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Teo Yoo
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Teo Yoo
Homepage
http://c-jes.com/portfolio_page/yoo-teo/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1981-04-11,Cologne, Germany
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.9

Log in Belgium
2021-12-01

You Call It Passion

7.1

You Call It Passion
2015-11-25

7.1

Love Fiction
2012-02-29

Code Name: Jackal

6

Code Name: Jackal
2012-11-15

Day Night Day Night

5.8

Day Night Day Night
2006-05-25

Behind the Camera

5.7

Behind the Camera
2013-02-28

Decision to Leave

7.351

Decision to Leave
2022-06-29

Shanghai Strangers

0

Shanghai Strangers
2012-05-20

3

Brooklyn Bound
2005-04-14

7.4

Bitcoin Heist
2016-02-05

0

Karoshi

Seoul Searching

7

Seoul Searching
2015-01-30

7.4

Leto
2018-06-07

6.1

One on One
2014-05-22

6.9

Actresses
2009-12-10

6.1

Equals
2015-07-15

4.3

Dirty Money
2024-10-17

5.7

The Moment
2017-02-14

5.7

Vertigo
2019-10-17

6.6

New Year Blues
2021-02-10

7.2

Black Money
2019-11-13

8.3

Pawn
2020-09-29

0

Kim and Karn.
2017-02-14

Innocent When You Dream

0

Innocent When You Dream
2010-05-05

7.751

Past Lives
2023-06-02

8.4

Running Man
2010-07-11

4

Drama Stage
2017-12-02

Honeymoon Tavern

10

Honeymoon Tavern
2021-07-12

8.7

The Window
2021-11-03

7.3

Dr. Brain
2021-11-04

Love to Hate You

8.154

Love to Hate You
2023-02-10

Arthdal Chronicles

7.703

Arthdal Chronicles
2019-06-01

7.5

Chocolate
2019-11-29

8.7

Money Game
2020-01-15

8.3

Vagabond
2019-09-20

Music Adventure by Accident

0

Music Adventure by Accident
2024-08-18

The School Nurse Files

7.4

The School Nurse Files
2020-09-25

5.5

The Seasons
2023-02-05

9.2

Movie Room
2018-05-04

You Quiz On The Block

8.3

You Quiz On The Block
2018-08-29

Amazing Saturday

8

Amazing Saturday
2018-04-07