TNT casts Joel Kinnaman and Waleed Zuaiter in Saddam Hussein drama

Actor Joel Kinnaman will star alongside Waleed Zuaiter in the upcoming eight-part TNT series focused on the interrogation of Saddam Hussein.

FTMQ Film & TV, written by our newsroom6 October 2026 at 01:080 views

Actor Joel Kinnaman will star as Central Intelligence Agency officer John Nixon in the upcoming eight-part TNT series High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The drama features Kinnaman interrogating Iraq ruler Saddam Hussein, played by Waleed Zuaiter, as officers seek weapons of mass destruction. [1]

The project expands Kinnaman's current slate of television engagements. ScreenRant reported that Apple TV has recently renewed the crime drama series Imperfect Women for a second season, extending the program beyond its original limited series order. [2]

Kinnaman previously played NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin in the Apple TV science fiction drama series For All Mankind between 2019 and 2026. His television career also includes lead roles as Detective Stephen Holder in AMC's The Killing and Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon. [5][7]

Joel Kinnaman stars as CIA officer John Nixon in TNT's High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam.
Waleed Zuaiter plays Saddam Hussein in the eight-part series.
Apple TV has renewed Joel Kinnaman's drama Imperfect Women for a second season.

Sources

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[1]Joel Kinnaman on Facing Off Against Saddam Hussein in ‘The Hunt for Saddam’The Hollywood Reporter, 13h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Joel Kinnaman’s Apple TV Limited Crime Series Turned Into Ongoing Show With Season 2 RenewalScreenRant, 16h ago
[3]Joel Kinnaman on Facing Off Against Saddam Hussein in ‘The Hunt for Saddam’hollywoodreporter.com, 13h ago

Background

[4]House of Saddam on Wikipedia
[5]Joel Kinnaman on Wikipedia
[6]Hunting on Wikipedia
[7]Joel Kinnaman on Grokipedia

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