Television

Co-starring or Reoccuring Roles:

1. "Lost" TV Series (2004 - current) ... Jin-Soo Kwon
   Plays one of the victims of a plane crash on a remote island. He doesn't speak English at first, so most of his dialogue is subtitled.
   
   Episode: "Pilot" Part 1 (episode # 1.1) (9/22/2004)
   Episode: "Pilot" Part 2 (episode # 1.2) (9/29/04)
   Episode: "Tabula Rasa" (episode # 1.3) (10/06/2004)
   Episode: "Walkabout" (episode # 1.4) (10/13/2004)
   Episode: "White Rabbit" (episode # 1.5) (10/20/2004)
   Episode: "House of the Rising Sun" (episode # 1.6) (10/27/2004)
   Episode: "The Moth" (episode # 1.7) (11/03/2004)
   Episode: "Raised by Another" (episode # 1.10) (12/01/2004)
   Episode: "Hearts & Minds" (episode # 1.13) (1/12/2004)
   Episode: "Homecoming" (episode # 1.15) (2/09/2005)
   Episode: "Outlaws" (episode # 1.16) (2/16/2005)
   Episode: "...In Translation" (episode # 1.17) (2/23/2005)
   Episode: "Deus Ex Machina" (episode # 1.19) (3/30/2005)
   Episode: "Do No Harm" (episode # 1.20) (4/6/2005)
   Episode: "Lost: The Journey" (episode # 1.21) (4/27/2005)
   Episode: "The Greater Good (a.k.a Sides)" (episode # 1.22) (5/4/2005)
   Episode: "Born to Run" (episode # 1.23) (5/11/2005)
   Episode: "Exodus (1)" (episode # 1.24) (5/18/2005)
   Episode: "Exodus (2)" (episode # 1.25) (5/25/2005)
   Episode: "Exodus (3)" (episode # 1.26) (5/25/2005)
   Episode: "Destination Lost" (episode # 2.0) (9/21/2005)
   Episode: "Adrift" (episode # 2.2) (9/28/2005)
   Episode: "Orientation" (episode # 2.3) (10/5/2005)
   Episode: "Everybody Hates Hugo" (episode # 2.4) (10/12/2005)
   Episode: "... and Found" (episode # 2.5) (10/19/2005)
   Episode: "Abandoned" (episode # 2.6) (11/9/2005)
   Episode: "Collision" (episode # 2.8) (11/23/2005)
   Episode: "What Kate Did" (episode # 2.9) (11/30/2005)
   For more information on this role, please go to the Jin page.
2. "ER" TV Series (2003 - current) ... Mr. Ken Sung
   Plays a social services worker.
   
   Episode: "Out of Africa" (episode # 10.5) (10/30/2003)
   Talks with a disturbed mother and recommends the children be removed from her care.
   Episode: "Death and Taxes" (episode # 10.7) (11/13/2003)
   Mediates between a doctor and a suspected child abuser.
   Episode: "Missing (a.k.a. Mistaken Identity, a.k.a. Identity Crisis)" (episode # 10.9) (12/4/2003)
   Tries to help the ER staff identify an unconscious child.
   Episode: "Abby Normal" (episode # 10.20) (04/28/2004)
   Deals with a mother who has seizures whenever she holds her newborn.
3. "Enterprise" TV Series (2003 - current) ... Corporal Chang
   Plays a member of the ship's new MACOs (Military Assault Command Operations).
   
   Episode: "The Xindi" (episode # 3.1) (9/10/2003)
   In a group, introduces himself to Ensign Hoshi.
   Episode: "Extinction" (episode # 3.3) (9/24/2003)
   Flies down in a shuttle to a planet, dons an EV suit, and gets knocked out by a mutated crewmember.
   Episode: "Hatchery" (episode # 3.17) (2/25/2004)(5/8/2001)
   Placed as guard over T'Pol when Captain Archer goes crazy and arrests her. Later he is stunned with a phaser and passes out.
4. "24" TV Series (2003 - current) ... Agent Tom Baker
   Plays an agent for the Los Angeles Domestic Counter Terrorist Unit.
   
   Episode: "Day 2: 5:00 - 6:00 P.M." (episode # 2.10) (1/14/2003)
   CTU agent Tom Baker appears at 5:31pm on Day 2. He helps Jack Bauer storm a place where a hostage is being held, then tries to save one of the kidnappers after he takes a cyanide pill. After that, he works in the background and over the radio.
   Episode: "Day 2: 6:00 - 7:00 P.M." (episode # 2.11) (2/4/2003)
   Coordinates a stakeout then a raid on a mosque where a terrorist is hiding.
   Episode: "Day 2: 7:00 - 8:00 P.M." (episode # 2.12) (2/11/2003)
   Aids Jack in capturing and interrogating a suspect.
   Episode: "Day 2: 8:00 - 9:00 P.M." (episode # 2.13) (2/18/2003)
   Tries to take Kate Warner to safety.
   Episode: "Day 2: 9:00 - 10:00 P.M." (episode # 2.14) (2/25/2003)
   Baker's distraction at a crucial point turns out to be a break for the CTU.
   Episode: "Day 2: 10:00 - 11:00 P.M." (episode # 2.15) (3/4/2003)
   Gives Kate terrible news.
   Episode: "Day 2: 11:00 - 12:00 P.M." (episode # 2.16) (3/24/2003)
   Begins debriefing Kate, only to be tricked into leaving her alone.
   Episode: "Day 2: 7:00 - 8:00 AM." (episode # 2.24) (5/20/2003)
   CREDITED BUT DID NOT APPEAR IN BROADCAST (Cut scenes available on 24 Season 2 DVD)
   Episode: "Day 3: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM." (episode # 3.18) (4/18/2004)
   Infiltrates a terrorist's suspected location.
   Episode: "Day 3: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM." (episode # 3.20) (4/27/2004)
   Leads one of the teams raiding another building.
   Episode: "Day 3: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM." (episode # 3.21) (5/04/2004)
   Gets drawn out of position by a duplicitous CTU agent, allowing the terrorist to escape.
   
5. "Angel" TV Series (2001 - 2003) ... Gavin Park
   Plays a lawyer for a demonic law firm.
   
   Episode: "Over the Rainbow" (episode # 2.42) (5/8/2001) 
   Episode: "That Vision Thing" (episode # 3.46) (10/01/2001) 
   Episode: "Carpe Noctem" (episode # 3.48) (10/15/2001)
   Episode: "Billy" (episode # 3.50) (10/29/2001)
   Episode: "Quickening" (episode # 3.52) (11/12/2001)
   Episode: "Lullaby" (episode # 3.53) (11/19/2001)
   Episode: "Dad" (episode # 3.54) (12/12/2001)
   Episode: "The Price" (episode # 3.63) (04/29/2002)
   Episode: "Tomorrow" (episode # 3.66) (05/22/2002)
   Episode: "Deep Down" (episode #4.67) (10/06/2002)
   Episode: "Rain of Fire" aka "Apocalypse, Nowish" (episode #4.73) (11/17/02)
   Episode: "Habeus Corpses" (episode #4.74) (1/15/2003)
   
   For more information on this role, please go to the Gavin Park page.
6. "Crusade" TV Series (1999) .... Lieutenant John Matheson  
   Plays the telepathic Executive Officer of a starship which is on a desperate search for a cure to the plague that has infected all of Earth.
   
   Episodes: John Matheson is in almost every episode of the 13 episode series.
   For more information on this role, please go to the Lieutenant Matheson page.

Guest Roles:

1. "The Shield" playing "Aceveda's College Friend" in episode: "The Riceburners" (episode #3-12) (05/25/04) [Credited as "Daniel Day Kim"]
   Plays the friend of the police captain who is brought into help when the cops get into a hostile struggle with the Korean community over a hiding fugitive. At first it seems the friend is helping the cops, then the cops realize that he is tipping off the fugitive. After getting a cellphone shoved into his mouth, he tells them where the fugitive really is.
2. "Without a Trace" playing "Mark Hiroshi" in episode: "Exposure" (episode #2-11) (01/08/04)
   Plays a photojournalist who helps an old friend, now a tabloid photographer, with a project that might be his redemption.
3. "Miss Match" playing "Lawyer" in episode: "Santa, Baby" (episode #1-12) (12/12/03)
   
