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name: "Yu Ji-tae"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yoo-ji-tae"
fi1m_id: "yoo-ji-tae"
imdb_id: "nm0949167"
tmdb_id: 10112
wikidata_id: "Q489475"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:07:01.140896+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."
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# Yu Ji-tae

## Identity

Yu Ji-tae

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yoo-ji-tae
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yoo-ji-tae
- **IMDb ID:** nm0949167
- **TMDB ID:** 10112
- **Wikidata ID:** Q489475
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Ji-tae, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10112

Actor. Born 13 April 1976 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1976, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 1999–2003
- **Also known as:** Yoo Ji-tae, 유지태, 刘智泰, 劉智泰
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Ji-tae, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10112

## Coming up

- *K-Pop: The Debut* (2027-02-25)

## Fi1m on Yu Ji-tae

> Yu Ji-tae is especially effective when he stays controlled beside another actor’s distress. His unsettling work in *Oldboy* is the place to start, though his early roles were often sensitive.

In *Oldboy* (2003), Yu Ji-tae’s Lee Woo-jin stays cool beside Choi Min-sik’s anguished Oh Dae-su. Choi gives the film anger and distress; Yu’s controlled performance makes a welcome contrast. We found that composure unsettling because it offered no relief from the suffering around him. Park Chan-wook gets considerable force from the contrast, and Yu does not have to match his co-star’s agitation to hold our attention.

His early roles were often youthful or sensitive, rather than the intense and antagonistic parts with which he later became associated. *Attack the Gas Station* (1999) helped establish him, while *Ditto* (2000) secured his standing as a young lead. *One Fine Spring Day* (2001) drew critical praise and marked the move towards more serious drama, before *Oldboy* brought international recognition. He later wrote and directed *Mai Ratima* (2012), his first feature as a director.

The performance also benefits from the rest of Park’s cast. Kang Hye-jung gives Mi-do a warmth the story needs, so Yu’s coolness sits alongside something other than rage. We rate *Oldboy* highly, but its elaborate plotting sometimes strains belief, and Yu cannot make every turn convincing. That is a reservation about the film rather than a demand for him to act harder: more visible effort would not mend the plot.

Television has given him further work in *Healer* (2014–2015) and *Money Heist: Korea* (2022), in which he played the Professor. For the latter, he described studying voice acting and concentrating on diction and pronunciation so that he could explain the plan calmly. It is a practical account of the preparation that can sit behind a composed performance, and a reminder to listen as well as look. For a first encounter, choose *Oldboy*.

## Biography

Yoo Ji-tae (also credited as Yu Ji-tae) is a South Korean actor and director. He began his career as a fashion model before making his acting debut in the 1998 film *Bye June*. He rose to prominence with roles in *Attack the Gas Station* (1999) and *Ditto* (2000).

He is known for his performance as Lee Woo-jin in Park Chan-wook's *Oldboy* (2003), as well as appearances in *Lady Vengeance* (2005), *Healer* (2014), *The Swindlers* (2017) and *Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area* (2022). Yoo has also directed short films and his feature debut *Mai Ratima* (2012). He studied theatre and film at Dankook University and holds master's degrees from Chung-Ang University and the Catholic University of Korea. He has been married to actress Kim Hyo-jin since 2011.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Oldboy* (2003), Fi1m 85, as Lee Woo-jin — [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *K-Pop: The Debut* (2027), Actor
- *The King's Warden* (2026), as Han Myeong-hoe
- *The Silent Forest* (2025), as Narrator (voice)
- *Villains* (2025), series, as J
- *Seven O'Clock Breakfast Club for the Brokenhearted* (2025), as Jeong-su
- *인생이 영화* (2025), series, Actor
- *Vigilante* (2023), series, as Jo Heon
- *Talk to Her* (2023), Director
- *Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area* (2022), series, as Professor
- *When My Love Blooms* (2020), series, as Han Jae Hyun
- *The Sea of Itami Jun* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *Different Dreams* (2019), series, as Kim Won-bong
- *Money* (2019), as Beon Ho-pyo
- *Svaha: The Sixth Finger* (2019), as Kim Dong-soo
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), as Man 2
- *The Swindlers* (2017), as Park Hee-su
- *Mad Dog* (2017), series, as Choi Kang-Woo
- *Split* (2016), as Cheol-jong
- *The Good Wife* (2016), series, as Lee Tae-joon
- *The Empty* (2016), Actor
- *The Great Actor* (2016), as Cameo
- *Healer* (2014), series, as Kim Moon-ho
- *The Tenor - Lirico Spinto* (2014), as Bae Jae-chul
- *The Human Trust* (2013), as Assassin Osamu Endo
- *Mai Ratima* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Midnight FM* (2010), as Han Dong-su
- *Secret Love* (2010), as Jin-woo / Jin-ho
- *Star's Lover* (2008), series, as Kim Chul-Soo
- *Hello, Schoolgirl* (2008), as Kwon Yeon-woo
- *Out of My Intention* (2008), Director, Writer
- *Hwang Jin Yi* (2007), as Nomi
- *Traces of Love* (2006), as Hyun-woo
- *Bar Legend* (2006), as Lee Chi-Soo
- *Running Wild* (2006), as Oh Jin-woo
- *How Does the Blind Dream* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Lady Vengeance* (2005), as Grown Won-mo
- *Antarctic Journal* (2005), as Kim Min-jae
- *Autobiography of Oldboy* (2004), Actor
- *Woman Is the Future of Man* (2004), as Lee Munho
- *Oldboy* (2003), as Lee Woo-jin — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/oldboy.md)
- *Natural City* (2003), as R
- *Into the Mirror* (2003), as Woo Yeong-min
- *The Bike Boy* (2003), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *One Fine Spring Day* (2001), as Sang-woo
- *MOB 2025* (2001), as K1
- *Libera Me* (2000), as Hyun-tae
- *Nightmare* (2000), as Hyun-jun
- *Ditto* (2000), as Ji-in
- *01412 Sect of the Magic Sword* (2000), Actor
- *Love Story* (1999), series, Actor
- *Attack the Gas Station!* (1999), as Paint
- *Bye June* (1998), as Do-gi
- *재이의 영인*, series, as Shin Jae-yi

## Gallery

- ![Yu Ji-tae](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-3b33ce515fda.jpg) Yu Ji-tae — 디스패치 / Dispatch, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/190502_%EC%9C%A0%EC%A7%80%ED%83%9C.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yoo Ji-tae, Park Ji-hoon, Yoo Hae-jin, Jeon Mi-do, and Jang Hang-jun posing at the production press conference of The King's Warden. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-0806fa19f086.jpg) Yoo Ji-tae, Park Ji-hoon, Yoo Hae-jin, Jeon Mi-do, and Jang Hang-jun posing at the production press conference of The King's Warden. (2025) — TV10, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/20251219_The_King%27s_Warden_production_press_conference.jpg/1280px-20251219_The_King%27s_Warden_production_press_conference.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yu Ji-tae](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-b85071dd4387.jpg) Yu Ji-tae — Image via TMDB
- ![Yu Ji-tae](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-d4ee33022fd0.jpg) Yu Ji-tae — Image via TMDB
- ![Yu Ji-tae](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-7d73c1d2a6f1.jpg) Yu Ji-tae — Image via TMDB
- ![Yu Ji-tae](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-eeec6c8dc82e.jpg) Yu Ji-tae — Image via TMDB
- ![Yu Ji-tae](https://film.one/media/person/94152/gallery-6f0be81bdbfb.jpg) Yu Ji-tae — Image via TMDB

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