Teo Yoo
Birthday: Born in 1981-04-11 in Cologne, Germany
Deathday: Alive
Yoo Teo (born April 11, 1981 in Cologne, Germany) is a German-South Korean actor. Yoo Teo, also known by the Western name Teo Yoo, was born in Cologne on April 11, 1981 as the son of South Korean guest workers. He was a passionate basketball player in his youth, but gave it up after an injury and focused on acting. He went to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. Yoo speaks fluent English, German and Korean. He has appeared in productions in various countries. At the beginning of his career, he had several supporting roles in South Korean films, including One on One (2014) by Kim Ki-duk. In 2015, he played one of the leading roles in the American production Seoul Searching by Korean-American director Benson Lee. The film is about young Koreans who grew up abroad and want to get to know their Korean heritage. Yoo plays Klaus Kim from Hamburg. He has also appeared in the science fiction film Equals, the Vietnamese film Bitcoin Heist (2016) and the Thai film Ruk Kong Rao (2017). In 2018, he played the lead role of Soviet rock musician Wiktor Zoi, the son of a Korean and a Russian, in Kirill Serebrennikov's Leto, which took him into competition at the Cannes International Film Festival. Yoo does not speak Russian and memorized the Russian lyrics phonetically for the role. Yoo said he considers himself Korean and has always wanted to act in South Korean films, but his Korean was not fluent for a long time. In 2019, he played the lead role in the film Vertigo alongside Chun Woo-hee. In the summer of 2024, Yoo Teo became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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런닝맨
Character: Self
A reality and competition show where members are joined by celebs to complete a weekly mission to win the race with Seoul as the beautiful backdrop....
드라마 스테이지
Character:
South Korean anthology series featuring one-act dramas selected from the O'PEN Drama Storyteller Exhibition....
우도주막
Character:
Newlyweds visit a special tavern in Udo to enjoy their honeymoon....
The Window
Character: Jae-Yeon Cho
A look at the multi-billion dollar business surrounding international professional football where players are bought and sold at the end of the English Super League season....
Dr. 브레인
Character: Secretary Yoon
Brilliant brain scientist Sewon suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues....
연애대전
Character: Nam Kang-ho
For an attorney who despises losing to men and an A-list actor who distrusts women, love means nothing — until they're forced to date each other....
아스달 연대기
Character: Ragaz
In a mythical land called Arth, the inhabitants of the ancient city of Arthdal and its surrounding regions vie for power as they build a new society....
초콜릿
Character: Kwon Min-seong
Brought together by meaningful meals in the past and present, a doctor and a chef are reacquainted when they begin working at a hospice ward....
머니게임
Character: Yoo Jin-Han
When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. Chae Yi Hun is the chief of financial policy at the FSC. He hides the fact that renowned economist Chae Byung Hak is his father. Heo Jae is the chairman of the FSC and has ambitious intentions of fortifying the country's financial infrastructure. Lee...
배가본드
Character: Jerome / Park Su-chan
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant....
태어난 김에 음악일주
Character:
Kian84, a webtoonist and the Grand Award winner, seems like the man of the moment who has achieved all of his dreams, but he still has more goals in his life. He has been dreaming of becoming a singer since he was young. He goes to the US, the place where you can meet the free souls who do not care about the surrounding eyes. Pani Bottle and Yoo Teo join Kian84’s special music journey. Pani Bottle’s goal was to help Kian84 complete his bucket list, but his forgotten musical instinct returned. An...
보건교사 안은영
Character: Mackenzie
Wielding a light-up sword through the dark corners of a high school, a nurse with an unusual gift protects students from monsters only she can see....
더 시즌즈
Character: Self
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방구석1열
Character: Self
Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine....
유 퀴즈 온 더 블럭
Character: Self
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show....
놀라운 토요일
Character: Self
A group of hungry celebrities listen to poppin’ tunes, from recent hits to all-time-favorites, to correctly dictate a part of the lyrics. The songs may sound familiar, but the part they must dictate are unclear to the naked ear, as the lyrics are slurred, muffled by strong beats, etc. If they get the lyrics right, they get to share exquisite regional dishes. But if they get them wrong, a professional eater gobbles it up instead....
