Daniel Dae Kim

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Television Actor · Born Aug 4, 1968 · United States Of America · Male

Daniel Dae Hyun Kim (born August 4, 1968) is a Korean American actor, voice actor, producer, and director. Kim is known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost, Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-0, Gavin Park in Angel, and Johnny Gat in the Saints Row series of video games. Kim also runs a film and television production company called 3AD, which is currently producing the television series The Good Doctor, based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. 2Early life 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 two years old. He grew up in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 2Education Kim was educated at Freedom High School, a public school in his home city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Haverford College in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's degree in 1990, and earned an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program in 1996. 2Career 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 5 spin-off Crusade and had recurring roles on Angel and 2