Actor

Daniel Henney

November 28, 1979 · Carson City, Michigan, USA

Daniel Henney was born in Carson City, Michigan, to a Korean adoptee mother and Philip Henney, his American father of Irish descent. Daniel Henney started modeling in the U.S. in 2001 and worked in France, Italy, Hong Kong and Taiwan while attending college. After his debut in South Korea with an advertisement for the Amore Pacific's cosmetic "Odyssey Sunrise", he became a spokesperson for commercials with Jun Ji-hyun for Olympus cameras and Kim Tae-hee for Daewoo Electronics's Klasse air conditioners. Despite speaking no Korean, Henney became a household name through the South Korean hit TV drama, My Lovely Sam Soon, aka My Name is Kim Sam Soon. He played the role of Dr. Henry Kim, a surgeon who is devotedly in love with Hee-jin (played by Jung Ryeo-won).

Notable work

7.7
Big Hero 6 (2014)
as Tadashi Hamada (voice)
6.3
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
as Agent Zero
8.3
Criminal Minds (2005)
as Matt Simmons
6.1
The Last Stand (2013)
as Phil Hayes
7.6
The Wheel of Time (2021)
as al'Lan Mandragoran
7.7
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
as Michael Noshimuri
7.4
Missing (2023)
as Agent Park
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
as Paul Angelo
6.4
Revolution (2012)
as Peter Garner

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