Daniel K. Isaac

Daniel K. Isaac is an American actor and writer. He is known for his regular recurring role as Ben Kim on Showtime's Billions. Isaac is also known for creating the hashtag #AccordingToMyMother, with which he shares comedic conversations he has with his mother.

Isaac's parents are immigrants from Korea. His mother raised him in California as a single parent and he grew up bilingual. Isaac is an only child. He received his bachelor's degree in theater from the University of California, San Diego.

In 2015, Isaac created the hashtag #AccordingToMyMother to share comedic conversations he had with his mother. He then started a Kickstarter to finance a fictional short film about their relationship. Isaac produced what became a television pilot, According to My Mother, with Cathy Yan, and Devin Landin, and also starred in the production. It premiered at the New York Television Festival in October 2016 and won Best Drama. Isaac won Best Actor in a Drama for his performance.

Isaac has appeared in the role of Ben Kim on Billions since its premiere in 2016. The role was initially written to last two to three episodes but the writers wrote in the character on every episode of the first two seasons. He also stars as a bike courier with a foot fetish on the BDSM-focused web series Mercy Mistress produced by Margaret Cho.

He portrayed William Inge in an off-Broadway production of Philip Dawkins' The Gentleman Caller in May 2018.

Isaac appeared in a recurring role as Jeremy Delongpre on the first season the 2019 Comedy Central series The Other Two.

Isaac is gay. He voluntarily went through gay conversion therapy from ages 13 to 16. His mother, a devout Christian, disowned him for being gay when he was a freshman in college. Isaac later embraced his sexuality.

Film

Television

Theater