Daniel Henney

Daniel Phillip Henney (Hangul: 다니엘 필립 헤니 Daniel Pillip Heni; born November 28, 1979) is a Grand Bell Award winning American actor and model, known for starring in films such as Seducing Mr. Perfect (2006), My Father (2007), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Shanghai Calling (2012), The Last Stand (2013), and Big Hero 6 (2014).
In television, he is popular for starring in the Korean dramas Spring Waltz and My Lovely Sam Soon and the American television series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Daniel Henney was born in Carson City, Michigan, to Christine, a Korean Americanand Philip Henney, an Irish American. 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 good looks were 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 Henney became the first foreigner to 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.

Since 2012, Henney has appeared in several American TV series. In 2015, he starred as Special Agent Matthew Simmons in the American television series Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, a spin-off of Criminal Minds.

Henney is signed with DNA Models in New York under the celebrity-division.

Television series

Films

• Wide Angle Golfwear

LG Border Wireless LED TV, Daniel Henney, September 2009

• Daewoo Gentra (GM Daewoo)
• Biotherm (Kwon Yuri)
• Asiana Airlines
• Minute Maid (Jung Ryeo-won)
• Bean Pole International (Gwyneth Paltrow)
• Cyon (Kim Tae-hee and Hyun Bin)
• 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
• Praud Appliances
• Hyundai Holdings
• Dalkomm Coffee
• Prospecs Footwear
• CJ Home Shopping
• Mapool English Academy
• Klasse
• Joong Ang Heights
• Pespow Outerwear
• Belstaff
• Li Homme

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