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Daniel Dae Kim

Acting

Born August 4, 1968 · Busan, South Korea

Also known as 김대현 · Kim Dae-hyun · دنیل دِی کیم

Biography

Daniel Dae Kim (born August 4, 1968) is a South Korean-American actor, best known for his roles as Chin Ho Kelly in Hawaii Five-0 and Jin-Soo Kwon in Lost. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Dae Kim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Time 100 · 2025
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2006
  • Time 100
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice TV Actor Action · 2012 · nominated
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice TV Actor Action · 2011 · nominated
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  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2006 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Asian Americans

as Narrator (voice)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2005as General Fong (voice)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

2018as Micah (voice)

The Good Doctor

2017as Jackson Han

New Amsterdam

2018as Cassian Shin

Justice League Unlimited

2004as Metron (voice)

Seinfeld

1989as Student #1

The Legend of Korra

2012as Hiroshi Sato (voice)

The Shield

2002as Thomas Choi

Charmed

1998as Yenlo

Pantheon

2022as David Kim (voice)

KPop Demon Hunters

2025as Healer Han / Additional Voices (voice)

Lost

2004as Jin-Soo Kwon

Angel

1999as Gavin Park

Avatar the Last Airbender

2024as Fire Lord Ozai

Raya and the Last Dragon

2021as Benja (voice)

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

2021as Max Lee

24

2001as Tom Baker

Star Trek: Voyager

1995as Gotana-Retz

ER

1994as Ken Sung

Hawaii Five-0

2010as Chin Ho Kelly

The Practice

1997as Testifying Officer

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Special Agent Beckman

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009as Chin Ho Kelly

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001as Corporal Chang

Fantasy Island

1998

Once Upon a Time

2011as Fast Food Worker (voice)

The Pretender

1996as Lenny Duc

Dramaworld

2016as Doug

MacGyver

2016as Chin Ho Kelly

Spider-Man 2

2004as Raymond

Without a Trace

2002as Mark Hiroshi

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Dr. Sturla

Law & Order

1990as Dr. Harry Watanabe

Butterfly

2025as David Jung

G.I. Joe: Renegades

2010as Teddy Lee (voice)

Crash

2004as Park

Star Wars: Visions

2021as Bichan (voice)

The Hot Zone

2019as Matthew Ryker

Mirai

2018as Great-Grandfather (Young Man) (voice)

Mech Cadets

as General Aiden Park (voice)

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Kahn

Flack

2019as Gabriel Cole

Blast Beat

2021as Dr. Michael Onitsuka

Linsanity

2013as Narrator

Always Be My Maybe

2019as Brandon

Crusade

1999as John Matheson

Getting Lost

2024as Self

Joy Ride

2023as Dae

Ally McBeal

1997as Police Officer