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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Daniel K. Isaac is an American actor and writer. He is known for his recurring role as Ben Kim in Showtime's Billions.[1] Isaac is also known for creating the hashtag #AccordingToMyMother, which he uses to share comedic conversations between him and his mother.[2]

Early life and education

Isaac's parents are immigrants from Korea. His mother raised him in California as a single parent, and he grew up bilingual. Isaac is an only child.[3] He received his bachelor's degree in theater from the University of California, San Diego.[4]

Career

In 2015, Isaac created the hashtag #AccordingToMyMother to share comedic conversations with his mother.[3] He then started a Kickstarter campaign to finance a short film loosely based on their relationship. Isaac produced and starred in what became a television pilot, According to My Mother, with Cathy Yan and Devin Landin.[5] It premiered at the New York Television Festival in October 2016 and won the award for Best Drama. Isaac was named Best Actor in a Drama for his performance.[5]

Isaac has appeared in the role of Ben Kim in Billions since its premiere in 2016.[1] The role was initially written to be to a three-episode part, but the writers ended up making the character a series regular the first two seasons. Isaac also stars as a bike courier with a foot fetish in the BDSM-focused web series Mercy Mistress, produced by Margaret Cho.[6]

He portrayed William Inge in an off-Broadway production of Philip Dawkins' The Gentleman Caller in May 2018.[7]

Isaac appeared in a recurring role as Jeremy Delongpre in the first season of the 2019 Comedy Central series The Other Two.[8] He also played the role of "Sandwich Artist" in the May 22, 2022 Episode (#251) of the HBO series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

In 2022, Isaac made his play-writing debut with Once Upon a (Korean) Time, which was produced by the Ma-Yi Theatre Company and performed at the historic La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City. The production was directed by Ralph Peña.[9] Also in 2022, it was announced that Isaac would star in the comedy film Plan B, alongside Jon Heder, Tom Berenger, and Shannon Elizabeth.[10]

Personal life

Isaac is gay.[3] He voluntarily participated in gay conversion therapy from the age of 13 to 16.[11][2] His mother, a devout Christian, disowned him for his sexuality when he was a freshman in college. Isaac later embraced his sexuality.[11]

Credits

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Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Too Big To Fail Translator TV movie
2016 Money Monster Male Raver
2016 Urban Teach Now Vincent TV movie
2016 Eugenia and John Dan Eisenberg
2016 Drew Noah TV movie
2017 Maggie Black Delivery Guy
2020 The Dark End of the Street Keith
2021 The Drummer Mike

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Kelsey Tyrone
2014 Believe Lab Tech Episode: Pilot
2014 Person of Interest Virgil 2 episodes
2014–15 Mr. Right Justin
2015 The Following Paramedic Episode: Dead or Alive
2015 Dog Park Jacob Hart
2016 The Jim Gaffigan Show Foshay Episode: No Good Deed: Part 3
2016 Search Party Barista Episode: The Return of the Forgotten Phantom
2016–present Billions Ben Kim 55 episodes
2017 Quiet Tiny Asian Boyfriend
2017 Crashing Korean Man Episode: Barking
2017 Don't Shoot the Messenger Michael Episode: Episode #1.6
2018 Ollie & Molly Can't Get Arrested Ryan 2 episodes
2018 Puffy Gordon Mini series
2018–19 Mercy Mistress Ken 9 episodes
2019 The Other Two Jeremy Delongpre 2 episodes
2019 Indoor Boys Walker Web series, 3 episodes
2019 The Deuce Dr. Lee Episode: Episode #3.5

Theater

Year Title Role Venue Level of Production
2009 Miss Electricity Freddy La Jolla Playhouse Regional
2013 Shalom Shanghai Suzuki Shanghai Internation Arts Festival International
2015 Underland Taka 59E59 Theaters Off-Broadway
2016 Sagittarius Ponderosa Owen 3LD Art and Technology Center
2017 The Ballad of Little Jo Tin Man Wong Two River Theater Regional
2018 The Chinese Lady Atung Barrington Stage Company Regional
2018 The Gentleman Caller William Inge Abingdon Theatre
2018 The Chinese Lady Atung Beckett Theater Off-Broadway
2022 Once Upon a (Korean) Time Playwright La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Off-Broadway
2022 You Will Get Sick #1 Laura Pels Theatre Off-Broadway[12]
2023 Every Brilliant Thing Narrator Geffen Playhouse

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