1. Daniel Philip Henney was born on November 28,1979 and is an American actor.
23 Facts About Daniel Henney
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Daniel Henney first came into international prominence with his television debut as Dr Henry Kim on the Korean drama My Lovely Sam Soon.
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Daniel Henney has gone on to star in films such as Seducing Mr Perfect, My Father, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Shanghai Calling, The Last Stand, One Night Surprise, and Big Hero 6.
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Daniel Henney joined the regular cast of Criminal Minds for its 13th, 14th and 15th seasons.
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Daniel Henney's mother Christine Henney, an American adoptee from Busan, South Korea, was a nurse.
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Daniel Henney was a star basketball player at Carson City-Crystal High School and led the Eagles to the MHSAA Central region 2nd-place finish during his senior year in 1998.
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Daniel Henney was credited on many online portals for a time to have had graduated with an economics degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Daniel Henney moved to South Korea after having lived on and off in Hong Kong and Taiwan for four years.
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Daniel Henney started modeling in the US in 2001 and worked in France, Hong Kong, and many more while attending college.
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Daniel Henney is signed with DNA Models in New York under the celebrity division.
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Daniel Henney, who did not speak any Korean, was cast as an Asian American physician Henry Kim who struggled with the language.
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Daniel Henney played a supporting role in a love triangle between female lead Hee-jin and restaurateur Hyun Jin-heon.
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Daniel Henney then starred in another romantic drama Spring Waltz as Philip, a foreign music manager, in 2006.
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Daniel Henney resumed his modeling career when he was featured in a Bean Pole campaign with Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Daniel Henney made his feature film debut in another romantic comedy Seducing Mr Perfect, which coincided with pop star and actor Rain's debut in I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK.
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Daniel Henney later learned the language and appeared on a few variety shows, such as Family Outing.
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In 2010, Daniel Henney returned to South Korea television for KBS2's The Fugitive: Plan B, alongside Rain and actress Lee Na-young.
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Since 2012, Daniel Henney has appeared in several American TV series.
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In 2014, Daniel Henney voiced Tadashi Hamada in Disney's Big Hero 6.
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Daniel Henney starred as Special Agent Matt Simmons in the American television series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, a spin-off of Criminal Minds, for two seasons from 2016 to 2017.
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Daniel Henney remained a part of the cast until the original series concluded in season 15.
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In September 2019, Daniel Henney was cast in the supporting role of Lan Mandragoran in Amazon Video's adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy epic The Wheel of Time.
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On October 20,2023, Daniel Henney married Ru Kumagai, a Japanese-American actress.