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Daniel Henney : biography

November 28, 1979 –

Daniel Phillip Henney ( born November 28, 1979) is an American actor and model.

Awards

Years Awards
2010
  • People’s Choice Award: Favorite On-Screen Team X-Men Origins: Wolverine.Newsen 2010-04-10 Retrieved June 24, 2010.
2008
  • 45th Grand Bell Awards: Best New Actor for My Father.Newsen 2010-06-27 Retrieved June 24, 2010.
2005
  • MBC Entertainment Awards: Best Dresser Award
  • MBC Drama Awards: New Actor Award for My Lovely Sam Soon.Newsen 2005-12-30 Retrieved June 24, 2010.

Filmography

Dramas

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

Films

  • The Last Stand as Agent Phil Hayes (2013)
  • Shanghai Calling as Sam (2012)
  • Papa as music producer "guest" (2012)
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Agent Zero (Hollywood debut, 2009)
  • My Father as James Parker (2007)
  • Seducing Mr. Perfect as Robin Heiden (2006)

Life and career

Henney was born in Carson City, Michigan, to a Korean adoptee mother and an American father of Irish descent. 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.

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) 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 to bolster his image, while in actuality he had no college degree.

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..Asiae 2010-06-21 Retrieved June 24, 2010.

Henney is signed with DNA Models in New York under the celebrity-division.http://www.dnamodels.com/celebrity/daniel-henney/portfolio#/page/1

TV Commercials / Advertisements

LG Border Wireless LED TV, Daniel Henney, 2009

  • Daewoo Gentra (GM Daewoo)
  • Biotherm (Kwon Yuri)
  • Asiana Airlines
  • Minute Maid (Jeong Ryeo-won)
  • Bean Pole International (Gwyneth Paltrow).Newsen 2005-09-22 Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  • Cyon (Kim Tae-hee and Hyun Bin).Newsen 2005-10-17 Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  • 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.Newsen 2009-10-26 Retrieved June 24, 2010.