Daniel Dae Kim - wikipedia Daniel Dae Kim This is a Korean name ; the family name is Kim. Daniel Dae Kim Kim on the set of Hawaii Five - O in October 2013 ( 1968 - 08 - 04 ) August 4, 1968 ( age 50 ) Busan, South Korea Residence Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Education Freedom High School, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Alma mater Haverford College New York University Occupation Actor, producer Years active 1992 -- present Agent UTA ( US ) SidusHQ ( South Korea ) Spouse ( s ) Mia Kim ( m. 1993 ) Children Korean name Hangul 김대현 Hanja 金 大 賢 Revised Romanization Gim Dae - hyeon McCune -- Reischauer Kim Taehyŏn Website danieldaekim.com Daniel Dae Hyun Kim ( born August 4, 1968 ) is a Korean - American actor, voice actor, and producer. He 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. He also runs a production company called 3AD, which is currently producing the television series The Good Doctor. Contents 1 Early life 1.1 Education 2 Career 2.1 Other projects 2.2 3AD 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Video games 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early 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 a year old. He grew up in New York City, Easton and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Education 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. Career On the cover of KoreAm, April 2010 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 24. He also portrayed Dr. Tsi Chou in a 2008 miniseries based on the acclaimed Michael Crichton novel The Andromeda Strain. Kim 's film credits include a small part in Spider - Man 2 as a scientist working in Doctor Octavius ' laboratory, and Crash, the 2005 Best Picture Academy Award winner. He also had minor roles in films such as The Jackal, For Love of the Game, Hulk and The Cave. From 2004 to 2010, Kim served as a regular cast member on the ABC series Lost in which he played Jin - Soo Kwon, a lowly Korean fisherman - turned - hitman who crashes onto a mysterious island with his wife, Sun - Hwa Kwon ( Yunjin Kim ). Since the role required him to speak exclusively in Korean, he said he was forced to quickly relearn the language, which he had not spoken with any great frequency since high school. He would go on to play the character up until the 2010 series finale. Throughout the show 's run, he, along with his fellow cast members, received numerous accolades, including a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble. He was individually honored with an AZN Asian Excellence Award, a Multicultural Prism Award and a Vanguard Award from the Korean American Coalition, all for Outstanding Performance by an Actor. Kim was also named one of People Magazine 's `` Sexiest Men Alive '' in 2005. In February 2010, shortly after Lost 's conclusion, it was announced that Kim would join the CBS reboot Hawaii Five - 0 playing Chin Ho Kelly, the role originally made famous by actor Kam Fong. He was the first actor to be officially cast on the show. That series premiered on September 20, 2010 to strong ratings and solid critical acclaim. He departed the show in late June 2017 prior to the eighth season due to a salary dispute with CBS. He had been seeking pay equality with co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, but CBS would not agree to it. Kim co-starred in The Divergent Series : Insurgent, the sequel to 2014 's Divergent, playing Jack Kang, the leader of the Candor faction. In addition to acting, Kim made his directorial debut with the Hawaii Five - 0 season five episode, `` Kuka'awale. '' Other projects Kim is the voice of the character Johnny Gat for THQ 's Saints Row video game series. He also contributed his vocal likeness for 24 : The Game in which he played his character from the show, Tom Baker. He also provides the voice for