Joel Franzén grew up in the small town of Arboga but moved to Mora at the age of 15 to move further within Sweden and abroad for many years after high school. Since 11 years ago, Joel has been active in Stockholm as an actor and musician. He can be seen in several Swedish children's programs, series, and films. The roles he is best known for are as the crazy Dolph Grenlund in the children's program "Spookys" on SVT or as the cool father with his own talk show in the teenage drama "Otajmat" on SVT.

Next, Joel is up to date with a role in the teenage drama "Klassen", which will be released on SVT during Christmas, and a role in the feature film "Det är något som inte stämmer", based on Martina Haag's book of the same name.