Joel Kinnaman (The Killing)
The ''new partner'' character is a well-worn procedural trope, but Joel Kinnaman's Stephen Holder is a true original. Both guileful and charming, Holder — investigating the disappearance of Seattle teen Rosie Larsen — was suspiciously talented at playing the hoodlum, as when he earned the trust of Larsen's classmates by offering them marijuana. ''It's a rare thing to get such a dubious and conflicted scene, which is a really great way to present a character,'' says Kinnaman, 32. Plus, he manages to stand out despite being drenched by near-constant precipitation on The Killing's Seattle set. Jokes the native Swede, ''That's one of the privileges of going to a Swedish acting school — we do, like, two months of rain tower.'' —Tim Stack
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