Joel Kinnaman - wikipedia Joel Kinnaman Joel Kinnaman Kinnaman in 2014 Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman ( 1979 - 11 - 25 ) 25 November 1979 ( age 37 ) Stockholm, Sweden Residence Los Angeles, California, United States Occupation Actor Years active 1990 -- present Spouse ( s ) Cleo Wattenström Relatives Melinda Kinnaman ( half - sister ) Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman ( born 25 November 1979 ) is a Swedish American actor, best known in Sweden for playing the lead role in the Swedish film Easy Money, a role that earned him a Guldbagge Award in the `` Best Actor '' category, and also for his roles as Frank Wagner in the Johan Falk film series and Governor Will Conway in the U.S. version of House of Cards. He starred as detective Stephen Holder on AMC 's The Killing, and 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. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 Film 6 References 7 External links Early life 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, because of his father 's American nationality. Kinnaman 's father, whose family was from the American Midwest, is of English, German, Irish, and Scottish descent, while Kinnaman 's mother is 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 Texas as a high school exchange student. Career Kinnaman at the 2016 San Diego Comic - Con to promote Suicide Squad He originally started his career as a child actor in 1990, in the soap opera Storstad. His older sister was dating one of the show 's directors, and he asked Joel to try out for a role. After portraying Felix Lundström in 22 episodes, he stepped away from acting. Kinnaman restarted his acting career in 2002, taking part in a thriller called The Invisible and enrolling in the Swedish Academic School of Drama in Malmö, where actors such as Michael Nyqvist have studied. He graduated in 2007, and afterwards attracted the attention of Swedish media in a stage adaptation of Crime and Punishment. Kinnaman then went on to star in nine Swedish movies in 14 months. He made his breakthrough in the 2009 film I skuggan av värmen and his success continued with a role in six films of the Johan Falk film series. He was then cast in the film Easy Money ( released January 2010 ), which brought him attention in Sweden and the rest of the world. Looking to expand his acting career, Kinnaman hired an agent in the United States, the same agent that represents Johnny Depp. It was announced in the spring of 2010 that he would be making his international film debut in the thriller The Darkest Hour, which began filming in Moscow in June 2010 and was released in December 2011. Beginning in April 2011, Kinnaman had a starring role as Detective Stephen Holder in the AMC television series The Killing. Kinnaman was one of the contenders for the lead roles in Thor ( 2011 ) and Mad Max : Fury Road ( 2015 ). He told the newspaper Östran that he `` was really close to getting the lead role in Mad Max 4. It was between me and two others, and the one who got the role was Tom Hardy. ( The director ) was very pleased ( with my performance ) -- but they needed someone who seemed older. '' Regarding Thor, he has stated that `` they wanted someone with a Scandinavian touch. There were only five candidates left in the end, but unfortunately I could n't fly over ( to the United States ) and do test shoots with Natalie Portman, because it would interfere with the filming of Easy Money. '' Although Kinnaman has said that he is eager to work and become recognized in America, he added that `` I absolutely do n't feel that I have to take any role that I can get just because it is the United States. I 'm looking for something interesting, I 'm still young in my artistry, and I must dare to do things even when there 's a risk for failure ''. Kinnaman reunited with Easy Money director Daniel Espinosa in his Hollywood debut, 2012 's Safe House. On 3 March 2012, it was confirmed that Kinnaman would play the lead role of Alex James Murphy / Robocop in the 2014 remake of 1987 's RoboCop. The film was released in February 2014. In 2015, he appeared in the drama Knight of Cups and starred in the thrillers Run All Night and Child 44. Kinnaman next played Rick Flag Jr. in the Warner Bros. and DC Comics adaptation of Suicide Squad ( 2016 ), directed by David Ayer. In 2016, Kinnaman also starred in the independent drama - thriller film Edge of Winter. He plays Elliot Baker, a father of two who takes his children on a shooting trip that goes horribly wrong. The film was released on demand on 27 July, and in select theatres on 12 August. Joel has also been cast as the main protagonist in Netflix 's Altered Carbon, an adaption to Richard K. Morgan 's hardboiled cyberpunk science fiction novel of the same name. Netflix has ordered a 10 - episode season one. Kinnaman will portray Takeshi Kovacs, a native of the planet Harlan 's World. Kovacs is of Japanese and Eastern - European descent, and was a teenage gang member before enlisting in the military. After leaving the Envoy Corps, an elite military force, Kovacs returned to criminal life and became a mercenary, and was eventually imprisoned, his cortical `` stack '' stored without a body for decades at a time as punishment before being paroled or hired out to work high - risk situations. Personal life In mid-2014, Kinnaman began dating Swedish tattoo artist Cleo Wattenström. In April 2016, Kinnaman revealed he and Wattenström are married. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2002 Den osynlige Kalle 2003 Hannah med H Andreas 2005 Storm The Bartender 2005 Tjenare kungen Dickan 2006 Vinnarskallar Gurra 2007 Arn -- The Knight Templar Sverker Karlsson 2008 Arn -- The Kingdom at Road 's End Sverker Karlsson 2009 In Your Veins Erik 2009 183 dagar Byron 2009 Johan Falk - Gruppen för särskilda insatser Frank Wagner Nominated -- Guldbagge Award for the Best Supporting Actor 2009 Johan Falk - Vapenbröder Frank Wagner 2009 Johan Falk - National Target Frank Wagner 2009 Johan Falk - Leo Gaut Frank Wagner 2009 Johan Falk - Operation Näktergal Frank Wagner 2009 Johan Falk - De fredlösa Frank Wagner 2009 Simon & Malou Stefan Easy Money Johan `` JW '' Westlund Guldbagge Award for the Best Actor 2011 The Darkest Hour Skyler 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Christer Malm 2012 Safe House Keller 2012 Lola Versus Luke 2012 Easy Money II : Hard to Kill Johan `` JW '' Westlund 2012 Johan Falk -- Spelets regler Frank Wagner 2012 Johan Falk -- De 107 patrioterna Frank Wagner 2012 Johan Falk -- Alla råns moder Frank Wagner 2012 Johan Falk -- Organizatsija Karayan Frank Wagner 2012 Johan Falk -- Barninfiltratören Frank Wagner 2013 Johan Falk -- Kodnamn Lisa Frank Wagner 2013 Easy Money III : Life Deluxe Johan `` JW '' Westlund 2014 RoboCop Alex Murphy / RoboCop 2015 Knight of Cups Errol 2015 Run All Night Mike Conlon 2015 Child 44 Wasilij Nikitin 2016 Suicide Squad Rick Flag 2016 Edge of Winter Elliot Baker Television Year Title Role Notes Storstad Felix Lundström Swedish TV series ; credited as Joel Nordström 2008 Andra Avenyn Gustav Swedish TV series 2011 -- 2014 The Killing Stephen Holder U.S. TV series Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television 2016 -- present House of Cards Governor Will Conway Main Role 2017 Altered Carbon Takeshi Kovacs Upcoming series Awards and nominations Film Year Award Notes 2011 Guldbagge Awards Best Actor - Easy Money 2012 Saturn Award Nominated - Best Supporting Actor on Television - The Killing References ^ Jump up to : `` Joel Kinnaman '' ( in Swedish ). The Swedish Film Database ( Swedish Film Institute ). Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 30. ^ Jump up to : Rehlin, Gunnar ( 7 April 2010 ). `` Joel Kinnaman klar för Hollywoodfilm ''. Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 18 July 2010. ^ Jump up to : Hägred, Per ( 19 January 2010 ). `` Joel Kinnaman : ' Min revisor är i chocktillstånd ' ''. Expressen. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ `` ' Suicide Squad ' Update : ' RoboCop 's Joel Kinnaman Cast as Rick Flagg ''. 13 February 2015. ^ Jump up to : Rochlinfer, Margy ( 7 February 2014 ). `` Emotions Churning Under Armor : Joel Kinnaman Jumps From ' The Killing ' to ' RoboCop ' ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 30. Jump up ^ Jackson, Helen ( 6 February 2014 ). `` Robocop Joel Kinnaman 's Mom Tried to Send Him to Therapy for Walking Like a Robot ''. Variety. Jump up ^ Yglesias, Matthew. `` Joel Kinnaman from The Killing : An Interview ''. Slate. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 02. Jump up ^ Tweet Lina Wennersten 08 - 13 59 36 lina.wennersten@svd.se. `` Kroppslig kamp Kultur SvD '' ( in Swedish ). Svd.se. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 02. Jump up ^ Eichel, Larry ( 9 December 1990 ). `` Home Swede Home : Why Some Vietnam Dodgers Have n't Returned ''. The Seattle Times. David Kinnaman, as Steve was known for the first half of his life... Jump up ^ Ventre, Michael ( 16 June 2011 ). `` Killing actors all hiding secrets ''. Variety. Jump up ^ https://archive.is/20120913141051/www.thedaily.com/page/2012/04/02/040212-gossip-tv-joel-kinnaman-1-2 Jump up ^ `` Joel Kinnaman regerar i `` Arn '' - Film '' ( in Swedish ). www.arbetarbladet.se. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 02. Jump up ^ `` RoboCop 's Jewish ! ''. ^ Jump up to : Andersson, Jan - Olov ( 22 August 2009 ). `` -- Jag fick sparka ihjäl Skarsgård ''. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 July 2010. ^ Jump up to : Albiniak, Paige. `` In for the kill ''. New York Post. Jump up ^ `` -- Jag ville slå honom ''. aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 24 November 2016. Jump up ^ Gradvall.se. `` Gradvall.se -- Artiklar Intervjuer Essäer 1979 - 2016 ''. gradvall.se. Retrieved 24 November 2016. ^ Jump up to : Helmerson, Erik ( 11 January 2010 ). `` Joel Kinnaman nära roll i Mad Max 4 ''. Östran. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ `` Zac Efron to play drug smuggler in thriller ''. Reuters. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ Holmqvist, Emilia ( 22 March 2010 ). `` Kinnaman ska få oss att springa ''. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ Hibberd, James ( 14 April 2010 ). `` AMC adds four actors to Killing pilot ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ Vejvoda, Jim ( 16 March 2009 ). `` Natalie Portman Joining Thor ? ''. IGN. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ Vineyard, Jen. `` Joel Kinnaman Talks Easy Money, His Marty Scorsese - Style Relationship With Daniel Espinosa & The Future Of The Dragon Tattoo Films ''. IndieWire. Jump up ^ Kroll, Justin ( 13 February 2015 ). `` Joel Kinnaman eyed for Rick Flagg role in Suicide Squad ''. Variety. Jump up ^ `` Edge of Winter actor Joel Kinnaman says ' toughest shoot ' was filming in a freezing Sudbury lake ''. The Hamilton Spectator. 23 August 2016. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( 12 May 2016 ). `` Joel Kinnaman to star in Netflix 's Altered Carbon series ; Miguel Sapochnik directs ''. Deadline.com. Jump up ^ `` Här myser Kinnaman med svenska Cleo, 22 ''. Aftonbladet. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Cleo Wattenström, Joel Kinnaman 's Wife : 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know ''. Heavy. