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Joel Kinnaman is a Swedish-American actor, born on November 25, 1979. He gained widespread acclaim for his performances in the television series 'Justified' and 'Black Mirror', and has also shone in films such as 'The Mechanic' and 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'.

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“If you think back to the moments when you've gone through the most pain in your life, or the most severe anxiety, your body is very much involved in that. Your body is expressing those emotions. So, when we, as actors, try to access those feelings, the body is a great tool to use.”

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“As actors we're like these vagabond artists, we have to be invited to perform so if you don't have a choice of options its very hard to define yourself.”

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“What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now.”

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“You have a lot more leeway to be contradictory playing a character than most of the scripts have in them. That's how all actors are. We have so many different sides of ourselves and we're so different, in meeting with different people. The audiences relate more to that and find that more believable.”

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“Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.”

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“I don't think there have been many alien movies where the actors have actually seen the aliens.”

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Born: November 25, 1979
Known for: Actor
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