Daniel Dae Kim Biography

Daniel Dae Kim (born August 4, 1968) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-0, and Johnny Gat in the Saints Row series of video games.

Early life

Kim was born in Busan, South Korea, and moved to the United States with his family when he was two years old. He is now a naturalized citizen of the United States. He grew up in Lehigh Valley, Easton, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Freedom High School and Haverford College. His theatre major was completed at Bryn Mawr College. He graduated from NYU's Graduate Acting Program in 1996.

Career

Prior to his casting as Jin in Lost, he was probably best known for numerous recurring roles in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. He has been seen in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a treasury agent as well as episodes of Angel, 24, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Crusade, Charmed, The Shield, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, ER, and The Andromeda Strain.

His film credits include a small part in Spider-Man 2 as a scientist working in Doctor Octavius' laboratory and Crash, the 2005 Best Picture Academy Award winner.

Kim was named one of People Magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2005. Kim is the voice of the character Johnny Gat for THQ's Saints Row video game series. He also provided his voice for '.

Kim played the King of Siam in Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I from June 12"28, 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.

In February 2010 it was announced that Kim was cast in the CBS reboot Hawaii Five-0 playing Chin Ho Kelly. That show premiered on September 20, 2010.

BuddyTV ranked him #81 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011".

Personal life

Kim currently resides in Oahu, Hawaii, with his wife and two sons.

Arrest

On October 25, 2007, Kim was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kim was later released at the main station after he posted $500 bail. He publicly apologized for the incident a day later. Kim pleaded no contest to drunken driving charges and was ordered to pay a $500 fine, had his driver's license revoked for six months, was subjected to a drug-and-alcohol assessment, was ordered to pay $212 in court fees, and perform 72 hours of community service.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	American Shaolin	Gao
1997	Addicted to Love	Undergrad Assistant
1997	'	Akashi
1998	No Salida	Hu-jan
1999	For Love of the Game	E.R. Doctor
2001	Looking for Bobby D	Timmy	Short film
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Visiting Expert
2003	Hulk	Aide
2003	Ride or Die	Miyako	Video
2003	Sin	Lakorn
2004	Spider-Man 2	Raymond
2004	Crash	Park
2005	'	Alex Kim
2008	'	Ivy Leaguer
2011	Arena	Taiga	Video
2013	Linsanity	Narrator	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Law & Order	Harry Watanabe	Episode: "Golden Years"
1994	All-American Girl	Stan	Episode: "Ratting on Ruthie"
1995	All My Children	Dr. Kim	TV series
1997	Pacific Palisades	Kate's Attorney	Episode: "Sweet Revenge"
1997	Night Man	Roland Yates	Episode: "Pilot: Part 1"
1997	Beverly Hills, 90210	Dr. Sturla	Episode: "Forgive and Forget" Episode: "The Way We Weren't"
1997	NYPD Blue	Simon Lee	Episode: "It Takes a Village"
1998	'	Lenny Duc	Episode: "Collateral Damage"
1998	Seinfeld	Student #1	Episode: "The Burning"
1998	Brave New World	Ingram	TV movie
1998	Ally McBeal	Police Officer	Episode: "The Inmates"
1998	'	Testifying Officer	Episode: "Axe Murderer"
1998	Party of Five	Ethan	Episode: "Opposites Distract"
1998	Fantasy Island		Episode: "Dreams"
1999	Crusade	Lt. John Matheson	13 episodes
1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	Kahn	Episode: "The Lynn Sisters"
2000	Star Trek: Voyager	Astronaut - Gotana-Retz	Episode: "Blink of an Eye"
2000	Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For	Everett Jang	TV movie
2001	Once and Again	Co-Worker #3	Episode: "Won't Someone Please Help George Bailey Tonight"
2001	Charmed	Yenlo	Episode: "Enter the Demon"
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Special Agent Beckman	Episode: "Ellie"
2001"2003	Angel	Gavin Park	12 episodes
2002	Any Day Now	Mr. Chung	Episode: "Call Him Macaroni"
2003	Momentum	Agent Frears	TV movie
2003	Street Time	Vo Nguyen	Episode: "Born to Kill"
2003	Miss Match	Clifford Kim	4 episodes
2003"2004	24	Tom Baker	11 episodes
2003	ER	Ken Sung	3 episodes
2003	Star Trek: Enterprise	Corporal Chang	Episode: "The Xindi" Episode: "Extinction"
2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Corporal Chang	Episode: "Hatchery"
2004	Without a Trace	Mark Hiroshi	Episode: "Exposure"
2004	ER	Ken Sung	Episode: "Abby Normal"
2004	'	Thomas Choi	Episode: "Riceburner"
2004"2010	Lost	Jin-Soo Kwon	114 episodes
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	General Fong (voice)	Episode: "The Avatar State"
2006	Justice League	Metron / Chinese Man (voice)	Episode: "Alive!" Episode: "Destroyer"
2007"2008	Lost: Missing Pieces	Jin Kwon	TV miniseries
2008	'	Dr. Tsi Chou	TV miniseries
2010"present	Hawaii Five-0	Chin Ho Kelly	Main Character
2011	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Teddy Lee (voice)	Episode: "The Anomaly"
2011"2012	'	Hiroshi Sato (voice)	5 episodes
2012	NCIS: Los Angeles	Chin Ho Kelly	Episode: "Touch of Death"
2013	Hollywood Game Night	Himself	Episode: "The One With the Friends"

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Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven	Rikimaru (voice)
2006	'	Agent Tom Baker (voice)
2006	Saints Row	Johnny Gat (voice)
2006	Scarface: The World Is Yours	(voice)
2007	Avatar: The Last Airbender " The Burning Earth	General Fong (voice)
2008	Saints Row 2	Johnny Gat (voice)
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Johnny Gat (voice)
2013	Saints Row IV	Johnny Gat (voice)