Daniel Dae Kim plays a spy who faked his own death in the new thriller series Butterfly on Amazon Prime Video. (Mat Hayward | Getty Images for The Latinx House)Actor Daniel Dae Kim first broke into Hollywood as one of the stars of popular TV series Lost. '”In the new Prime series, Butterfly, Kim plays David, a former spy for the U.S. who faked his own death years earlier to protect his young daughter. “At its heart, it’s actually a family relationship drama,” Kim says of the show, which he also executive produced. I think there’s some truth to that.