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Biography

Early life

Kim was born in Busan, South Korea and 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. Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan, is the largest port city in South Korea. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Northampton Mayor Philip B. Mitman Area    - City 12. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 160 miles (255 km)  - Length 280 miles (455 km)  - % water 2. ... Counties comprising the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania For the railroad company, see Lehigh Valley Railroad. ... Freedom High School in the 1990s Freedom High School is a public high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania Counties Lehigh and Northampton Founded 1741 Mayor John B. Callahan Area    - City 50. ... Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. ... Haverford Township (named after the village of Haverfordwest in Wales) is a township located in Delaware County, near Philadelphia in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Haverford Township contains portions of the towns of Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Ardmore. ... Political science is the field of the social sciences concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Bryn Mawr is also the name of an official neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Bryn Mawr is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia, along U.S. Highway Route 30 (Lancaster Avenue). ...

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, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Crusade, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and other shows. He also made guest appearances on Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, and ER. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Angel is a spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... 24 (twenty four) is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynskis Babylon 5. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... NYPD Blue was a long-running American television police drama set in New York City. ... ER is a long-running serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Kim was named one of People Magazine's "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2005. People, a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted on February 27, 1974. ...

Filmography

• Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006) ... as General Fong (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) .... as Jin-Soo Kwon
• Spider-Man 2 (2004) ... as Raymond
• Sin (2003) ... as Lakorn
• 24 (2002-03) ... as Agent Baker
• Ride or Die (2003) ... as Miyako
  • ... aka Hustle and Heat (2004) (Canada: English title: DVD title) (USA: DVD title)
  • ... 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
• Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2003) .... as MACO Corporal Chang
• Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000) .... as Everett Jay
• Star Trek: Voyager (2000)
• Crusade (1999) .... as Lieutenant John Matheson
• Seinfeld (1998) (in episode The Burning)
• The Jackal (1997) .... as the Marine Sniper/sharpshooter.
• American Shaolin (1994) .... as Gao
• NYPD Blue.

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External links

• Daniel Dae Kim at the Internet Movie Database
• Daniel Dae Kim article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.
• Daniel Dae Kim at TV.com