KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Korean-American actor Daniel Dae Kim has been enchanting viewers ever since shows such asAfter 31 years of acting in television, the 53-year-old is finally getting his own spotlight in his first series lead in the National Geographic scientific thrillerKim plays FBI Special Agent Matthew Ryker who embarks on a quest to track down the perpetrator behind the 2001 anthrax attacks where journalists and politicians received mail maliciously laced with infectious spores of...
“Some actors get their lead role right away, and they take it for granted thinking this is how it always will be. Unlike other hour-long TV shows that often end with the bad guys being caught, this story has a lot more twists and turns that are more reflective of real life. “Some of them were Asian American so I asked specifically about the experiences of being Asian American in an FBI that was predominantly white male,” he said.Kim, a political science graduate, believes it’s important to revisit the anthrax attacks because of the parallels between the bioterrorism event and the ongoing pandemic.
Early this year, he and actor Daniel Wu offered a US$25,000 reward for information on individuals who attacked elderly Asian Americans in San Francisco. “I’m a big believer that we need to remember our history so that we can move forward to the future, and this kind of event resonates today because there are a lot of parallels,” he said.