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Aliases: 유태오 , Тео Ю , Ю Тхэ-о , Yoo Te-oh , Tschi-Hun Kim , 김치훈 , 刘台午

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Cologne, Germany

Homepage: http://c-jes.com/portfolio_page/yoo-teo/

Movie Involvements: 22

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Vagabond
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8

Vagabond

(2019) Jerome / Park Su-chan
Arthdal Chronicles
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8

Arthdal Chronicles

(2019) Ragaz
Dr. Brain
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7

Dr. Brain

(2021) Secretary Yoon
The School Nurse Files
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7

The School Nurse Files

(2020) Mackenzie
Decision to Leave
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7

Decision to Leave

(2022) Assistant Manager Lee
Past Lives
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8

Past Lives

(2023) Hae Sung
Chocolate
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8

Chocolate

(2019) Kwon Min-seong
Money Game
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9

Money Game

(2020) Yoo Jin-Han

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 N/A
2024 N/A
2023 Hae Sung
Nam Kang-ho
Self
2022 Assistant Manager Lee
2021 Self
Secretary Yoon
Jae-Yeon Cho
N/A
Rae-hwan
2020 Deok-hwa
Mackenzie
Yoo Jin-Han
2019 Kwon Min-seong
Steve Jung
Jin-su
Jerome / Park Su-chan
Ragaz
2018 Viktor Tsoi
Self
2017 N/A
Kim
Mr. Kim
2016 Thomas
2015 Jay
Peter
Klaus Kim
2014 Shadow 3
2013 Self
2012 Mustache
The Lover
Secretary
2010 Self
Gustav Verga
2009 Emil
2006 Driver
2005 Tommy Woo
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Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Director
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Production

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2021 Producer
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Editing

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2021 Editor
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Sound

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2021 Music
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Writing

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2021 Writer
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Camera

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2021 Director of Photography
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