Daniel Luke Bess (born October 8, 1977) is an American

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. Bess was born in

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, and attended both high school and a school of the arts while living on the island. He later acted in New York theater before moving to Los Angeles. His mother is a professor and his father (Benjamin "Buddy" Bess) is a publisher, who owns the Honolulu publishing company

Bess Press Bess Press is an American publisher, based in Hawaii, that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture. It was founded in 1979 by Benjamin "Buddy" Bess, who came to Hawaii in 1976 from New York New York most commonly ref ...

. He also has a brother and a sister. Bess married fellow actor

Linda Park Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a South Korean-born American actress, best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. Early life Park was born in South Korea and ...

on October 11, 2014.

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* 1977 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Hawaii {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub