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'Daniel Dae Kim' (born August 4, 1968 in Busan, South Korea) is a Korean American actor. He is best known for playing Jin-Soo Kwon on the television series ''Lost''.

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Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

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Biography

Early life

Kim or DDK (as most of his fans call him) was born in South Korea but grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. Kim is a graduate of Freedom High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Haverford College in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a dual major in political science and theatre. His theatre major was completed at the neighboring Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Dan is married and has two sons.

Career

Prior to his casting as Jin in ''Lost'', he was probably best known for numerous recurring roles in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Although his character in ''Lost'' speaks mainly in Korean and has almost no ability to speak English, English is actually Daniel's primary language and he is not fluent in Korean. He has been seen in ''Angel'', ''24'', '', '', ''Crusade'', '', The Shield and other shows. He also made guest appearances on ''Seinfeld'', ''NYPD Blue'', and ''ER''.
He also had a small part in ''Spider-Man 2'' as a scientist working in Doctor Octavius' laboratory.
Kim was named one of ''People Magazine's'' "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2005.
Kim is the voice of the character Johnny Gat in the Xbox 360 game ''Saints Row.'' He also provided his voice to '' in which he played his character from the show, Tom Baker.
Kim provided the voice for Metron in the final two episodes of Justice League Unlimited.

Filmography

★ '' (2006) ... as (in episode "The Avatar State")

★ ''Justice League Unlimited'' (2006) ... as Metron (in episodes "Alive" and "Destroyer")

★ ''Saints Row'' (2006) ... as Johnny Gat

★ ''The Cave'' (2005) ... as Kim

★ ''Crash'' (2004) ... as Park

★ ''Lost'' (2004-present) .... as Jin-Soo Kwon

★ ''Spider-Man 2'' (2004) ... as Raymond

★ ''Sin'' (2003) ... as Lakorn

★ ''24'' (2002-03) ... as Tom Baker

★ ''Ride or Die'' (2003) ... as Miyako

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★ ... aka ''Hustle and Heat'' (2004) (Canada: English title: DVD title) (USA: DVD title)

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★ ... aka ''Ride Or Die'' (2003) (UK: video title)

★ ''Hulk'' (2003) ... as Aide

★ ''Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven'' (2003) (voice: English version) .... as Rikimaru

★ ''Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003) .... as Visiting Expert

★ ''Charmed'' (2001) ... as Yen Lo (in episode "Enter The Demon")

★ ''Angel'' (2001-2003) ... as Gavin Park

★ '' (2001-2003) .... as MACO Corporal Chang

★ '' (2000) .... as Everett Jay

★ '' (2000) ... as Gotana-Retz (in episode Blink of an Eye)

★ ''Crusade'' (1999) .... as Lieutenant John Matheson

★ ''Seinfeld'' (1998) (in episode The Burning)

★ ''The Jackal'' (1997) .... as the Marine Sniper/sharpshooter.

★ ''Beverly Hills 90210'' (1997) .... as Dr. Sturla (in episodes "Forgive And Forget" And "The Way We Weren't")

★ ''American Shaolin (1994) .... as Gao

★ ''NYPD Blue.

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