Daniel Henney: Spring Waltz

Spring Waltz is the four and final TV drama in director Yoon Seok-ho's Endless Love series. It was released in 2006 and stars Seo Do-young, Han Hyo-joo, Daniel Henney, and Lee So-yeon. It run on KBS2 and was quite popular. 

Daniel Henney was nominated for a KBS Drama Award for the popularly award.

Daniel Henney stars as Phillip the global manager of the main character Lee So-ho/Yoon Jae-ha. Philip speaks a little Korean but not a whole lot. He is Korean and Austrian and he was once an musician who was expected to do great things. Philip falls in love with Seo/Park Eun-young but like most characters in a drama he doesn't get the girl he wants. 

I think his role in this drama was better than his performance in Seducing Mr. Perfect. I think he worked harder on his acting abilities and gave a stronger performance. It's nice to see that a drama can be different by casting some American who is only half Korean. It is a small change they can open doors for people who never really had a chance to act in a Korean drama. 

Daniel Henney: Seducing Mr. Perfect

Seducing Mr. Perfect is a 2006 South Korean romantic-comedy starring Daniel Henney and Uhm Jung-hwa. The premise is Uhm Jung-hwa is a businesswoman named Min Joo who discovers she has a new American boss after she is dumped by her boyfriend and accidentally hits someone's car. 

Daniel Henney plays Robin Heiden who can can understand Korean but finds it a pain to speak it. Robin is a man who doesnt take dating too seriously and he even coaches Min Joo on how to get a man and without him knowing she falls in love with him using everything he taught her to try to get Robin. 

It is nice to see that Daniel who is half Korean be treated as an equal on screen. It would be extremely difficult for him to secure the romantic lead in an Hollywood movie. Daniel was able to act well at times but he needed some improvement. He seems to enjoy it at least and had some real chemistry with Uhm. It was nice to see a Korean movie with a lot of English in it, weird as it sounds. It made his role of Robin easier to understand and to relate to. He may not have been the best actor but he proves that he can take the lead. 

Daniel Henney

Sorry for the lack of posts but I'm back to updating this blog!

Time for some new blood, you may know him you may not but here's Daniel.

Daniel Henney is a Michigan native as the son of an American (Irish) father and a Korean Adoptee mother.

Daniel's career started in 2001 as a model eventually working in Europe and Asia. He debuted in Korea by starring in a advertisement and he eventually became the co-face of several company advertisements. His career breakthrough and acting debut would be in the South Korean Drama My Lovely Sam Soon in 2005 even though he could not speak an ounce of Korean. The next year he would star in another drama called Spring Waltz. He also learned some Korean from guest starring on a few Korean variety shows.
His movie career didn't start until he starred in the Korean film Seducing Mr. Perfect. Even though he couldn't really speak Korean then, his character only spoke English while his co-star Uhm Jung-hwa only spoke Korean. The film worked and he made Korean cinema history with his second film My Father which won many awards. It was the first time that a foreigner was nominated for every best new actor award in all the major film awards. His American film debut wouldn't be until he starred in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Agent Zero in 2009.
It appears now he is focusing his attention to his home country by doing small roles in TV shows like Hawaii Five-o, Revolution, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Criminal Minds.

Daniel will be a series regular in the new spin off Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Filmography

Films:

Big Hero 6
The Spy: Undercover Operation
One Night Surprise
The Last Stand
Shanghai Calling
Papa
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
My Father
Seducing Mr. Perfect


TV SHOWS

Criminal Minds
NCIS: Los Angeles
Revolution
Hawaii Five-o
The Fugitive Plan B
Three Rivers
Spring Waltz
Hello Franceska
My Lovely Sam Soon