McInnis debuted as an actor in the 1999 American indie crime thriller
The Cut Runs Deep, which was an underground hit in
South Korea, where McInnis moved to soon after quitting school, and achieved noticeable success in the Asian film industry. He was the face of
SK Telecom's UTO division from 2001 to 2003 while in Korea, and his early Asian film credits include a supporting cast role in
A Moment to Remember. After a period of introspection, McInnis returned to the limelight with a leading role in
Typhoon, a big-budget South Korean action film released in 2005. McInnis went on to star in the critically-acclaimed American-Korean romance film
Never Forever, then took on a supporting role in
Epitaph, and guest-starred in MBC's television series
Air City. McInnis set up a spice business, McInnis MasterBlend, in 2006 with his father. On April 21, 2016, McInnis appeared on SM STATION's music video with Lee Joo Young entitled "Pain Poem". It was sung by Kim Bum Soo and produced by KENZIE. He also acted in the famous Korean drama Descendants of the Sun (2016) as David Argus. In March 2018, McInnis signed with the management agency Saram Entertainment. ==Filmography==