Rikimaru in the game Tenchu : Wrath of Heaven. He provided the voice for Metron in the final two episodes of Justice League Unlimited. In a return to his theater roots, Kim played the King of Siam in Rodgers & Hammerstein 's The King and I from June 12 -- 28, 2009 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Kim is currently repped in America by United Talent Agency. He signed with SidusHQ to manage his activities in South Korea. In January 2016, it was announced Kim would make his Broadway debut as the King of Siam in Rodgers & Hammerstein 's The King and I from May 3 - June 26, 2016, at the Lincoln Center Theatre in New York. 3AD As the founder of the film and television production company 3AD, Kim in January 2014 signed a first - look development deal with CBS Television Studios, the first of its kind with an Asian - American actor. 3AD is currently producing the television series The Good Doctor, based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. Personal life Daniel Dae Kim at Comic Con Though Kim continues to split his time between Los Angeles and New York, he spends the majority of his year in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he lives with his wife and two children. After first moving to Hawaii during the later seasons of Lost, he continued his residency after being cast in Hawaii Five - 0. On May 17, 2014, he served as a speaker at the 2014 University of Hawaii commencement ceremony. Besides acting, Kim has devoted much of his time to various charities. More recently, he served as Cultural Envoy and Member of the U.S. Presidential Delegation for the United States at the World Expo in Korea. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes American Shaolin Gao 1997 Addicted to Love Undergrad Assistant 1997 The Jackal Akashi 1997 Space Retro Teddy 1999 For Love of the Game E.R. Doctor 2001 15 Minutes Restaurant Extra 2001 Looking for Bobby D Timmy Short film 2001 Nate The Animals Kuong 2002 Superman Must Die Bradley 2003 Cradle 2 the Grave Visiting Expert 2003 Hulk Aide 2003 Ride or Die Honda Civic Driver # 3 Direct - to - video 2003 Sin Lakorn Spider - Man 2 Raymond Crash Park 2005 The Cave Alex Kim 2008 The Onion Movie Ivy Leaguer 2011 Arena Taiga 2013 Linsanity Narrator Documentary 2015 Ktown Cowboys David 2015 The Divergent Series : Insurgent Jack Kang 2016 The Divergent Series : Allegiant Jack Kang 2019 Hellboy Ben Daimio Post-production 2019 Always Be My Maybe Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1994 Law & Order Harry Watanabe Episode : `` Golden Years '' 1994 All - American Girl Stan Episode : `` Ratting on Ruthie '' 1995 All My Children Dr. Kim 1997 Pacific Palisades Kate 's Attorney Episode : `` Sweet Revenge '' 1997 Night Man Roland Yates Episode : `` Pilot : Part 1 '' 1997 Beverly Hills, 90210 Dr. Sturla Episodes : `` Forgive and Forget '' and `` The Way We Were n't '' 1997 NYPD Blue Simon Lee Episode : `` It Takes a Village '' 1998 The Pretender Lenny Duc Episode : `` Collateral Damage '' 1998 Seinfeld Student No. 1 Episode : `` The Burning '' 1998 Brave New World Ingram Television film 1998 Ally McBeal Police Officer Episode : `` The Inmates '' 1998 The Practice Testifying Officer Episode : `` Axe Murderer '' 1998 Party of Five Ethan Episode : `` Opposites Distract '' 1998 Fantasy Island Episode : `` Dreams '' 1999 Crusade Lt. John Matheson 13 episodes 1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Kahn Episode : `` The Lynn Sisters '' 2000 Star Trek : Voyager Astronaut -- Gotana - Retz Episode : `` Blink of an Eye '' 2000 Murder, She Wrote : A Story to Die For Everett Jang Television film 2001 Once and Again Co-Worker No. 3 Episode : `` Wo n't Someone Please Help George Bailey Tonight '' 2001 Charmed Yenlo Episode : `` Enter the Demon '' 2001 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Special Agent