---
name: "Teo Yoo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/teo-yoo"
fi1m_id: "teo-yoo"
imdb_id: "nm1654982"
tmdb_id: 1387126
wikidata_id: "Q69018456"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 April 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:30:30.579176+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Teo Yoo

## Identity

Teo Yoo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/teo-yoo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** teo-yoo
- **IMDb ID:** nm1654982
- **TMDB ID:** 1387126
- **Wikidata ID:** Q69018456
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teo_Yoo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69018456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1654982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1387126

Actor. Born 11 April 1981 in Cologne, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 April 1981, Cologne, Germany
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** 유태오, Тео Ю, Ю Тхэ-о, Yoo Te-oh, Tschi-Hun Kim, 김치훈, 刘台午, تئو یو
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teo_Yoo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69018456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1654982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1387126

## Coming up

- *Karoshi* (2027-01-28)

## Biography

Teo Yoo is a German and South Korean actor. Born Kim Tschi-Hun on 11 April 1981 in Cologne, he trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before moving to Seoul in 2009.

He is known for his role as Viktor Tsoi in the Russian film *Leto* (2018) and as Hae-sung in the American film *Past Lives* (2023). Yoo won the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actor in 2021 and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role for *Past Lives*. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, movieweb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Past Lives* (2023), Fi1m 85, as Hae Sung — [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md)
- *Decision to Leave* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Assistant Manager Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/decision-to-leave.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Karoshi* (2027), Actor
- *Dirty Money* (2024), as Jang Ji-yang
- *Past Lives* (2023), as Hae Sung — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md)
- *Love to Hate You* (2023), series, as Nam Kang-ho
- *The Recruit* (2022), series, as Jang Kyun
- *Decision to Leave* (2022), as Assistant Manager Lee — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/decision-to-leave.md)
- *Log in Belgium* (2021), Music, Editor, Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Dr. Brain* (2021), series, as Secretary Yoon
- *The Window* (2021), series, as Jae-Yeon Cho
- *New Year Blues* (2021), as Rae-hwan
- *Pawn* (2020), as Deok-hwa
- *The School Nurse Files* (2020), series, as Mackenzie
- *Money Game* (2020), series, as Yoo Jin-Han
- *Chocolate* (2019), series, as Kwon Min-seong
- *Black Money* (2019), as Steve Jung
- *Vertigo* (2019), as Jin-su
- *Vagabond* (2019), series, as Jerome / Park Su-chan
- *Arthdal Chronicles* (2019), series, as Ragaz
- *Leto* (2018), as Viktor Tsoi
- *Drama Stage* (2017), series, as Yoon Jae-ho
- *Live Up to Your Name* (2017), series, as [Guy at the Bar]
- *The Moment* (2017), as Kim
- *Kim and Karn.* (2017), as Mr. Kim
- *Bitcoin Heist* (2016), as Thomas
- *You Call It Passion* (2015), as Jay
- *Equals* (2015), as Peter
- *Seoul Searching* (2015), as Klaus Kim
- *One on One* (2014), as Shadow 3
- *The Cravings* (2013), series, as Teo
- *Code Name: Jackal* (2012), as Mustache
- *Shanghai Strangers* (2012), as The Lover
- *Love Fiction* (2012), as Secretary
- *Innocent When You Dream* (2010), as Gustav Verga
- *The Actresses* (2009), as Emil
- *Day Night Day Night* (2006), as Driver
- *Brooklyn Bound* (2005), as Tommy Woo
- *Wed Thu Fri*, series, as Lee Won-pil
- *The Worst Boy in the World*, series, Actor
- *Stratagem*, as Daniel Sim

## Gallery

- ![Teo Yoo](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-340b9067cf88.jpg) Teo Yoo — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/MKr22891_Teo_Yoo_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29-2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-MKr22891_Teo_Yoo_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29-2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Celine Song, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Greta Lee and David Hinojosa presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-17e4e2d5de8f.jpg) Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Celine Song, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Greta Lee and David Hinojosa presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/MKr22825_Past_Lives_%28Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr22825_Past_Lives_%28Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Teo Yoo, Celine Song, John Magaro and Greta Lee presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-01f8d2f21b06.jpg) Teo Yoo, Celine Song, John Magaro and Greta Lee presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/MKr22833_Teo_Yoo%2C_Celine_Song%2C_John_Magaro_and_Greta_Lee_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr22833_Teo_Yoo%2C_Celine_Song%2C_John_Magaro_and_Greta_Lee_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Teo Yoo, Greta Lee and John Magaro presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-8eafe4b477e5.jpg) Teo Yoo, Greta Lee and John Magaro presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/MKr22846_Teo_Yoo%2C_Greta_Lee_and_John_Magaro_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr22846_Teo_Yoo%2C_Greta_Lee_and_John_Magaro_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Teo Yoo](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-c920f00f39df.jpg) Teo Yoo — Image via TMDB
- ![Teo Yoo](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-7f387813dae3.jpg) Teo Yoo — Image via TMDB
- ![Teo Yoo](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-fdc7527e5af8.jpg) Teo Yoo — Image via TMDB
- ![Teo Yoo, Greta Lee and John Magaro presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-7e7b0e2d19a8.jpg) Teo Yoo, Greta Lee and John Magaro presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/MKr22853_Teo_Yoo%2C_Greta_Lee_and_John_Magaro_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg/1280px-MKr22853_Teo_Yoo%2C_Greta_Lee_and_John_Magaro_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Teo Yoo presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-434e7573ec1d.jpg) Teo Yoo presenting the movie Past Lives at the Berlinale 2023 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/MKr22891_Teo_Yoo_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29-2.jpg/1280px-MKr22891_Teo_Yoo_%28Past_Lives%2C_Berlinale_2023%29-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Teo Yoo](https://film.one/media/person/492/gallery-95fcc68a38a7.jpg) Teo Yoo — Image via TMDB

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