1981-04-11 ( 43 years old ) in Cologne, Germany
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.
Movies
Dirty Money
2024-10-17
Past Lives
2023-06-02
Decision to Leave
2022-06-29
Log in Belgium
2021-12-01
New Year Blues
2021-02-10
Pawn
2020-09-29
Black Money
2019-11-13
Vertigo
2019-10-17
Leto
2018-06-07
The Moment
2017-02-14
Kim and Karn.
2017-02-14
Bitcoin Heist
2016-02-05
You Call It Passion
2015-11-25
Equals
2015-07-15
Seoul Searching
2015-01-30
One on One
2014-05-22
Behind the Camera
2013-02-28
Code Name: Jackal
2012-11-15
Shanghai Strangers
2012-05-20
Love Fiction
2012-02-29
Innocent When You Dream
2010-05-05
The Actresses
2009-12-10
Day Night Day Night
2006-05-25
Brooklyn Bound
2005-04-14
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