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Daniel Dae Kim

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Daniel Dae Kim has made a career of creating multifaceted and stereotype-breaking roles as an actor, director and now, producer. Prior to his seven-season portrayal of Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawaii Five-0," Kim was best known for his role as Jin Soo Kwon on the hit TV series "Lost," for which he shared a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble, and was individually honored with an AZN Asian Excellence Award, a Multicultural Prism Award and a Vanguard Award from the Korean American Coalition, all for Outstanding Performance by an Actor. In 2009, he was recognized with the prestigious KoreAm Achievement Award in the field of Arts and Entertainment, and has twice been named one of "People" Magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive."

Most recently, he received a Broadway Beacon Award for his role as the King of Siam in Lincoln Center's Tony Award-winning production of "The King and I," as well as the Theater Legacy Award from New York's Pan Asian Repertory Theater. Outside of his artistic endeavors, he actively pursues interests in the community at large, having most recently served as Cultural Envoy and Member of the U.S. Presidential Delegation for the United States at the World Expo in Korea.

Born in Busan, South Korea, and raised in New York and Pennsylvania, Kim discovered acting while a student at Haverford College. After graduation, he moved to New York City, where he began his career on stage, performing in classics such as "Romeo and Juliet," "Ivanov," and "A Doll's House." Despite early success, he deepened his knowledge of the craft by enrolling at New York University's Graduate Acting Program, where he earned his Master's Degree.

After receiving his MFA, Kim's film career began in earnest with roles in "The Jackal," "For Love of the Game," "The Hulk," "Spider-Man 2" and "The Cave," as well as the Academy Award-winning "Crash." Most recently, he created the role of Jack Kang in "The Divergent Series films, "Insurgent" and "Allegiant." Kim is set to star as Ben Daimio in the highly anticipated feature: "Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen".

Kim has also lent his voice talents to animated series and films, such as the award-winning Studio Ghibli film, "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," as well as the PBS nature documentary series, "Big Pacific". He's also voiced characters for several video games, including Johnny Gat in the bestselling series, "Saints Row."

On camera, he has guest-starred on numerous TV shows, including "CSI," on the network, "ER" and two seasons on "24" as CTU Agent Tom Baker. In 2008, he starred in the Emmy Award-nominated miniseries "The Andromeda Strain."

In addition to his onscreen career, Kim spearheads his production company 3AD, established in 2014 by Daniel Dae Kim to produce premier content for TV, film and digital media - in development partnership with ITV Studios America. Committed to storytelling that features characters and cultures traditionally underrepresented in today's media, 3AD produced projects include this season's acclaimed new series The Good Doctor (ABC),where he serves as Executive Producer. Daniel Dae Kim can be found on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook @danieldaekim and is repped by UTA and KlevanLongarzo LLP and EPR. 3ADmedia.
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Daniel Dae Kim in Lost (2004)
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Naveen Andrews, Sam Anderson, L. Scott Caldwell, Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Mitchell, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn, Ian Somerhalder, John Terry, Sonya Walger, Cynthia Watros, Maggie Grace, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost (2004)
Daniel Dae Kim in The Premise (2021)
Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, Anna Kendrick, and Shamier Anderson in Stowaway (2021)
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Jeff Fahey, Naveen Andrews, Daniel Dae Kim, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, and Evangeline Lilly in Lost (2004)
Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
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Shailene Woodley and Theo James in The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
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Lost (2004)
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For Love of the Game (1999)
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  • 1999

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  • Avatar: The Last Airbender
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  • New Amsterdam (2018)
    New Amsterdam
  • Katie Chang in Pantheon (2022)
    Pantheon
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  • The Prophecy (2022)
    The Prophecy
  • Roar (2022)
    Roar
  • Julianna Margulies in The Hot Zone (2019)
    The Hot Zone
  • The Premise (2021)
    The Premise
  • Sean Dulake, Sa Hee, and Liv Hewson in Dramaworld (2016)
    Dramaworld
  • Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, Anna Kendrick, and Shamier Anderson in Stowaway (2021)
    Stowaway
  • The Casagrandes (2019)
    The Casagrandes
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  • Alan Tudyk, Benedict Wong, Gemma Chan, Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Thalia Tran, and Izaac Wang in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
    Raya and the Last Dragon
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  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
    She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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  • Anna Paquin in Flack (2019)
    Flack
  • Wilmer Valderrama, Moises Arias, Mateo Arias, and Diane Guerrero in Blast Beat (2020)
    Blast Beat
  • Randall Park and Ali Wong in Always Be My Maybe (2019)
    Always Be My Maybe
  • David Harbour in Hellboy (2019)
    Hellboy

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  • Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (2017)
    The Good Doctor
  • Wilmer Valderrama, Moises Arias, Mateo Arias, and Diane Guerrero in Blast Beat (2020)
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  • Tiffany Chu and Teddy Lee in Ms. Purple (2019)
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  • Freddie Highmore in The Good Doctor (2017)
    The Good Doctor
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
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    • August 4
    • Pusan, South Korea
    • June 12, 1993 - present (2 children)
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    TV commercial for AT&T (2002)
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    • 6 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
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    Being chosen for the part of Jin Kwon on Lost (2004) meant that he had to relearn speaking Korean very fast, a language he hadn't effectively spoken since his childhood.
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    [on why he loves theater] There's something about being in a house with an audience, and having that immediate feedback. I started acting because of that energy; it's what feeds me on stage and informs my choices. What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.

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