a year as an exchange student in Texas during high school

2010Guldbagge - Best Supporting Actor (Bästa manliga biroll):Nominated
2011Guldbagge - Best Actor (Bästa manliga huvudroll):Winner
2012Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actor on Television:Nominated
2017Jury Prize - Best Performance by an Actor in a Northern Ontario Production:Nominated
2022Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series:Nominated

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