Beckman Episode : `` Ellie '' 2001 -- 2003 Angel Gavin Park 12 episodes 2002 Any Day Now Mr. Chung Episode : `` Call Him Macaroni '' 2003 Momentum Agent Frears Television film 2003 Street Time Vo Nguyen Episode : `` Born to Kill '' 2003 Miss Match Clifford Kim 4 episodes 2003 -- 2004 24 Tom Baker 11 episodes 2003 ER Ken Sung 3 episodes 2003 -- 2004 Star Trek : Enterprise Corporal Chang Episodes : `` The Xindi '', `` Extinction '' and `` Hatchery '' Without a Trace Mark Hiroshi Episode : `` Exposure '' ER Ken Sung Episode : `` Abby Normal '' The Shield Thomas Choi Episode : `` Riceburner '' 2004 -- 2010 Lost Jin - Soo Kwon Main role ( seasons 1 -- 6 ) 92 episodes 2006 Avatar : The Last Airbender General Fong ( voice ) Episode : `` The Avatar State '' 2006 Justice League Unlimited Metron / Chinese Man ( voices ) Episodes : `` Alive ! '' and `` Destroyer '' 2007 -- 2008 Lost : Missing Pieces Jin - Soo Kwon Miniseries 2008 The Andromeda Strain Dr. Tsi Chou Miniseries 2010 -- 2017 Hawaii Five - 0 Chin Ho Kelly Main cast ( seasons 1 -- 7 ) 168 episodes and Director ; 1 episode. 2011 G.I. Joe : Renegades Teddy Lee ( voice ) Episode : `` The Anomaly '' 2012 -- 2014 The Legend of Korra Hiroshi Sato ( voice ) 7 episodes 2012 NCIS : Los Angeles Chin Ho Kelly Episode : `` Touch of Death '' 2013 Hollywood Game Night Himself Episode : `` The One With the Friends '' 2015 Once Upon a Time Drive - Thru Employee ( voice ) Episode : `` Darkness on the Edge of Town '' 2017 Big Pacific Narrator 5 episodes 2017 MacGyver Chin Ho Kelly Episode : `` Flashlight '' 2017 -- present The Good Doctor N / A Executive producer Video games Year Title Role Notes 2003 Tenchu : Wrath of Heaven Rikimaru 2006 24 : The Game Agent Tom Baker 2006 Saints Row Johnny Gat 2006 Scarface : The World Is Yours Macau Fast Food manager 2007 Avatar : The Last Airbender -- The Burning Earth General Fong 2008 Saints Row 2 Johnny Gat Apache Overdose Gangstar III Mac Silver 2011 Saints Row : The Third Johnny Gat 2013 Saints Row IV Johnny Gat 2013 Apache Overdose Gangstar IV Mac Silver 2015 Saints Row : Gat out of Hell Johnny Gat 2017 Agents of Mayhem Johnny Gat Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result Notes 2006 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Lost Won 2006 Asian Excellence Awards Outstanding Television Actor Won 2011 2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor - Action Hawaii Five - 0 Nominated 2012 2012 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor - Action Hawaii Five - 0 Nominated References ^ Jump up to : `` Daniel Dae Kim Biography ''. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Daniel Dae Kim Biography ( ( ? ) - ) ''. FilmReference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Before They Were Lost ''. Lost : The Complete First Season, Buena Vista Home Entertainment. September 6, 2005. Featurette, disc 7. Jump up ^ `` Hawaii Five - 0 Cast : Daniel Dae Kim ''. CBS. CBS Interactive. Jump up ^ `` 2005 's Sexiest Men Alive ''. People. ^ Jump up to : Andreeva, Nellie ( February 7, 2010 ). `` ' Lost ' actor joins ' Hawaii Five - O ' ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Hawaii Five - 0 ''. Metacritic. Jump up ^ Ryan, Maureen. `` Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park Exit ' Hawaii Five - 0 ' ''. Variety.com. Retrieved 7 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Daniel Dae Kim Joins Summit 's ' Insurgent ' ( EXCLUSIVE ) ''. Variety. Jump up ^ `` ' Insurgent ' : Daniel Dae Kim joins cast ''. EW.com. Jump up ^ `` Mini-View : Lost 's Daniel Dae Kim ''. Fantasy Magazine. February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009. Jump up ^ Lesley Goldberg. `` Daniel Dae Kim Inks Overall Deal With CBS Television Studios ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Jump up ^ `` Daniel Dae Kim signs with SidusHQ ''. The Korea Times. January 6, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Daniel Dae Kim Will Make His Broadway Debut in ' The King and I ' ''. NBC News. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 12. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie. `` ' Hawaii Five - O ' Co-Star Daniel Dae Kim Inks First - Look Deal With CBS TV Studios ''. Deadline Hollywood. Jump up ^ Goldberg, Lesley. `` Daniel Dae Kim Inks Overall Deal With CBS Television Studios ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Jump up ^ `` Hawaii 5 - 0 's Daniel Dae Kim Gives Commencement Address to UH Grads -- RumorFix ''. RumorFix. Jump up ^ `` The Guild Agency ''. theguildagency.com. Jump up ^ Lauer - Williams, Kathy ( March 25, 2013 ). `` Freedom 's Daniel Dae Kim narrates `` Linsanity '' ``. The Morning Call. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Jump up ^ Juba, Joe ( December 11, 2014 ). `` Get Candid with the Voice Actors of Saints Row : Gat Out Of Hell -- Saints Row : Gat Out of Hell ''. Game Informer. Jump up ^ `` 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ''. Screen Actors Guild Awards. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel Dae Kim. Daniel Dae Kim on IMDb Daniel Dae Kim interview with Patrol magazine BNF : cb141935105 ( data ) GND : 142737062 ISNI : 0000 0001 0654 2319 LCCN : no2007027347 VIAF : 49433696 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ( 2000 -- 2009 ) 2000 : The West Wing, season 1 / season 2 Hill Janney Kelly Lowe Moloney Schiff Sheen Spencer Whitford 2001 : The West Wing, season 2 / season 3 Hill Janney Lowe Moloney Schiff Sheen Spencer Whitford 2002 : Six Feet Under, season 2 Ambrose Conroy Griffiths Hall Krause Rodríguez St. Patrick 2003 : Six Feet Under, season 3 Ambrose Conroy Foster Griffiths Hall Krause Macdissi Machado Rodríguez St. Patrick Taylor Wilson 2004 : CSI : Crime Scene Investigation, season 4 / season 5 Dourdan Eads Fox Guilfoyle Hall Helgenberger Petersen Szmanda 2005 : Lost, season 1 / season 2 Akinnuoye - Agbaje Andrews de Ravin Fox Garcia Grace Holloway Kelley D.D. Kim Y. Kim Lilly Monaghan O'Quinn Perrineau Rodriguez Somerhalder Watros 2006 : Grey 's Anatomy, season 2 / season 3 Chambers Dane Dempsey Heigl Knight Oh Pickens Pompeo Ramirez Walsh Washington Wilson 2007 : The Sopranos, season 6, part II Antonacci Bracco Falco Gandolfini Grimaldi Iler Imperioli Nascarella Schirripa Servitto Sigler Sirico Turturro Van Zandt Vincent 2008 : Mad Men, season 2 Batt Brie Gladis Hamm Hart Hendricks Jones Kartheiser Moses Moss Shipka Slattery Sommer Staton 2009 : Mad Men, season 3 Alemanni Batt Gilmore Gladis Hamm Harris Hendricks Jones Kartheiser Morse Moss Shipka Slattery Sommer Stanley Staton Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- present ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Dae_Kim&oldid=856997921 '' Categories : 1968 births American male actors of Korean descent American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Male actors from Pennsylvania Freedom High School ( Pennsylvania ) alumni Haverford College alumni IHQ artists Living people People from Busan People from Easton, Pennsylvania South Korean emigrants to the United States Male actors from Honolulu 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors Bryn Mawr College alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from June 2015 Articles containing Korean - language text Infobox person using alma mater Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu تۆرکجه Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Italiano עברית Basa Jawa Magyar მარგალური Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Vepsän kel ' 中文 23 more Edit links This page was last edited on 28 August 2018, at 22 : 03 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played chin ho kelly on hawaii five-o
Answer: Daniel Dae Hyun Kim