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017. Jump up ^ Bacardi, Francesca ( April 26, 2016 ). `` Surprise ! Joel Kinnaman and Cleo Wattenström Are Married ''. Eonline.com. Retrieved April 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Gugliemi, Jodi ( April 26, 2016 ). `` Joel Kinnaman Reveals He Secretly Married Cleo Wattenström ''. People.com. Retrieved April 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` De kan vinna en Guldbagge ''. Dagens Nyheter. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010. Jump up ^ Goldberg, Matt ( 29 February 2012 ). `` Saturn Award Nominations Announced ; Hugo and Harry Potter Lead with 10 Nominations Each ''. Collider. Retrieved 22 March 2014. External links Joel Kinnaman on IMDb Joel Kinnaman on Facebook Joel Kinnaman on Twitter Joel Kinnaman on Instagram Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 1963 -- 1990 Keve Hjelm ( 1963 / 64 ) Jarl Kulle ( 1964 / 65 ) Thommy Berggren ( 1965 / 66 ) Per Oscarsson ( 1966 / 67 ) Halvar Björk ( 1967 / 68 ) Roland Hedlund ( 1968 / 69 ) Carl - Gustaf Lindstedt ( 1969 / 70 ) Eddie Axberg ( 1971 / 72 ) Gösta Ekman ( 1972 / 73 ) Allan Edwall ( 1973 / 74 ) Göran Stangertz ( 1974 / 75 ) Toivo Pawlo ( 1975 / 76 ) Håkan Serner ( 1976 / 77 ) Anders Lönnbro ( 1977 / 78 ) Anders Åberg ( 1978 / 79 ) Peter Lindgren ( 1979 / 80 ) Ingvar Hirdwall ( 1980 / 81 ) Stellan Skarsgård ( 1981 / 82 ) Jarl Kulle ( 1982 / 83 ) Sven Wollter ( 1984 ) Anton Glanzelius ( 1985 ) Erland Josephson ( 1986 ) Max von Sydow ( 1987 ) Tomas Bolme ( 1988 ) Stellan Skarsgård ( 1989 ) Börje Ahlstedt ( 1990 ) 1991 -- present Lasse Åberg ( 1991 ) Rolf Lassgård ( 1992 ) Sven Lindberg ( 1993 ) Sven - Bertil Taube ( 1994 ) Loa Falkman ( 1995 ) Max von Sydow ( 1996 ) Göran Stangertz ( 1997 ) Krister Henriksson ( 1998 ) Björn Kjellman ( 1999 ) Kjell Bergqvist ( 2000 ) Sven Wollter ( 2001 ) Michael Nyqvist ( 2002 ) Jonas Karlsson ( 2003 ) Robert Gustafsson ( 2004 ) Krister Henriksson ( 2005 ) Gustaf Skarsgård ( 2006 ) Michael Segerström ( 2007 ) Mikael Persbrandt ( 2008 ) Claes Ljungmark ( 2009 ) Joel Kinnaman ( 2010 ) Sven - Bertil Taube ( 2011 ) Johannes Brost ( 2012 ) Mikael Persbrandt ( 2013 ) Sverrir Gudnason ( 2014 ) Rolf Lassgård ( 2015 ) Anders Mossling ( 2016 ) VIAF : 207335285 ISNI : 0000 0001 4006 500X GND : 1021087246 SUDOC : 15556465X BNF : cb16613955q ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joel_Kinnaman&oldid=797437060 '' Categories : 1979 births 20th - century American male actors 20th - century Swedish male actors 21st - century American male actors 21st - century Swedish male actors Swedish emigrants to the United States American male film actors American male television actors American people of English descent American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American people of Scottish descent American people of Swedish - Jewish descent American people of Ukrainian - Jewish descent Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners Jewish American male actors Living people Male actors from Stockholm Swedish Jews Swedish male film actors Swedish male television actors Swedish people of American descent Swedish people of English descent Swedish people of German descent Swedish people of Irish descent Swedish people of Scottish descent Swedish people of Ukrainian descent Hidden categories : CS1 Swedish - language sources ( sv ) Use dmy dates from April 2011 Articles containing Swedish - language text Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Български Català Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano עברית Basa Jawa Magyar მარგალური Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska தமிழ் Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 27 August 2017, at 01 : 35. 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Question: who plays the govenor in house of cards
Answer: Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman