Teo Yoo

Yoo Teo born April 11 1981 in Cologne Germany is a GermanSouth 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 Kiduk In 2015 he played one of the leading roles in the American production Seoul Searching by KoreanAmerican 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 Serebrennikovs 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 Woohee In the summer of 2024 Yoo Teo became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences