Born in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 25, 1979, Joel Kinnaman is an actor with 59 credits to his name and a win at the Guldbagge Awards. On the big screen, he played Christer Malm in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Skyler in The Darkest Hour (2011) and Keller in Safe House (2012). He took on the lead role of Alex Murphy in RoboCop (2014) and appeared in Run All Night and Child 44 in 2015.
Many viewers know him as Rick Flag from Suicide Squad (2016) and The Suicide Squad (2021). He returned to the character, uncredited, in the series Peacemaker (2022), his latest title on this list. His TV roles also include Will Conway in House of Cards, Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon and Ed Baldwin in For All Mankind.
Frequent co-stars
- Dejan Čukić · 2 films together: Easy Money: Hard to Kill, Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
- Viola Davis · 2 films together: The Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad
- Fares Fares · 2 films together: Child 44, Easy Money: Hard to Kill
- Gary Oldman · 2 films together: RoboCop, Child 44
- Matias Varela · 2 films together: Easy Money: Hard to Kill, Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
- Madeleine Martin · 2 films together: Easy Money: Hard to Kill, Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
Awards won
- Guldbagge Awards
Career at a glance
First credit: The Invisible (2002) · Credits: 57
Roles played
The Beast2026 · Agent Taft
High Value Target2026 · John Nixon
Detective Hole2026 · Tom Waaler
Imperfect Women2026 · Robert
Icefall2025 · Harlan
The Silent Hour2024 · Frank Shaw
Silent Night2023 · Brian Godlock
Sympathy for the Devil2023 · The Driver
Peacemaker2022 · Rick Flag 2 (uncredited)
The Suicide Squad2021 · Colonel Rick Flag
Brothers by Blood2021 · Michael
The Secrets We Keep2020 · Thomas
For All Mankind2019 · Ed Baldwin
The Informer2019 · Pete Koslow
Hanna2019 · Erik Heller
Altered Carbon2018 · Takeshi Kovacs
Suicide Squad2016 · Rick Flag
Edge of Winter2016 · Elliot Baker
Knight of Cups2015 · Errol
Child 442015 · Vasili
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Run All Night2015 · Mike Conlon
RoboCop2014 · Alex Murphy / RoboCop
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe2013 · Johan 'JW' Westlund
Johan Falk: Codename: Lisa2013 · Frank Wagner
House of Cards2013 · Will Conway
Johan Falk: The Child Infiltrator2012 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan2012 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: The Mother of All Robberies2012 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: The 107 Patriots2012 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: The Rules of the Game2012 · Frank Wagner
Easy Money: Hard to Kill2012 · Johan 'JW' Westlund
Lola Versus2012 · Luke
Safe House2012 · Keller
The Darkest Hour2011 · Skyler
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011 · Christer Malm
The Killing2011 · Stephen Holder
Arn: The Knight Templar2010 · Sverker Karlsson
Easy Money2010 · Johan 'JW' Westlund
Johan Falk: The Outlaws2009 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: Operation Nightingale2009 · Frank Wagner
No Time for Love2009 · Stefan
Johan Falk: Leo Gaut2009 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: National Target2009 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk2009 · Frank Wagner
Johan Falk: Brothers in Arms2009 · Frank Wagner- Uppsala Doctor's2009 · Henrik Karlsson
Uppsala Doctor's2009 · Henrik Karlsson
Johan Falk: GSI – Special Operations Group2009 · Frank Wagner
In Your Veins2009 · Erik
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End2008 · Sverker Karlsson
In Treatment2008 · Adam
Paltalk2008 · Jocke
Second Avenue2007 · Gustav
God Save the King2005 · Dickan
Storm2005 · Bartender
Hannah med H2003 · Andreas
The Invisible2002 · Kalle
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