Daniel Henney

Daniel Henney
Born	Daniel Phillip Henney (1979-11-28) November 28, 1979 Carson City, Michigan, United States
Occupation	Model, actor
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Apple of the Eye Co., Ltd. DNA Model Management
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Korean name
Hangul	다니엘 헤니
Revised Romanization	Daniel Heni
McCune–Reischauer	Taniel Heni

Daniel Phillip Henney (Hangul: 다니엘 필립 헤니; born November 28, 1979) is an American actor and model, known for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Shanghai calling (2012), Seducing Mr. Perfect (2006), My Father (2007) and The Last Stand (2013).

Life and career

Henney was born in Carson City, Michigan, to a Korean adoptee mother^[1] and an American father of Irish descent.^{[citation needed]} 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 Jeon Ji-hyun for Olympus cameras and Kim Tae-hee for Daewoo Electronics's Klasse air conditioners.^[2][3]

Despite speaking no Korean, Henney became a household name through the South Korean hit TV drama, 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Henney starred in his first feature film in Korea, "Seducing Mr. Robin." 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 Bi Rain and actress Lee Na Young.^[6]

Henney is signed with DNA Models in New York under the celebrity-division.^[7]

Filmography

Television series

• Hawaii Five-0 as Michael Noshimuri (CBS, 2012)^[8]
• The Fugitive: Plan B as Kai (KBS2, 2010)
• Three Rivers as David Lee (CBS, 2009)
• Spring Waltz as Philip (KBS2, 2006)
• Hello Franceska (guest appearance) (MBC, 2005)
• My Lovely Sam Soon as Dr. Henry Kim (MBC, 2005)

Films

• The Spy: Undercover Operation as Ryan (2013)
• One Night Surprise as Bill (2013)
• The Last Stand as Agent Phil Hayes (2013)
• Shanghai Calling as Sam (2012)
• Papa as music producer "guest" (2012)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine^[9] as Agent Zero (Hollywood debut, 2009)
• My Father as James Parker (2007)
• Seducing Mr. Perfect as Robin Heiden (2006)

TV Commercials / Advertisements

LG Border Wireless LED TV, Daniel Henney, September 2009

• Daewoo Gentra (GM Daewoo)
• Biotherm (Kwon Yuri)
• Asiana Airlines
• Minute Maid (Jeong Ryeo-won)
• Bean Pole International (Gwyneth Paltrow)^[10]
• Cyon (Kim Tae-hee and Hyun Bin)^[11]
• Coca-Cola (Zhang Ziyi)
• Olympus Camera (Jun Ji-hyun)
• HSBC Commercial Banking
• Taster's Choice
• LUX hairstylist (Stefanie Sun)
• Outback Steakhouse
• LG Electronics Xcanvas Flat Panel TV^[12]

Awards

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel Henney.

• Daniel Henney on DNA Model Management's website
• Daniel Henney at the Internet Movie Database