Daniel Phillip Henney is a Korean–American actor and model. He is known for starring in films such as Seducing Mr. Perfect, My Father, ', Shanghai Calling, The Last Stand, One Night Surprise, and Big Hero 6. In television, he is known for starring in the Korean dramasSpring Waltz and My Lovely Sam Soon as well as US television series Hawaii Five-0 and '. He has joined the regular cast of Criminal Minds for its thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth seasons.
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. 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 sweep all the major cinema awards in the Best New Actor category. In 2009, he portrayed Agent Zero in the film '. In the fall season of 2009, he played "Dr. David Lee" in the CBStelevision dramaThree Rivers. In 2010, Henney returned to South Korea television for KBS2's ', alongside Rain and actress Lee Na-young. Since 2012, Henney has appeared in several American TV series. In 2015, he starred as Special AgentMatt Simmons in the American television series , a spin-off of Criminal Minds. Henney is signed with DNA Models in New York under the celebrity-division. On June 21, 2017, it was announced that he has joined Criminal Minds as a series regular for season 13. He was part of the cast until its conclusion in season 15. In 2019, he was cast in the supporting role of Lan Mandragoran in Amazon Video's adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy epic The Wheel of Time.
