Teo Yoo
{{Short description|South Korean actor (born 1981)}}
{{Western name order|Yoo Teo}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kim|Yoo|lang=Korean}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Teo Yoo
| image = MKr22891 Teo Yoo (Past Lives, Berlinale 2023)-2 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Yoo in February 2023
| birth_name = Emile Kim Chi-hun
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|4|11}}
| birth_place = Cologne, West Germany
| alma_mater = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2003–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Nikki S. Lee|2007}}
| agent = C-JeS
| parents =
| signature =
| relatives =
| website = {{URL|http://c-jes.com/en/portfolio_page/yoo-teo/|c-jes.com}}
| module2 = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 김치훈
| rr = Gim Chihun
| mr = Kim Ch'ihun
| hangulstage = 유태오
| rrstage = Yu Taeo
| mrstage = Yu T'aeo
}}
}}
Kim Chi-hun ({{Korean|hangul=김치훈}}; born April 11, 1981), known professionally as Teo Yoo ({{Korean|hangul=유태오}}), is a German actor. He has starred as Viktor Tsoi in the biographical musical film Leto (2018),{{cite web|title=Стало известно, кто сыграет роль Виктора Цоя в фильме Кирилла Серебренникова|trans-title=Actor of Viktor Tsoi in Kirill Serebrennikov's film revealed|url=https://www.cosmo.ru/stars/news/25-08-2017/stalo-izvestno-kto-sygraet-rol-viktora-coya-v-filme-kirilla-serebrennikova/|work=Cosmopolitan Russia|publisher=Fashion Press|language=ru|author=Anastasiya|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822125557/https://www.cosmo.ru/stars/news/25-08-2017/stalo-izvestno-kto-sygraet-rol-viktora-coya-v-filme-kirilla-serebrennikova/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Роль Виктора Цоя в фильме "Лето" Кирилла Серебренникова получил Тео Ю. Майка Науменко сыграл Рома Зверь|trans-title=Teo Yoo cast as Viktor Tsoi in Kirill Serebrennikov's "Summer"; Roman Bilyn to play Mike Naumenko|url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/02/09/rol-viktora-tsoya-v-filme-leto-kirilla-serebrennikova-dostalas-teo-yu-mayka-naumenko-sygral-roma-zver|work=Meduza|language=ru|date=February 9, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821160224/https://meduza.io/news/2018/02/09/rol-viktora-tsoya-v-filme-leto-kirilla-serebrennikova-dostalas-teo-yu-mayka-naumenko-sygral-roma-zver|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Actor Teo Yoo plays Soviet rock star|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/05/689_248995.html|work=The Korea Times|last=Kwak|first=Yeon-soo|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201125515/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/05/689_248995.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Korean-German Actor Teo Yoo Gets Big Break in Cannes Hit|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/05/15/2018051501009.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|publisher=ChosunMedia|last=Song|first=Hye-jin|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914010105/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/05/15/2018051501009.html|url-status=live}} 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,{{Cite web|title=PAST LIVES wins Audience Award at the 10th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London - sundance.org|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/past-lives-wins-audience-award-at-the10th-edition-of-sundance-film-festival-london/|language=en-US|date=July 10, 2023|access-date=October 25, 2023|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129021316/https://www.sundance.org/blogs/past-lives-wins-audience-award-at-the10th-edition-of-sundance-film-festival-london/|url-status=live}} earning a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.{{Cite news|title=Bafta nominations 2024: The full list of film contenders|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68016520|language=en-GB|date=January 18, 2024|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118122604/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68016520|url-status=live}} In June 2024, he was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{Cite web|title=The Academy Invites 487 New Members for 2024: See the Full List|url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-academy-new-members-2024-full-list|website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en|date=June 25, 2024|access-date=June 25, 2024}}
Early life
Teo Yoo was born in Cologne, Germany. His father was a miner and his mother was a nurse. After graduating from high school in Germany, he enrolled in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and later, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London to study acting.{{cite interview|title=Next Big Thing: 'Past Lives" Teo Yoo on Not Being Able to Hug His Co-Star|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/teo-yoo-past-lives-1235503546/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Yoo|first=Teo|date=June 1, 2023|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705210450/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/teo-yoo-past-lives-1235503546/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=How 'Past Lives' And The Concept Of Inyeon Changed Teo Yoo's Life|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2023/12/29/how-past-lives-and-the-concept-of-inyeon-changed-teo-yoos-life/|work=Forbes|last=MacDonald|first=Joan|date=December 29, 2023|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-date=January 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108132844/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2023/12/29/how-past-lives-and-the-concept-of-inyeon-changed-teo-yoos-life/|url-status=live}} He is fluent in German, English, and Korean.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Personal life
In 2007, he married artist Nikki S. Lee.{{cite web |last1=Hans |first1=Simran |title=Teo Yoo |url=https://www.port-magazine.com/film/teo-yoo/ |website=PORT Magazine |access-date=9 February 2025}}{{Cite web|title=The Project Series: A Profile on Artist Nikki Lee|url=https://thesciencesurvey.com/spotlight/2021/06/22/the-project-series-a-profile-on-artist-nikki-lee/|website=The Science Survey|last=Lim|first=Ashley|access-date=August 5, 2021|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201125514/https://thesciencesurvey.com/spotlight/2021/06/22/the-project-series-a-profile-on-artist-nikki-lee/|url-status=live}} They are based in Seoul, South Korea.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2003
