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Joel Kinnaman 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
Swedish-American actor
Born: November 25, 1979 (age 41 years), Stockholm, Sweden
Height: 1.89 m
Spouse: Cleo Kinnaman (m. 2015–2018)
Partner: Kelly Gale
Parents: Steve Kinnaman, Bitte Kinnaman
Siblings: Melinda Kinnaman, Leyla Belle Drake
Birthday: November 25, 1979
Girlfriend: Olivia Munn (Ex-Girlfriend)
Age: 41 Years, 41 Year Old Males
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Also Known As: Charles Joel Nordström
Born Country: Sweden
Born In: Stockholm
Famous As: Actor
Actors American Men
Height: 6’2″ (188 cm), 6’2″ Males
Spouse/Ex-: Cleo Wattenström (M. 2016)
Father: Steve Kinnaman (Originally David Kinnaman)
Mother: Bitte Kinnaman
Siblings: Leyla Belle Drake, Melinda Kinnaman
City: Stockholm, Sweden
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Kinnaman grew up with the condition of pectus excavatum, with a caved-in appearance of the chest.
He underwent surgery prior to the filming of Altered Carbon, inserting two metal bars to push the sternum outward in order to correct the deformity.
Kinnaman has been an avid fan of his hometown football club Hammarby IF from an early age.
Due to his constant traveling, Kinnaman’s accent is noticeably mixed.
While he identifies it as an American accent, he has stated that the “melody” is wrong and has since been working to perfect it.
Kinnaman was married to Swedish tattoo artist Cleo Wattenström from 2015 to 2018.
He subsequently began a relationship with Swedish-Australian model Kelly Gale in early 2019.
The couple announced their engagement in January 2021.
On 6 August 2021, Kinnaman filed and was granted a temporary restraining order against Swedish model Bella Davis who he claimed had been trying to extort him after they were in a brief consensual sexual relationship in late 2018.
Davis denied trying to extort Kinnaman.
On 11 August 2021, the Swedish Prosecution Authority confirmed that Kinnaman was the subject of an ongoing investigation.
Joel Kinnaman was born as Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman on 25 November 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden to Bitte and Steve Kinnaman.
His mother is a Swedish therapist and his father is an American military man.
Kinnaman has five sisters including actress Melinda Kinnaman.
Coming to his love life, the actor dated Olivia Munn in 2012. The duo separated two years later.
Soon after, Kinnaman began dating tattoo artist Cleo Wattenström and married her in 2016.
Holds American and Swedish citizenships
His mother is Swedish and his father is American
Went to high school in Texas for one year
One of his sisters, Melinda Kinnaman, is an actress in Sweden
Won the 2010 Guldbagge Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his work in Snabba Cash.
Joel Kinnaman is a Swedish actor who is popular in Hollywood thanks to his roles in the well-liked television series House of Cards and Altered Carbon; he’s also known for starring in the movies RoboCop (2014) and Suicide Squad (2016).
Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman was born on November 25, 1979, in Stockholm. His mother Bitte is Swedish and works as a therapist.
His father Steve (originally David) is an American; in the 1960s, he was drafted into the war in Vietnam but deserted from a military base in Bangkok.
Kinnaman has dual citizenship, Swedish and American.
The actor is of English, German, Irish, and Scottish descent on his father’s side, and his mom is Jewish (at some point her family emigrated from Ukraine to Sweden).
Actor’s parents Kinnaman has five half-sisters, one of whom, Melinda, has also become an actress.
It’s worth noting that all sisters have different mothers but they all have good relationships with Joel’s mom and were quite frequent guests at the actor’s home.
According to Kinnaman, their family comprises 25 members, if they count all his father’s ex-wives and their immediate family.
As a child, Kinnaman learned two languages as he had to speak English with his dad and Swedish with his mom.
The future actor studied with Alexander Skarsgård and Noomi Rapace, now world-famous stars, at the same school.
Joel Kinnaman and Alexander Skarsgård are friends in real life Video doesn`t play Kinnaman started his acting career back in 1990 when he played in the Swedish soap opera Storstad.
The 11-year old Joel got the role thanks to his older sister who was dating one of the directors working on the series.
After playing in 22 episodes, Kinnaman gave up acting for almost 11 years.
Kinnaman’s childhood was not so easy and fun.
According to the actor, his father used to spank him and he was also bullied in school; on the other hand, he himself harassed other kids.
Consequently, he started hanging out with a gang of petty criminals.
When he was in high school, Kinnaman went to Texas as an exchange student but even there he faced many challenges and felt a lack of understanding.
Despite his childhood memories, Kinnaman has no hard feelings towards his dad.
The actor states that his father was also spanked as a child, so it’s kind of like a succession practice.
And in my teenage years, I was definitely testing the boundaries. You know, hanging out and smoking weed.
I had a lot of anger in me, and I was insecure. I was really skinny and I used to get bullied, so it felt good to bully other people.
That made me feel stronger. At the age of 16, Kinnaman dropped out of school and got a job at a factory in Norway.
He wanted to make some money so that he could travel for 7 years to make up his mind about life.
He followed his plan for about 2.5 years and was having a great time at the beaches of Southeast Asia while indulging in soft drugs.
However, when he ran out of money, Kinnaman returned home, and by that time he already knew that he wanted to become an actor.