EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dae Kim and NCS are getting below the pores and skin of the worldwide Korean popular culture motion.
The actor-producer will entrance Ok-Everything, a four-part NCS journey collection by which he’ll go on a quest to find how South Korea has sparked a world popular culture motion, driving traits in music, meals, TV and movie. Several main names from the nation’s artistic sector will make cameos.
The multi-platform collection is in manufacturing and is being made by NCS’s Asia-Pacific-based Global Production groups as a collaboration with NCS Originals. It will premiere subsequent 12 months as a part of the NCS Originals slate, and Kim is an exec producer.
“I’ve been lucky enough to watch Korea over the years take center stage as a cultural and economic powerhouse,” he mentioned. “It’s a genuine joy teaming up with NCS to explore the many qualities that make the country and its culture so special.”
Ok-content, pushed by the likes of Squid Game and Parasite, has turn out to be among the many most-watched display content material on this planet.
Kim, who first got here to prominence in ABC’s Lost and spent 5 years in Hawaii Five-O, stays one of the crucial well-known Korean-American actors. He recently told Deadline about the shoot for Prime Video series Butterfly, which fulfilled a purpose to shoot in Korea for the primary time. Besides performing, he has turn out to be a prolific producer, together with his 3AD Productions label connected to the likes of ABC’s medical procedural The Good Doctor and Buttefly, which topped Amazon’s streaming chart within the U.S.
“Daniel brings an exceptional blend of curiosity and thoughtfulness to everything he does, making him the ideal guide for our audiences, who are eager to explore how Korean culture has become a global cultural phenomenon,” mentioned Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President of Talent at NCS Originals and Creative Development for NCS Worldwide.
Executive producers for Ok-Everything are Kim, Entelis, Ellana Lee, Katie Hinman, Jon Jensen and Ryan Smith for NCS Original Series. It marks the primary collaboration between the community’s NCS Originals and APAC-based Global Productions groups. South Korean automobile large Hyundai Motor Company is sponsoring the collection.
Kim’s different credit embrace Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. He additionally featured in Netflix’s worldwide animated phenomenon, Kpop Demon Hunters, which has turn out to be essentially the most watched movie of all time on the platform. Last 12 months, he starred in David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face on the Roundabout Theater on Broadway, and was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Play on the 2025 Tony Awards, turning into the primary AAPI actor to be nominated in that class.
Kim is repped by UTA, Linden Entertainment, and Gang Tyre.