Daniel Dae Kim (Korean: 김대현; born Kim Dae-hyun on August , ) is
a Koreanâ€"American actor, voice actor, and producer. He is known for
his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-,
Gavin Park in Angel, and Johnny Gat in the Saints Row series of video
games. He also runs a production company, AD, which is currently
producing the television series The Good Doctor.Kim was born in Busan,
South Korea, the son of mother Jung Kim and father Dr. Doo-tae Kim,
and moved to the United States with his family when he was a year old.
He grew up in New York City, Easton, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He
graduated from Freedom High School. In , Kim graduated from Haverford
College with double bachelor's degrees in theater and political
science. He went on to earn an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program
in .After graduation, Kim made a name for himself playing numerous
roles in a wide variety of television programs. He appeared in CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation as a treasury agent as well as episodes of
Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Charmed, The Shield,
Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and ER. He was a regular on the short-lived
Babylon spin-off Crusade and had recurring roles on Angel and . He
also portrayed Dr. Tsi Chou in a miniseries based on the acclaimed
Michael Crichton novel The Andromeda Strain.
a Koreanâ€"American actor, voice actor, and producer. He is known for
his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-,
Gavin Park in Angel, and Johnny Gat in the Saints Row series of video
games. He also runs a production company, AD, which is currently
producing the television series The Good Doctor.Kim was born in Busan,
South Korea, the son of mother Jung Kim and father Dr. Doo-tae Kim,
and moved to the United States with his family when he was a year old.
He grew up in New York City, Easton, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He
graduated from Freedom High School. In , Kim graduated from Haverford
College with double bachelor's degrees in theater and political
science. He went on to earn an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program
in .After graduation, Kim made a name for himself playing numerous
roles in a wide variety of television programs. He appeared in CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation as a treasury agent as well as episodes of
Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Charmed, The Shield,
Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and ER. He was a regular on the short-lived
Babylon spin-off Crusade and had recurring roles on Angel and . He
also portrayed Dr. Tsi Chou in a miniseries based on the acclaimed
Michael Crichton novel The Andromeda Strain.
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