Daniel Dae Kim
Biography
American actor Daniel Dae Kim has worked in network television, film, and theater. He was born in Busan, South Korea, and moved to the United States as a child, later earning degrees in theater and political science from Haverford College and an MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. On television he became known as Jin-Soo Kwon on Lost from 2004 to 2010, a role he played in Korean, and then starred as Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii Five-0 from 2010 to 2017. His film work includes the Divergent sequels Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016), Hellboy (2019), Always Be My Maybe (2019), and the animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). He starred in the 2024 Broadway revival of Yellow Face and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play, while his company 3AD produced The Good Doctor.
58years old
Turns 59 on August 4in 267 days
- Born Busan
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Kim Dae-hyeon, Gim Dae-hyeon and Kim Taehyŏn
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 34 years1991 to 2025
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A first
Kim was the first actor officially cast on the CBS reboot Hawaii Five-0, taking the Chin Ho Kelly role originally played by Kam Fong.
A role that slipped away
Kim replaced Ed Skrein as Ben Daimio in the 2019 Hellboy reboot to avoid a whitewashing controversy, since the character was Asian-American in the comics.
Behind the award
Kim's nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Yellow Face made him the first Asian American actor nominated in that category.
Own stunts
In American Shaolin, released in 1992, Kim played a Shaolin monk. That part gave him the chance to show off his taekwondo skills.
Daniel Dae Kim movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Raya and the Last Dragon2021 Action, Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasyas Benjavoice
IMDb rating 7.3190K votes
Most often with
Robert Schwentke directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ken Jeong's page
Robert SchwentkeDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2016
Also two films together4 more actors
- Miles TellerAllegiant (2016) and Insurgent (2015)
- Sophie OkonedoHellboy (2019) and The Jackal (1997)
- Theo JamesAllegiant (2016) and Insurgent (2015)
- Ansel ElgortAllegiant (2016) and Insurgent (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Daniel Dae Kim's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.2 billion
11 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$297M24.7% of the total
- 2$245M20.4% of the total
- 3$179M14.9% of the total
- 4$159M13.2% of the total
- 5$130M10.8% of the total
- 6$55M4.6% of the total
- 7$35M2.9% of the total
- 8$33M2.8% of the total
$70.3 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Awards
Three awards and honors from 2006 to 2025, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2006 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Lost | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2025 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| Time 100 | Honored | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.