Biography

Jinn S. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea; grew up in Tacoma, WA and graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington in Seattle. Upon completion of his degree, Jinn drove across the country to study Acting and Theater in New York. He studied with James Price and Maggie Flanigan among others. He received a Best Actor award (Wasserman, NYU) in his first short film role titled Still. In 1995, Jinn became a member of the acclaimed LAByrinth Theater Company. In addition to acting, he served as the first official President of the company where he helped lay the foundation for its current growth and success as well as producing three LAByrinth productions: Where's My Money? by John Patrick Shanley, Culture Bandit & Darwaza by Vanessa Hidary & Ajay Naidu and Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Jinn serves as the Executive Director of Developing Artists (developingartists.org), a nonprofit youth-based theater company that teaches undervalued teens to relentlessly fight for positive social change through practical application of the performing arts. We help diverse students to proclaim themselves as artists and activists, to find their place and their connection in their community, to bring about positive social change through participation in the arts and reach their full potential.

Theater credits include: Queen Latina & The Power Posse vs The Evils of Society by David Anzuelo; Race Religion & Politics by Stephen Adly Guirgis (co-starring Philip Seymour Hoffman); Dreaming In Tongues written by the cast; A Winter Party by John Patrick Shanley; The Fairy Tale Project written by Webb Wilcoxen and directed by Jill DeArmon at the Public Theatre; disOriented by Kyung Park for Theater C at Peter Jay Sharp Theater; NYIT Award winning production of Rise and Fall of a Teenage Cyberqueen by Lindsay Joy Murphy directed by Padraic Lillis produced by LABrats Theater Company; Loveness by Craig "muMs" Grant; The Oldest Boy by Sarah Ruhl at Marin Theatre Company (West Coast Premiere); Aubergine by Julia Cho directed by Lisa Peterson; The Far Country by Lloyd Suh (Atlantic Theater).

Film and TV credits include: Gravesend, Hurricane Streets, Oz, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Hate, Mattie Fresno & the Holoflux Universe, Undying, How to Make it in America, Power, 11:55, Jessica Jones, Three Generations; Feed the Beast; Gotham; God Friended Me.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jinn S. Kim