Kinnaman, Yuel

Born in Stockholm in the family of Bitte and Steve Kinnaman.

His mother is a Jewish woman from Sweden, his father is an American of English, Irish, Scottish and German descent, who left the USA during the Vietnam War ^{[5] [6] [7]} . Due to the fact that his father is from the United States, Yuel has dual citizenship - the United States and Sweden ^{[4] [8]} . Yuel's half-sister, Melinda also an actress. ^[9] Kinnaman spent a year in Texas as an exchange student, where he perfected his English ^[10] .

Kinnaman's acting career began in 2002 ^[11] . Successful for Kinnaman were roles in the film " In Your Veins " and several films about Johan Falk ^{[9] [12]} . After filming the movie “Easy Money”, the actor was noticed both in Sweden and around the world ^{[3] [12] [13]} . To further develop his acting career, Kinnaman hires an agent in the United States. The same agent represented Johnny Depp ^[12] . In the spring of 2010, Kinnaman's international debut was announced in the Russian-American film Phantom . Filming of this film began in Moscow in July 2010, and the premiere took place in December 2011 ^[3] . In early April 2011, Kinnaman acted as detective Stephen Holder in the television series "Murder" ^{[14] [15]} .

Kinnaman was one of the contenders for the main role in the films “Thor” ^{[9] [12] [16]} and “Mad Max: The Road of Fury” ^[12] . In an interview with Östran, he stated:

I was very close to getting a role in Mad Max. There was a choice between me and two other candidates, one of which was Tom Hardy , who played a major role in the movie Bronson . I went to London and for six hours participated in the tests along with other actors. After that, I had a few more samples from George Miller (the director of all parts of Mad Max). They [the crew] were very happy, but they needed someone older. And for me it is enough that my name appeared next to the name of Tom Hardy ^[12] .

Original text (Swedish)

Det var riktigt nära att jag fick huvudrollen i "Mad Max 4". Det stod mellan mig och två andra, och den som fick rollen var Tom Hardy som spelar huvudrollen i filmen "Bronson". Jag åkte till London, det var fullt pådrag med regissör och motspelerskor i sex timmar. Sedan hade jag flera andra träffar med regissören (George Miller som gjort alla "Mad Max" -filmer). De var jättenöjda - men de behövde någon som gav ett äldre intryck. Och för mig räcker det att mitt namn nämns inom samma tvåtimmarsperiod som Tom Hardy.

Regarding the samples in the Torah, Kinnaman stated:

They needed someone in Scandinavian style. Finally, five candidates were selected, one of whom was Alexander Skarsgård . Unfortunately, I could not fly to the test with Natalie Portman , as they intersected with the shootings in the movie “Easy Money” ^[9] .

Original text (Swedish)

De ville ha någon med skandinavisk touch. Till sist var vi bara fem kandidater kvar. Alexander Skarsgård var en av dem. Tyvärr kunde jag inte flyga över och provfilma mot Natalie Portman, det krockade med inspelningen av ”Snabba cash”.

However, Kinnaman admits that he is ready to work and become recognized in America by saying:

I absolutely do not feel that I have to accept any role just because the film is American. I'm looking for something interesting, I'm still new to acting and therefore have to do things even if there is a risk of failure. That is, when everything goes to hell in spite of all efforts ^[12] .

Original text (Swedish)

Men jag känner absolut inte att jag måste ta vad som helst bara för att det är USA. Jag letar efter sådant jag tycker är intressant, är fortfarande ung i mitt konstnärskap och måste våga göra saker där jag riskerar att misslyckas. Det är när det kan gå tt helvete som jag jobbar bäst.

Kinnaman played a major role in the remake of the movie Robot Police Officer .

Met with American actress Olivia Mann ^[17] . In mid-2014, Yuel began dating tattoo artist Cleo Wattenstrom ^{[18] [19]} . In April 2016, the couple got married ^{[20] [21]} .