4. "Miss Match" playing "Lawyer" in episode: "Who's Sari Now?" (episode #1-13) (12/15/03)
   In these two episodes, plays a divorce lawyer who pulls out all possible tricks for his client.
5. "Street Time" playing "Pho Nguyen" in episode: "Born to Kill" (episode #2-6) (09/10/2003)
   Plays a recently paroled gangbanger who, encouraged by his parole officer Dee, is trying to pursue a career with his artistic talent. He has trouble starting a new life because his younger brother is caught up with his old gang. The gang robs the restaurant where Pho is working; and the leader tries to force Pho's brother to kill the owner. Pho snatches the gun away and winds up pointing it at Dee. He suddenly turns away and kills the gang leader instead. (Thanks to TVTome.com for the description.)
6. "Any Day Now" playing "Mr. Chung" in episode: "Call Him Macaroni" (episode #4-17) (01/20/2002)
   Plays a lawyer for a HMO that is refusing to pay for birth control prescriptions.
7. "C.S.I. (Crime Scene Investigation)" playing "Special Agent Beckman" in episode: "Ellie" (episode #2-10) (12/06/2001)  
   Plays a Secret Service agent who is called in when the CSI forensics team find some counterfeit money at a crime scene.
8. "Charmed" playing "Yen Lo" in episode: "Enter the Demon" (episode # 404) (10/18/2001)  
   Plays a Chinese Zen Master's best student, Yen Lo, who has turned to evil. The master's daughter fatally wounds him but he manages to stay alive in Limbo. Yen Lo takes his former master prisoner and holds him in Limbo, then goes after the daughter. The Halliwell sisters get involved and Yen Lo pops in and out of fountains, puddles of water and their kitchen sink. After a battle in Limbo, he is defeated and sent on to his next karmic life (probably as a dung beetle).
         In this one, Daniel sports a new look with pencil moustache and goatee. He does a lot of action, including swordplay and a extended fight with Alyssa Milano's character. (Daniel said that Alyssa was really nice.) Daniel really enjoyed the wire work and said that the action scenes are about half him and half a stunt double, though he wanted to do all the stunts.
9. "Once and Again" playing "Employee" in episode: "Won't Someone Help George Bailey Tonight?" (4/18/2001)
   
10. "Star Trek: Voyager" playing "Gotana-Retz" in episode: "Blink of an Eye" (episode # 6.12) (1/19/2000)
    Plays an alien pilot from a planet that has rapidly accelerated time in relation to the Voyager, which has become trapped in orbit for centuries of planet-time. Pilot Gotana-Retz sacrifices years of his life to help the Voyager break orbit. Daniel appears as several different ages of his character.
11. "Walker, Texas Ranger" playing "Kahn" in episode: "Lynn Sisters, The" (10/30/1999)
    Plays the head of a bootleg music scheme, who decides that the most lucrative video would be the one where the singers die on screen.
12. "Fantasy Island" in episode: "Dreams" (episode # 1.7) (11/7/1998)
    Plays the business rival of a man who thinks his fantasy is to land the Big Client.
13. "Ally McBeal" playing "Police Officer" in episode: "Inmates, The" (episode # 1.20) (4/27/1998)
    