| Kim Bab | Kim | short film | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2004
| Brooklyn Bound | Tommy Woo | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2006
| Driver | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2009
| Emile | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2010
| Innocent When You Dream | Gustav Zerga | short film | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2012
| Secretary | | style="text-align:center" | |
| Shanghai Strangers
| The Lover | short film | |
| Code Name: Jackal
| Moustache | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Shadow | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2015
| Klaus Kim | | style="text-align:center" | |
| Equals
| Peter | | style="text-align:center" | |
| You Call It Passion
| Jey | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Bitcoin Heist | Thomas | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2017
| The Moment | Mr. Kim | Thai Film | style="text-align:center" | |
| TV Cello
| short film | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2018
| Lim | Teo | short film | style="text-align:center" | |
| Leto
| | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2019
| Vertigo | Lee Jin-soo | | style="text-align:center" | |
| Black Money
| Steve Jung | Special appearance | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2020
| Pawn | Yoo Deok-hwa | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2021
| Rae-hwan | | style="text-align:center" | |
| Log in Belgium
| | Director, writer, editing | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:[공식]유태오 감독 데뷔작 '로그 인 벨지움', 12월 개봉 확정...런칭 포스터 공개|trans-title=[Official] Director Yoo Tae-oh's debut film 'Log in Belgium' is confirmed for release in December... Launch poster released|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003798026|via=Naver|publisher=Sports Chosun|language=ko|last=Lee|first=Seung-mi|date=November 5, 2021|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201125516/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003798026|url-status=live}} |
| scope="row" | 2022
| Director Lee | Special appearance | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:마침내 공개된 박찬욱표 新멜로...칸 녹인 '헤어질결심' 8분 기립박수|trans-title=Park Chan-wook's new melodrama finally revealed... Khan's 'decision to break up' 8-minute standing ovation|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000299825|via=Naver|publisher=JTBC|language=ko|last=Jo|first=Yeon-kyung|date=May 24, 2022|access-date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524103324/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000299825|url-status=live}} |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Hae-sung | American film | style="text-align:center" | {{Cite news|script-title=ko:[공식] 유태오, 할리우드行...'미나리' 제작사 영화 '페스트 라이브즈' 주연 확정|trans-title=[Official] Tae-oh Yoo, going to Hollywood... 'Minari' production company confirmed to star in movie 'Fest Lives|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000492800|work=Ten Asia|publisher=Naverlanguage=ko|last=Noh|first=Kyu-min|date=August 3, 2021|access-date=August 3, 2021|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201144456/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000492800|url-status=live}} |
=Television series=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2019
| Ragaz | Cameo | style="text-align:center" | |
| Vagabond
| Jerome | | style="text-align:center" | |
| Chocolate
| Kwon Min-sung | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2020
| Eugene Han | | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2021
| Drama Stage – "Proxy Emotion" | Yoo Jae-ho | Season 4; one act-drama |
| The Window
| Cho Jae-yeon | Japanese-German joint drama | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:유태오, 아시아&유럽 합작 드라마 '더 윈도우' 출연 확정 [공식]|trans-title=Tae-oh Yoo Confirmed to Appear in Asia & Europe Collaborative Drama 'The Window' [Official]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003465883|via=Naver|publisher=My Daily|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Na-ra|date=February 22, 2021|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201125521/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0003465883|url-status=live}} |
=Web series=
=Television shows=
=Music video appearances=
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Song Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2017
| "Courting" | |
| scope="row" | 2018
| "Our Last Day" | Noel | |
| scope="row" | 2020
| "Tender Love" | |
Discography
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! Album |
| scope="row" | "Overwhelming"{{cite web|script-title=ko:유태오 데뷔 후 첫 싱글앨범 발표|trans-title=Tae-oh Yoo's first single album after debut|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=052&aid=0001682459|via=Naver|publisher=YTN|language=ko|last=Kwak|first=Hyun-soo|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=December 28, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228040201/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=052&aid=0001682459|url-status=live}}
| 2021 | Log in Belgium OST |
|---|
Awards and nominations
=Listicles=
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|+ Key | style="background-color:#faf4b2" | {{double dagger|alt=Indicates a sole placement listicle.}} | Indicates a sole placement listicle |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle and placement |
| scope="col" | Publisher
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Listicle ! scope="col" | Placement ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | GQ Korea
| 2021 | style="background-color:#faf4b2" | {{double dagger}} Man of the Year | style="text-align:center" | Placed | style="text-align:center" | {{Cite news|script-title=ko:유태오, 지큐 코리아 선정 '2021 맨 오브 더 이어'|trans-title=Tae-oh Yoo, GQ Korea's '2021 Man of the Year'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/421/0005758152|work=News 1|publisher=Naver|language=ko|last=Jung|first=Yu-jin|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906140305/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/421/0005758152|url-status=live}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1654982}}
{{Blue Dragon Film Award Best New Actor}}
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Category:South Korean male film actors
Category:South Korean male television actors
Category:Male actors from Cologne
Category:South Korean expatriates in Germany
Category:Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
Category:Stella Adler Studio of Acting alumni
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art