Daniel Dae Kim

Daniel Dae Kim is an actor, director, producer, and social advocate known for ABC’s Lost, CBS’s Hawaii Five-O, Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, and currently Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Most recently, he starred on Broadway in David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face at the Roundabout Theater, a comedic exploration of race, representation, and politics that received rave reviews. In 2024, Daniel wrapped production on Butterfly, a new spy series filmed entirely in South Korea, which he stars in and produces through his company, 3AD, for Amazon.

His other television credits include BJ Novak’s The Premise (FX), The Hot Zone: Anthrax (Nat Geo), and Roar (Apple TV+). As a producer, Daniel and 3AD executive produced The Good Doctor, which recently concluded on ABC, and the multi-award-winning documentary Bad Axe (IFC).

His theater work includes Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Ahmanson Theater), My Favorite Things: The Rodgers and Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, and The King and I at Lincoln Center.

A longtime advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Daniel’s testimony before Congress contributed to the passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. He recently completed his term on the White House’s Commission for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. He also serves on the Board of Gold House and partners with the Asian American Foundation on the Sunrise Collective at the Sundance Film Festival.