Daniel Henneys Bio Parents, Ethnicity, Net Worth, & More

Daniel Henney is a model and actor from the United States. He initially gained international attention for his role as Dr. Henry Kim in the Korean drama My Lovely Sam Soon.

Daniel is well-known in both South Korea and Hollywood for his movies and TV shows. His famous projects include Seducing Mr. Perfect, My Father, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Shanghai Calling, The Last Stand, One Night Surprise, and Big Hero 6.

He has been in the Korean film Spring Waltz, as well as the US television programs Hawaii Five-0 and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. For the 13th, 14th, and 15th seasons of Criminal Minds, he was a regular cast member. 

In the 2021 television adaptation of The Wheel of Time, he plays Lan Mandragoran. Since his debut in 2005, many people have been curious about him.

He has gained a massive fanbase who wants to know everything about him from his parents, siblings, ethnicity, nationality, net worth — even his height and weight.

Here is all we know about the actor.

Daniel Henney’s biography 

Daniel was born on November 28, 1979, in Carson City, Michigan. At the time of writing, his age is 43.

However, in November 2023, he will turn 44. Since he was born in the USA, his nationality is American.

He holds American citizenship and a passport. His ethnicity, on the other hand, is mixed because of his parents.

According to IMDb, Daniel’s height is 6’ 2” or 1.88 m. His weight, on the other hand, is reported to be 87 kg.

Daniel graduated from Carson City-Crystal High School in 1998. He was a standout basketball player at Carson City-Crystal High School, where he led the Eagles to a second-place finish in the MHSAA Central Region (CSAA) during his senior year in 1998.

He attended many educational institutions, including Albion College, Alma College, and Elgin Community College. However, he dropped out owing to his developing modeling career. 

For a certain period, he was listed on various web portals as having earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

An academic scandal in 2007 showed that various South Korean social elites and celebrities, including Choi Soo-jong and Jang Mi-hee, had fabricated their academic credentials, proving that this was fraudulent.

Daniel Henney’s parents and siblings 

Daniel is the only child of his parents, Philip and Christine. As a result, he does not have any siblings. 

Phillip served in the Vietnam War. He served in the Navy for four years, from 1966 to 1970, and was stationed on the USS Intrepid during that time.

Daniel Henney with his parents. (Source: Instagram)

As a military veteran, Phillip observes Memorial Day every year to pay honor to his dead companions. Meanwhile, his wife has worked as a nurse in their hometown, and their son has stated that she is excellent at her profession.

He said, “My father is a Vietnam veteran, and my mother is an amazing nurse in our small hometown. Warriors to me for sure.”

While Daniel’s parents come from different backgrounds and ethnicities, their unbreakable love binds them. Christine and Phillip have been married for nearly four decades and even celebrated their anniversary on Twitter, where they share a common account, Phil & Chris Henney.

They acknowledged their profound affection for one another, emphasizing their special bond and how fortunate they felt to have each other, their kid, and their dogs in their life. 

Daniel Henney’s ethnicity

His father, Philip Henney, is of British Descent, whereas his mother, Christine Henney, is from South Korea. As a result, his ethnicity is British-Korean.

Daniel was raised in Michigan, which is noted for its primarily white population. It was also an atmosphere in which he and his mother frequently felt like ‘outliers’ because of their Korean ethnicity. 

He believed he and his mother were unprepared to live in a different country. His mother desired to connect with someone like them over time.

When the actor was 14, his mother began searching for her ancestors, prompting him to rediscover his own identity. His mother was an American adoptee from Busan, South Korea.

As a result, she did not know much about her ancestry and ethnicity. During the same time, Daniel struggled with whether he was Asian or American enough — a common issue among Asian Americans.

Daniel traveled to Asia at the age of 20, believing it was the ideal moment because his Korean mind had opened up throughout his adolescence. He began his career as a model before moving on to television acting in South Korea. 

It was a difficult experience for him since he had to rely on personal contacts to promote himself because there were no social media platforms.

Fortunately, one of Daniel’s acquaintances contacted him for a commercial shoot, and this colleague referred him to the casting directors of the TV drama My Lovely Sam-Soon, which altered his career forever.

Daniel Henney’s movies, TV shows, and net worth

Daniel began his modeling career in the United States in 2001. He has modeled in Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and France while studying. 

In South Korea, he made his modeling debut for the cosmetics firm Odyssey Sunrise of Amore Pacific. Later, he and Jun Ji-hyun, a South Korean actress, became ambassadors for Olympus Cameras. 

He worked as a voice actor for Daewoo Electronics’ class air conditioners alongside actress Kim Tae-hee. Despite his inability to communicate in Korean, he became a household figure in South Korea after appearing in My Lovely Sam Soon, a popular television show in the nation.

In the drama, he portrayed Dr. Henry Kim, a surgeon who falls in love with Jung Ryeo-won’s character, Hee-jin. People began to notice Daniel for his ability and excellent looks as the show gained in popularity and became a smash series, despite the fact that he was cast in a supporting role.

He was later cast in another drama, Spring Waltz, in 2006. Following that, he began to study the language as he appeared in numerous additional Korean dramas and vaudeville plays.

His debut feature film, Seducing Mr. Perfect, was released in South Korea in 2006. The film, in which Uhm Jung-Hwa also played the protagonist, was a national and worldwide success, and it was responsible for popularising a bilingual type of language in South Korean cinema. 

His next feature film, My Father, received multiple honors in South Korea, making him the first foreigner to win all of the country’s major film prizes. Daniel successfully transferred into the American film business in 2009 when he was cast as Agent Zero in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He was a prominent character in the CBS medical drama Three Rivers. 

He has also appeared in The Fugitive: Plan B, Criminal Heads: Beyond Borders, and Criminal Minds. Currently, he is working on The Wheel of Time as Lan Mandragoran.

Rafe Judkins created the American high fantasy television series The Wheel of Time for Amazon Prime Video. The series is based on Robert Jordan’s novel series of the same name, which he co-wrote with Brandon Sanderson.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2023.

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