Broadway BUZZ

Daniel Dae Kim is an actor, director, producer, and social advocate widely known for his work in ABC’s Lost, CBS’s Hawaii Five-O, Netflix’s Stowaway, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. Though his career is highlighted by work in every medium, it’s the stage that has kept him busy of late. He just returned from London’s West End, where he performed in My Favorite Things: The Rodgers and Hammerstein Anniversary Concert, with Audra McDonald, Patrick Wilson, Aaron Tveit and other theater luminaries. Earlier this fall, he also joined the cast of the critically acclaimed Peter Pan Goes Wrong for a limited engagement at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles. He also just completed an audio version of David Henry Hwang’s play Yellowface for Audible that his production company, 3AD, produced, and in which he starred. Daniel made his Broadway debut in 2017 as the King of Siam in Lincoln Center’s 2017 production of The King and I, having also played the role at the Royal Abert Hall in London in 2009. Over the course of his theater career, he has worked with New Yorks Public Theater, Theater For A New Audience, East West Players (where he performed in Golden Child written by David Henry Hwang), Pan Asian Rep, NAATCO, among others. New York is also where Daniel received his training, earning his MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. On screen, this February, Kim will star as the villainous Fire Lord Ozai in the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, for Netflix. Also in 2024, Daniel will head to South Korea to star in a new spy series that he and his company will produce for Amazon Studios. Currently, Kim can be seen on streaming platforms in BJ Novak’s FX series, The Premise, Nat Geo’s The Hot Zone: Anthrax, and Apple TV+’s Roar. As a producer, Kim and 3AD executive produce the series The Good Doctor, currently shooting its seventh season on ABC, as well as 2023’s multi-award-winning documentary feature film, Bad Axe.  Kim’s advocacy for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is longstanding. His testimony in front of Congress helped lead to the passage of the “Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act,” and he currently serves on the White House Commission for Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. He also serves on the Board of Gold House, with whom he partners, along with the Asian American Foundation, on the Sunrise Collective, the first ever official AAPI centered House at the Sundance Film Festival.