Daniel Dae Kim Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Influential Asian American Artist Award from the San Diego Asian Film Festival in 2010
• Won several awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actor for his role in "Lost" in 2006, including an AZN Asian Excellence Award, a Multicultural Prism Award, and a Vanguard Award
• Graduated from Haverford College, earned a degree in Theater from Bryn Mawr College, and, in 1996, completed the Graduate Acting Program at New York University
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "American Shaolin" in 1991
• Quote: "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․"
• Quote: "(On "Lost"): "This character honestly required more work than any other character I've ever played․․․Over six years, he changes and develops in ways I'm not sure you've ever seen before in an Asian character on American TV․""
• Best known for his role as Jin Kwon in "Lost" and as Chin Ho Kelly in the remake of "Hawaii Five-0․"
• Was the voice of Johnny Gat in the "Saints Row" video game series, the voice of Hiroshi Sato in "The Legend of Korra," and reprised his role as Tom Baker in the video game "24: The Game․"
• While appearing in small parts in plays during college, he almost pursued a career in investment banking