Teo Yoo

Korean actor Teo Yoo is little known to a wide range of movie lovers, despite the fact that he starred with the master Kim Ki-dook. Russian viewers had a chance to get to know him better after the actor starred in the title role of musician Viktor Tsoi in Kirill Serebrennikov's biographical film Summer.

Theo is Korean, but was born and raised in Cologne, Germany. At first, nothing in the guy's biography foreshadowed that he would connect life with cinema, although a penchant for literature and acting was noted. Yu was much more interested in sports. But in 2001, Theo left for America. The young man settled in New York and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute.

After graduation, he decided to try a different approach to teaching theater art and took an intensive course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In parallel with his studies, Theo managed to act in independent films and participate in various productions on Berlin and New York stages.

In 2009, the actor returned to the homeland of his ancestors - in Seoul.

The Korean actor's career began in 2004 with the crime drama Brooklyn's Border about a company of young drug traffickers. In 2006, the actor got into the film of Julia Loktev, an American director who emigrated from Russia and is known for her highly social films. The tape was called "Day-Night, Day-Night" and talked about a suicide who tried to blow up the New York bridge.

As journalists noted, the storyline was built by Julia in such a way that it is much more important than the outer surroundings, the inner state of a woman preparing to part with her life for an unknown higher goal. The film was screened at the Independent Spirit Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival and won the Fresh Look.

In 2012, Theo got a small role in the romantic comedy Fictional Love (Love Story). Touted as the "male version" of Bridget Jones's Diary, the film, shot in the Korean drama genre, is the story of a writer's quest for inspiration in creative crisis.

A couple of years later, Theo was invited to the drama film "One by One" by the Korean director Kim Ki-Dook. This is a story about the investigation of the murder of a schoolgirl. The police have seven suspects, but they cannot prove their involvement.

A secret organization enters the case, kidnaps all seven in turn and, under torture, extorts a confession from them. The film is included in the program of the Venice Film Festival and won the prize of the Federation of European and Mediterranean Critics.

The following year, Theo Yu took part in the filming of another festival tape - the youth comedy "In Search of Seoul" by Benson Lee. The film was especially close to the actor as it was about Koreans who were born overseas.

A summer camp was created especially for them in Seoul, in which “foreigners” had a rest and got to know their homeland. The premiere of the film took place in the out-of-competition program of the Sundance Festival.

At the Venice Film Festival of the same year, Drake Dorimus's fantastic melodrama Equals was shown. The film was awarded the Soundtrack Stars Prize. Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart participated in the cast along with Theo.

The plot is set in a society of the future, in which the expression of emotions is unacceptable. The main character, who felt that he was feeling something unfamiliar to him, considered himself sick. Silas is saved from the last step by a girl who experiences the same. But the relationship that has arisen has no prospects.

In the comedy melodrama This Is Passion, Theo Yu plays a guy named Jay. In the center of the drama is a university graduate who had a hard time getting a job at the newspaper editorial office. The girl writes an entertaining column and does not receive pleasure from work. However, the boss soon makes it clear what it means to love your job.

In 2016, Theo appeared in a Vietnamese action movie on the topic of cryptocurrencies that has been topical recently, "The abduction of bitcoins." The character Yu is a hacker called up to the Interpol team to catch the same "electronic robber" nicknamed the Ghost.

Finding out the details about Teo Yu's interests outside the set is still somewhat difficult, the young actor leads a non-public lifestyle. It is possible that everything will change in the near future, at least for Russian viewers, because they will probably want to know more about the performer of the role of a cult musician.

The artist is known to speak three languages ​​- English, German and native Korean. He retained his childhood hobby for sports - he plays basketball. In addition, he loves to cook, dance tango and hip-hop.

In 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival in the main competition program will be presented the film "Summer", shot by Kirill Serebrennikov. Teo Yu played the main role - the author and performer Viktor Tsoi. The events of the film cover a little-known episode from the life of a popular musician - recording the first album, meeting Mike Naumenko and his wife.

In the image of the founder of the group "Zoo" on the screen debuts Roman Bilyk, the leader of the group "Beasts", familiar by the creative pseudonym of Roma Zver. Irina Starshenbaum, the star of the blockbuster "Attraction", got the character of his wife Natalia.

Filming began in the summer of 2017, and was immediately followed by criticism of the creators. In particular, the allusion to a romantic relationship between Victor and Natalia Naumenko was condemned.

According to Mike's widow, cited in an interview with Arguments and Facts, the husband considered the close friendship between them dangerous, but he was never jealous of his wife for Tsoi. They congratulated each other on the holidays, had long conversations on various topics. Natalia spoke of Victor as an intelligent person, and called the so-called love story a kindergarten.

Kirill Serebrennikov was arrested right on the set in the Seventh Studio case. The director edited "Leta" while under house arrest. According to critics, in such a situation, he turns into Russian Jafar Panahi. And Theo Yu posted a link to a petition in support of the filmmaker on his Instagram page. The actor also has many posts on Twitter regarding the investigation of the case of the head of the Gogol Center.

2004 - "Brooklyn Border" 2006 - "Day-Night, Day-Night" 2009 - "Actresses" 2012 - "Fictional Love"

2012 - Strangers from Shanghai

2014 - "One by One" 2015 - "This is Passion" 2016 - "Bitcoin Theft" 2018 - "Summer"

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Teo yoo Net Worth 2021

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.2M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $877.9K - $1.1M.

Teo yoo Net Worth 2020

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.3M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $977.8K - $1.8M.

Teo yoo Net Worth 2019

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.5M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $843.4K - $1.7M.

Teo yoo Net Worth 2018

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.7M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $802.7K - $2M.

Teo yoo Net Worth 2017

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.2M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $802.8K - $1.8M.

Teo yoo Net Worth 2016

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.2M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $588K - $1.3M.

Teo yoo Net Worth 2015

Teo yoo 's revenue is $1.5M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Teo yoo and could vary in the range between $924.8K - $1.9M.

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