Daniel Henney

Known for ActingBorn 1979-11-28 (age 46)Carson City, Michigan, USA

Daniel Henney was born in Carson City, Michigan, to a Korean adoptee mother and Philip Henney, his American father of Irish descent. Daniel Henney started modeling in the U.S. in 2001 and 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 Jun Ji-hyun for Olympus cameras and Kim Tae-hee for Daewoo Electronics's Klasse air conditioners. Despite speaking no Korean, Henney became a household name through the South Korean hit TV drama, My Lovely Sam Soon, aka My Name is Kim Sam Soon. He played the role of Dr. Henry Kim, a surgeon who is devotedly in love with Hee-jin (played by Jung Ryeo-won). Sam Soon was the most popular Korean drama in 2005; although Henney was starring as the supporting actor, his performance and look was widely noticed. Henney then starred in another drama “Spring Waltz” in 2006. He later learned the language and appeared on a few variety shows, such as Family Outing. Henney was a part of an academic scandal in which many sources stated that he had an Economics degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, while in actuality he had no college degree. Henney starred in his first feature film in Korea, "Seducing Mr. Perfect." His second film, "My Father," won multiple awards in South Korea and was actually the first time in that country's history that a foreigner swept all the major cinema awards in the Best New Actor category. In 2009, he portrayed Agent Zero in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In the fall season of 2009, he played "Dr. David Lee" in the CBS television drama Three Rivers. In 2010, Henney returned to South Korea television for KBS2's The Fugitive: Plan B, alongside Rain and actress Lee Na-young. Henney is signed with DNA Models in New York under the celebrity-division.Read more

Movies & web series

The Game Caterers

My Lovely Sam Soon

Criminal Minds

Spring Waltz

Big Hero 6

Dog Days

The Wheel of Time

Hawaii Five-0

Genie, Make a Wish

Big Hero 6 The Series

Family Outing

Home Alone

NCIS: Los Angeles

Missing

Behind Every Star

Confidential Assignment 2: International

SNL Korea

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

Three Rivers

Money

Papa

Revolution

Shanghai Calling

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

My Father

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show

The Last Stand

One Night Surprise

The Spy: Undercover Operation

Tattoo

Seducing Mr. Perfect

The Fugitive: Plan B