Teo Yoo

Acting

Teo Yoo

Born 1981-04-11 · Cologne, Germany

Kim Chi-hun (Korean: 김치훈; born April 11, 1981), known professionally as Teo Yoo (Korean: 유태오), is a South Korean actor. He has starred as Viktor Tsoi in the biographical musical film Leto (2018) and won the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actor in 2021. In 2023, he gained wider recognition for starring in the romantic drama film Past Lives, earning a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In June 2024, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Teo Yoo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Past Lives poster
7.7

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

Past Lives

2023

Decision to Leave poster
7.3

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.

Decision to Leave

2022

Equals poster
6.1

A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.

Equals

2015

Leto poster
7.4

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 Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

Leto

2018

Pawn poster
8.3

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.

Pawn

2020

No artwork available
NR

CIA agent Stella Turner goes undercover to seduce and recruit enigmatic tech savant Daniel Sim, whose genius may be the key to stopping a catastrophic leak of U.S. defense secrets. But the tables turn fast: Daniel is no ordinary target — he’s a master manipulator with a secret of his own. As the line between ally and adversary blurs, seduction turns into full-blown psychological warfare, and Stella finds herself walking into a trap of global proportions.

Stratagem

New Year Blues poster
6.5

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.

New Year Blues

2021

Dirty Money poster
5.6

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.

Dirty Money

2024

Code Name: Jackal poster
5.9

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.

Code Name: Jackal

2012

Love Fiction poster
6.6

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.

Love Fiction

2012

Brooklyn Bound poster
4.7

Sean deals drugs but can he prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps?

Brooklyn Bound

2005

One on One poster
6.1

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?

One on One

2014

Black Money poster
7.1

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.

Black Money

2019

Seoul Searching poster
7.0

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.

Seoul Searching

2015

Bitcoin Heist poster
7.2

To catch Interpol's most-wanted hacker, special Agent Dada must assemble a team of criminals with various special skillsets.

Bitcoin Heist

2016

You Call It Passion poster
6.8

Do Ra-hee, a reporter, is assigned by her boss to report on allegations of sexual assault by Woo Ji-han, an actor. She then investigates the case but uncovers details that may turn it upside down.

You Call It Passion

2015

Vertigo poster
6.1

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 watches him in awe from the other side.

Vertigo

2019

The Actresses poster
6.9

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.

The Actresses

2009

Shanghai Strangers poster
NR

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.

Shanghai Strangers

2012

Behind the Camera poster
5.5

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.

Behind the Camera

2013

No artwork available
NR

Described as a corporate thriller with a samurai twist. Set in a Japanese-influenced New York City and features a revenge element. Plot TBA.

Karoshi

2027

Log in Belgium poster
7.9

“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.

Log in Belgium

2021

Day Night Day Night poster
6.0

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.

Day Night Day Night

2006

Kim and Karn. poster
NR

Included in the 2017 Thai anthology film, The Moment.

Kim and Karn.

2017

Behind the camera