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Teo Yoo

Teo Yoo

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1981-04-11

Birth Place

Cologne, Germany

Movies and TV shows :

Actresses

Actresses

2009

6.9

Movie
poster

Amazing Saturday

2018

8.0

TV
poster

Arthdal Chronicles

2019

7.7

TV
Behind the Camera

Behind the Camera

2013

5.7

Movie
Bitcoin Heist

Bitcoin Heist

2016

7.4

Movie
Black Money

Black Money

2019

7.2

Movie
Brooklyn Bound

Brooklyn Bound

2005

3.0

Movie
poster

Chocolate

2019

7.5

TV
Code Name: Jackal

Code Name: Jackal

2012

6.0

Movie
Day Night Day Night

Day Night Day Night

2006

5.8

Movie
Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave

2022

7.3

Movie
Dirty Money

Dirty Money

2024

4.3

Movie
poster

Dr. Brain

2021

7.3

TV
poster

Drama Stage

2017

4.0

TV
Equals

Equals

2015

6.1

Movie
poster

Honeymoon Tavern

2021

10.0

TV
Innocent When You Dream

Innocent When You Dream

2010

0.0

Movie
Karoshi

Karoshi

0.0

Movie
Kim and Karn.

Kim and Karn.

2017

0.0

Movie
Leto

Leto

2018

7.4

Movie
Log in Belgium

Log in Belgium

2021

7.9

Movie
Love Fiction

Love Fiction

2012

7.0

Movie
poster

Love to Hate You

2023

8.1

TV
poster

Money Game

2020

8.7

TV
poster

Movie Room

2018

8.4

TV
poster

Music Adventure by Accident

2024

0.0

TV
New Year Blues

New Year Blues

2021

6.6

Movie
One on One

One on One

2014

6.1

Movie
Past Lives

Past Lives

2023

7.8

Movie
Pawn

Pawn

2020

8.3

Movie
poster

Running Man

2010

8.4

TV
Seoul Searching

Seoul Searching

2015

7.0

Movie
Shanghai Strangers

Shanghai Strangers

2012

0.0

Movie
The Moment

The Moment

2017

5.7

Movie
poster

The Recruit

2022

7.4

TV
poster

The School Nurse Files

2020

7.4

TV
poster

The Seasons

2023

5.0

TV
poster

The Window

2021

8.7

TV
poster

Vagabond

2019

8.3

TV
Vertigo

Vertigo

2019

6.0

Movie
You Call It Passion

You Call It Passion

2015

7.1

Movie
poster

You Quiz On The Block

2018

7.7

TV