1. Danny Ahn was born in Seattle, Washington, and holds American citizenship, although he later moved to South Korea with his family and spent most of his schooling years there.
17 Facts About Danny Ahn
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In 1997 Danny Ahn was recruited by his cousin Joon for a project group he was forming.
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Danny Ahn became as a radio DJ on KBS Cool FM and was the first host of Kiss the Radio before taking over Lee Soo-young as host of the long-running afternoon program Music Show.
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Danny Ahn was invited back to be a guest DJ for the "Homecoming Day" special in 2015, in honor of KBS Cool FM's 50th anniversary.
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Danny Ahn released his solo single album on May 28,2007 "If It Were A Dream", which featured a cappella group Sweet Sorrow.
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Danny Ahn has since largely done guest vocals for other artists such as Rain, his bandmate Kim Tae-woo, SG Wannabe and Kim Dong-wan of fellow first-generation group Shinhwa.
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Alongside his music career, Danny Ahn took roles in TV shows and films.
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Danny Ahn appeared as Baek-ho in the KBS drama, The Slave Hunters.
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Danny Ahn appeared as Manager Baek Nam-jung in The Fugitive: Plan B alongside Rain, Lee Jung-jin, Daniel Henney and Lee Na-young, and in The Innocent Man with Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won.
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Danny Ahn was a permanent guest on SBS's talk show Strong Heart.
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Danny Ahn joined Kim and Son to perform their song "Lies" on the Music Bank special celebrating 600 episodes and at the 2012 Korean Music Festival in Los Angeles.
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In May 2012, Ahn starred opposite Dave K Wong as Gye Dong-hee, a friend to Ryu's Seung-hyuk in Channel A's Goodbye Dear Wife.
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Danny Ahn was part of a project group called HOTSechgodRG, which comprises himself and four other members of first-generation idol groups who were born in 1978.
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Danny Ahn starred in the SBS drama Witch's Castle, in which he portrayed the antagonist.
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Danny Ahn reunited with HOTSechgodRG members Chun Myung-hoon and Tony An on Eun Ji-won's new travel reality show Plan Man.
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Danny Ahn had joined New Able Entertainment in 2016 but it was acquired by SidusHQ and he was one of several artists who opted to transfer to SidusHQ.
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In June 2022, Danny Ahn renewed his contract with Cuz-9 Entertainment.