14. "Practice, The" playing "Testifying Officer" in episode: "Axe Murderer" (episode # 2.26) (4/27/1998)
    In the crossover episodes of "Ally McBeal" and "the Practice", Daniel plays a police officer who found the murder victim and blood-covered suspect and then testifies at the murder trial.
15. "Seinfeld" playing "Student #1" in episode: "Burning, The" (episode # 9.16) (3/19/1998)
    Plays a student at the local medical school that hires Kramer and Mickey to act out diseases for diagnosis.
16. "Pretender, The" playing "Le Xuan Duc" in episode #29, "Collateral Damage" (1/23/1998)
    Plays a vietnamese entrepreneur who as a child witnessed the murder of an American soldier. In my opinion, this is one of Daniel's meatiest guest spots. Though he only has two medium-length scenes, the character first appears on screen with an infomercial of a Vietnamese who "made it big in USA", though we quickly discover that the perkiness and broken english is just an act. When Jared first approaches him, he's slimy and suspicious. Later, when Jared reaches beyond the front, we find a man who witnessed terrible things as a small child and had to make some harsh choices. He confides what he saw to Jarod, and at the end of the scene, Daniel's character says throatily, "For me, the war will never be over".
          The "Pretender" director, Fred Keller, was impressed enough with Daniel's performance to bring him on board at "Angel".
17. "NYPD Blue" playing "Simon Lee" in episode: "It Takes a Village" (episode # 5.5) (11/4/1997)
    Plays a wealthy suburbanite who pleads with his father to leave his grocery in a dangerous New York neighborhood. After his father is murdered, the son posts a $5,000 bounty, pesters the police, and interferes with their investigation by interviewing the drug-addicted mother of a suspect.
18. "Beverly Hills, 90210" playing "Dr. Sturla" in episode: "Way We Weren't, The" (episode # 8.4) (9/24/1997)
19. "Beverly Hills, 90210" playing "Dr. Sturla" in episode: "Forgive and Forget" (episode # 8.3) (9/17/1997)
    In these two episodes, Dr. Sturla stitches up Kelly after she is shot and then deals with her amnesia.
20. "Nightman" playing "Roland Yates" in two-part episode: "Pilot" (episodes # 1.1 and 1.2) (9/19/1997)
    Plays a businessman who tries to keep superweapons out of the hands of bad guys and is shot and killed.
21. "Pacific Palisades" playing "Kate's attorney" in episode: "Sweet Revenge" (episode # 1.12) (7/23/1997)
22. "Party of Five" playing "Ethan" in episode: "Opposites Distract" (episode #4.22) (5/29/1997)
23. "Law & Order" playing "Harry Watanabe" in episode: "Golden Years" (episode # 4.11) (1/5/1994)
    Plays the morgue doctor who does the autoposies, has two short scenes - when the body is first brought in and when he delivers his report - his character is kind of a flip cynical type. This part was Daniel's first onscreen non-soap role.
24. "Unsolved Mysteries" (1991)
25. "One Life to Live" (c. 1990-93) ... "pesky reporter" in one episode.
26. "All My Children" (c. 1990-93)... doctor

Commercials:
Daniel has been in "at least" 15 commercials in the last 10 years.

Known commercials--
1. AT&T, four separate occasions including 2002 and his first ever commercial, filmed in 1991
   
2. Allstate
3. Johnson & Johnson
4. Sun Microsystems, a businessman.
   This series of commercials have a deliberate "Mission Impossible" feel with Daniel one of four business men bargaining for the power that Sun would supposedly give them.
5. "It's the Cheese" series, California Milk Advisory Board
   Description by Yu Kai-lin:
         "We open on what appears to be a roadblock, operated by two CHP officers, on a mountain road. They stop a station wagon and ask whether the occupants are transporting any fruits or vegetables, etc. This is typical for entering California from any state with agriculture, as we have a strict policy on transporting agricultural items that might bring in an infestation of any kind. Anyhow, the man and woman deny bringing in anything, and we discover they have the "Fargo" accent, a very exaggerated version of that northern Minnesota/Wisconsin accent. The next question is why they are coming to California. The man looks at his wife nervously, says 'Margie', and she says, 'Golden Gate?' and the man says. 'Celebrities?' and the woman agrees 'Oh no, we don't have many of those in Osh Kosh'. All along, the CHP officer questioning them has his face in their window, and it's Daniel. Well, the car drives on and the second officer says "it's the cheese, right?" and Daniel answers, in his best "Fargo" accent "Oh, you betcha."
         This commercial was funny the first time I saw it, since it was just so odd seeing an Asian face use that accent. But now it's even funnier now that I know who Daniel is, as this commercial was done long before Crusade ever came along. "
         According to a California Milk Advisory Board representative, the Wisconsin family being stopped at the border was a very popular commercial.
6. Lay's Potato Chips
   Daniel is a gambler at a table in a Vegas-style casino who catches a potato chip that Dana Carvey's character throws.

Daniel's filmography has grown to three pages!

Filmography

Demo Reel
Film
Television: Co-starring
Television: Guest roles
Television: Commercials
Theater: Off-Broadway (Includes reviews)
Theater: Regional (Includes reviews)

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