Friday 16 June 2017

Joel Kinnaman

Charles Joel Nordstrom Kinnaman was born on November 25th, 1979. He is a Swedish-American actor best known for his work in TV series The Killing as Stephen Holder, 2014 movie RoboCop as Alex Murphy, 2016 movie Suicide Squad as Rick Flag, 2015 movie Child 44 as Vasili and 2015 movie Run All Night as Mike Conlon. His most recent work has been in TV series House of Cards as Will Conway.

Joel Kinnaman Religion

Joel has not made statements publically that would give us any hints about what his religion of faith really is. He also comes from differing backgrounds religiously which makes it harder for us to pinpoint anything. He is of  English, German, Irish and Scottish descent from his dad's side and his mom is a Ukrainian Jewish.

Joel Kinnaman Political Views

Joel is quite active about political topics and constantly keeps up to date with what's going on in the world of politics. He was opposed to the US backing out of Paris Climate Treaty, has opposed electoral college(the system by which Presidents get elected in the US), and opposed US President Donald Trump's travel ban calling it a Muslim ban. He seems to be in staunch opposition to President Donald Trump which puts him at a liberal position much like most of his Hollywood peers.

Who is he dating?

Kinnaman is married to Cleo Wattenstrom. The couple got married on April 25th, 2016. They were dating since mid-2014 before getting married. She is a model and tattoo artist.

He has been in relationships with Olivia Munn, from 2012 to 2014, and Jane Timglas, from 2009 to 2011.

Joel Kinnaman Hobbies

Kinnaman seems to like watching Baseball and discussing Political subjects. He has written a few opinion pieces on his social media accounts so our guess is that he likes writing about political subjects. His social media accounts are fairly new so we cannot say what more he likes to do in his free time.

Interesting Facts

He was born in Stockholm, Sweden but his father is American which entitles him to an American citizenship.

His half-sister, Melinda Kinnaman, is also a successful actress.

His city of dreams is New York City.

He went to high school in Texas for one year as an exchange student.

He talked to his dad in English and his mom in English which led to him learning both languages.

Sources:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1172478/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kinnaman