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Daniel Phillip Henney (Korean: 다니엘 필립 헤니; born November 28, 1979 in Carson City, Michigan, USA) is a Korean-American actor and model.

Biography

Daniel Henney was born to an ethnic Korean mother who was adopted in the U.S. and an Anglo-American father. Henney started modeling in the U.S. in 2001 and has worked in France, Italy, Hong Kong and Taiwan while attending college. After his debut in South Korea with an advertisement for the Amore Pacific's cosmetic "Odyssey Sunrise", he became a spokesperson for commercials with Jeon Ji-hyun for Olympus cameras and Kim Tae-hee for Klasse air conditioners.

Despite speaking no Korean, Henney became a household name through the South Korean hit TV drama, My Name is Kim Sam Soon. Following his success in Sam Soon, he has continued to work as a professional actor.

In 2009, he portrayed Agent Zero in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In the fall season of 2009, he is playing "Dr. David Lee" in the CBS television drama, "Three Rivers". The medical drama is set in the transplant ward of a fictional Pittsburgh hospital and airs every Sunday at 9PM Eastern/Pacific Time. Promotional posters featuring Henney and co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Justina Machado have been put up on billboards, buses and metro stations in major cities in the U.S.

Filmography

Dramas

• Three Rivers as David Lee (CBS, 2009)
• Spring Waltz as Philip (KBS, 2006)
• Hello Franceska (guest appearance) (MBC, 2005, guest)
• My Lovely Sam Soon as Dr. Henry Kim (MBC, 2005)

Films

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine as David North / Agent Zero (Hollywood debut) (2009)
• My Father as James Parker (2007)
• Seducing Mr. Perfect / Seducing Mr. Robin as Robin Heiden (2006)

TV Commercials / Advertisements

• Daewoo Gentra (GM Daewoo)
• Biotherm (with Lee Hyori)
• Asiana Airlines
• Minute Maid (with Jeong Ryeo-won)
• Bean Pole International (with Gwyneth Paltrow)
• Cyon (with Kim Tae-hee and Hyun Bin)
• Coca-Cola (with Zhang Ziyi)
• Olympus Camera (with Jun Ji-hyun)
• HSBC Commercial Banking
• Taster's Choice
• LUX hairstylist (with Stefanie Sun)
• LG Electronics Xcanvas Flat Panel TV

Awards

• 2008 45th Grand Bell Awards: Best New Actor for My Father
• 2005 MBC Entertainment Awards: Best Dresser Award
• 2005 MBC Drama Awards: New Actor Award for My Lovely Sam Soon

Trivia

• Height: 188 cm
• Weight: 72 kg
• Star sign: Sagittarius
• Family: Father (American of British descent) and mother (American of Korean descent)
• Carson City-Crystal High School graduated in 1998 (Carson City, Michigan)
• Albion College (Attended on basketball scholarship)

References

1. 다니엘 헤니 “모델로 활약했지만 여전히 나의 꿈은 연기자”
2. 다니엘 헤니
3. 다니엘 헤니 "모델은 순간예술, 배우는 인생을 연기"
4. Dominic Monaghan joins 'Wolverine' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

External links

• Daniel Henney Official Website Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{langx|en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead.
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• Daniel Henney at IMDb

News Articles

• America, here comes Daniel Henney

• South Korean film actors
• South Korean television actors
• Asian American actors
• Actors from Michigan
• South Korean male models
• American male models
• Albion College alumni
• People from Montcalm County, Michigan
• British Americans
• Korean Americans
• South Koreans of American descent
• British people of Korean descent
• 1979 births
• Living people