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Joseph Lim Kim

Biography

Joseph was born on the border of Kentucky and West "by God" Virginia, where the Hatfields & McCoys feuded for generations over a razorback pig. He is the son of an immigrant from Seoul, Korea and an Irish Catholic nun / former beauty queen (Miss Welch) from the coal mining hollers of West Virginia.

His father, Kim Hak-Lim, was a South Korean POW and left for dead after being marched to exhaustion by North Korean troops. His grandmother, who had secretly followed behind, found him in a cave and nursed him back to health. He had survived by eating crickets and insects. His father eventually became a surgeon and was one of the first wave of Korean doctors to immigrate to the US. During his post-residency he married Shirley Jean Daugherty after she left the convent.

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Filmography

2025 Death Name
as Gabriel Park
2019 Most Likely to Murder
as Mr. Lavalier
2018 9-1-1
as Ivan
2014 Young & Hungry
as George
2013 Mickey Mouse
as Boar Piglet / Ant 1 & 2 / Couples (voice)
2010 Hawaii Five-0
as Ben Nakano
2010 Unusual Suspects
as Detective Joe Banks
2009 Modern Family
as Reporter
2007 Life
as Uniform Cop
2006 Brothers and Sisters
as Phil