David Lee McInnis

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David Lee McInnis
Born
David Lee McInnis

(1973-12-12) December 12, 1973 (age 50)
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1999–present
Agent Saram Entertainment
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

David Lee McInnis (born December 12, 1973) is an American actor based in Seoul. He has worked in South Korea since 1999.

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Early life

McInnis is the only child of an American father of German and Irish descent and Korean mother who is a native of Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, [1] Thomas and Diana McInnis (née Lee Suk-hyang; 이숙향). Thomas served in the US Army in Korea, and David was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and grew up in Antigo, Wisconsin and Honolulu, Hawaii. He is of German, Irish, and Korean heritage.

Career

McInnis debuted as an actor in the 1999 American indie crime thriller The Cut Runs Deep, which was an underground hit in South Korea, where McInnis moved to soon after quitting school, and achieved noticeable success in the Asian film industry. He was the face of SK Telecom's UTO division from 2001 to 2003 while in Korea, and his early Asian film credits include a supporting cast role in A Moment to Remember .

After a period of introspection, McInnis returned to the limelight with a leading role in Typhoon , a big-budget South Korean action film released in 2005. McInnis went on to star in the critically-acclaimed American-Korean romance film Never Forever , then took on a supporting role in Epitaph , and guest-starred in MBC's television series Air City .

McInnis set up a spice business, McInnis MasterBlend, in 2006 with his father.

On April 21, 2016, McInnis appeared on SM STATION's music video with Lee Joo Young entitled "Pain Poem". It was sung by Kim Bum Soo and produced by KENZIE. He also acted in the famous Korean drama Descendants of the Sun (2016) as David Argus.

In March 2018, McInnis signed with the management agency Saram Entertainment. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998The Cut Runs DeepJ.D.
2004 A Moment to Remember Fashion ModelCameo
2005 Typhoon Somchai
2007 Never Forever Andrew Lee
Epitaph Onji Koshiro
2008The Mikado ProjectJace Kanzaki
2012 Escape from Tibet Tashi
2013 Who Killed Johnny Max 2
2013 The Last Stand
2015 Seoul Searching Sergeant Gallagher
2019 The Rookies (2019 film) Iron FistChinese Film Debut and Lead Antagonist role
2020 Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP Dmitry
Samjin Company English Class Billy Park

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Air City Charlie3 episodes
2011 Hawaii Five-0 Ken Nakoa2 episodes
2013 Iris II: New Generation Iris Agent Ray
Gu Family Book Kageshima13 episodes
2016 Descendants of the Sun Captain David Argus8 episodes
2017Lies and LoveUpcoming [3]
Man to Man Agent P
2018 Mr. Sunshine Major Kyle Moore [4]
2019 Kill It Pavel [5]

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Mortal Kombat: Legacy Lord Raiden 3 episodes

Music video appearances

YearSong titleArtistNotes
2001"Catherine's Wheel" Rialto With Lee Na-young

Variety shows

YearTitle
2016 Running Man (Episode 297)
2016 Law of the Jungle (Episodes 225–228)

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