The Recruit
Character: Jang Kyun
A fledgling lawyer at the CIA that becomes enmeshed in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime....
Movie Credits
Log in Belgium
Character: Self
“To me films are an imaginary world where emotion comes into play.” YOO Teo traveled to Belgium to make his movie but he ended up being locked down due to COVID-19. This film is about his 15-days of quarantine in Antwerp Hotel fighting for his movie and loneliness. He also depicted his most personal story. This is the debut film of YOO Teo both as the star and the director....
You Call It Passion
Character: Jay
Ra-hee is ready for the real world. She has graduated from a respectable college and begins to apply for full-time jobs but is rejected by every company that she applies to. When all hope is lost, she gets a phone call from a newspaper company and is recruited as an intern in the entertainment section. Although reluctant at first, as she believes herself to be over-qualified for the job, she soon learns and understands the passion of the press. During her rollercoaster experience as an entertain...
Code Name: Jackal
Character: Mustache
A legendary assassin takes on an elimination task targeting the famous pop singer. She succeeds in kidnapping the singer but is hesitant to kill him, while he is hesitant to run away....
Love Fiction
Character: Secretary
A writer looking for inspiration finds a perfect muse in a girl. After much work, he makes her his girlfriend. But then he starts to get tired of her....
Day Night Day Night
Character: Driver
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with a nondescript American accent, and it’s impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision—she has made it already....
Behind the Camera
Character: Self
An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack....
Decision to Leave
Character: Assistant Manager Lee
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire....
Shanghai Strangers
Character: The Lover
A young woman in modern-day Shanghai whose chance encounter with a stranger moves her to divulge a deep-seated secret. In atmospheric flashbacks she is shown in an old house filled with mementos of the Jewish population who were given asylum in Shanghai during World War II....
Brooklyn Bound
Character: Tommy Woo
Sean deals drugs but can he prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps?...
Bitcoin Heist
Character: Thomas
To catch Interpol's most-wanted hacker, special Agent Dada must assemble a team of criminals with various special skillsets....
Seoul Searching
Character: Klaus Kim
In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world....
Leto
Character: Viktor Tsoi
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union....
One on One
Character: Shadow 3
On May 9th, a female high school student was brutally murdered. There are 7 suspects and 7 shadows that terrorize them. Who are they and which one of them is you?...
Actresses
Character: Emil
When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where all actresses involved play (not so) fictional versions of themselves....
Equals
Character: Peter
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated....
Dirty Money
Character: Jang Ji-yang
Two detectives in need; Myung-deuk looks after gang and takes bribes for his sick daughter; Dong-hyeok helps Myung-deuk to settle his gambling debts. One day they hear an information that Chinese gang is shipping a big amount of cash abroad and decide to steal it for themselves. But things go wrong and they're now chased both by police and Chinese gang....
The Moment
Character: Kim
The Moment tells the story of three couples in the romantic city of the New York, London and Seoul....
Vertigo
Character: Jin-su
Haunted by past wounds from her parents, Seo-young suffers from tinnitus and vertigo which started when she had moved to her new office in the sky a few months ago. Seo-young and Jin-su, the manager of the development team, are secretly dating, but becomes vulnerable to an unexpected provocation. Saddened by the death of his only sister, Gwan-woo navigates around a 70-story high-rise on ropes. While cleaning windows on ropes at Landmark Tower one day, Gwan-woo becomes intrigued in Seo-young who ...
New Year Blues
Character: Rae-hwan
Four different couples have a romantic week over New Year's Eve. Both coming out of failed marriages, Ji-ho and Hyo-young are not open to the possibility of new love, while Jin-ah heads to the other side of globe and encounters Jae-hun....
Black Money
Character: Steve Jung
A prosecutor is falsely accused of sexual assault in a suicide note from a woman that he is convinced was actually murdered. As he investigates her death to clear his name, he realizes that the truth lies in a huge financial scandal....
Pawn
Character: Deok-hwa
A debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother....
Kim and Karn.
Character: Mr. Kim
Included in the 2017 Thai anthology film, The Moment....
Innocent When You Dream
Character: Gustav Verga
About the lifestyle and dreams of a gypsy-street musician named Gustav Zerga....
Past Lives
Character: Hae Sung
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life....