Kim Tae-woo

Kim Tae-woo

Born: April 15, 1971
in Seoul, South Korea
Kim Tae-woo (김태우) is a South Korean actor.

Movies for Kim Tae-woo...

Title: Love Song for Illusion
Character: Sa Jo-seung
Released: January 2, 2024
Type: TV
The heart-fluttering love story and the fierce obsession between a man with two conflicting personalities and a woman who loves him.
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Title: Twinkling Watermelon
Character: Yoon Gun-hyung
Released: September 25, 2023
Type: TV
A CODA (child of deaf adult) student born with a gift for music crash lands at an unfamiliar place after time traveling through a suspicious music shop. There, he forms the band Watermelon Sugar with other mysterious youths.
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Project Silence
Title: Project Silence
Character: Jung Hyun-baek
Released: May 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. Amidst the chaos, the canine subjects "Echo" from the military experiment "Project Silence," who were being transported in secret, break free, and all human survivors become targets of relentless attacks.
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Title: Bad Prosecutor
Character: Kim Tae-ho
Released: October 5, 2022
Type: TV
The delinquent prosecutor destroys everything corrupted with wealth and power. His face-off with evil begins.
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Motherland
Title: Motherland
Released: June 21, 2022
Type: Movie
Leah, a Korean adoptee raised in America, returns to Korea to search for her birth mother. Leah is met with secrecy from the adoption agency as well as her own family but remains relentless on her solo journey, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins.
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Title: Cleaning Up
Character: Jin Seong-wu
Released: June 4, 2022
Type: TV
Three cleaning ladies at an investment firm get their hands on insider stock information and hatch a chance on a scheme that could change their lives.
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Title: Pachinko
Character: [Eel vendor #2]
Released: March 24, 2022
Type: TV
Follow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family beginning with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.
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Title: Bossam: Steal the Fate
Character: Prince Gwanghae
Released: May 1, 2021
Type: TV
Ba-Woo is a degenerate man. He gambles, steals, fights and will do bossam (customary remarriage procedure where a widow is kidnapped) for money. He hides his real identity. While performing a bossam, he mistakenly kidnaps Princess Hwain. She is the daughter of Prince Gwanghae and the daughter-in-law of his enemy Lee Yi-Cheom. For a secret political agreement, she married the older brother of a man she loved, but, on the day of her wedding, her husband died. She then became a widow.
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Title: Mr. Queen
Character: Kim Jwa-Geun
Released: December 12, 2020
Type: TV
In the modern age, Jang Bong-hwan is a chef who works for the country's top politicians at the Blue House. He has a free spirit, but he one day finds himself in the body of Queen Cheorin in the Joseon period.
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Title: Awaken
Character: Oh Jung Hwan
Released: November 30, 2020
Type: TV
While unraveling an enigmatic murder mystery, a special force leader realizes this case is related to the incident that took 28 years ago in a small town.
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Title: The Spies Who Loved Me
Character: Ban Jin-Min
Released: October 21, 2020
Type: TV
Is a suspenseful romantic comedy about a woman who inadvertently gets caught up in the world of espionage. Kang Ah Reum, a wedding dress designer who gets married twice, to two husbands who both harbor many secrets. Kang Ah Reum’s first husband Jun Ji Hoon is a charming and unpredictable secret agent who works for Interpol. Meanwhile, her second husband Derek Hyun is a highly intelligent corporate spy with a competitive streak.
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Forbidden Dream
Title: Forbidden Dream
Character: Jeong Nam-son
Released: December 26, 2019
Type: Movie
A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.
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Title: The Tale of Nokdu
Character: Heo Yoon
Released: September 30, 2019
Type: TV
While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.
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Title: Different Dreams
Character: Yoo Tae Joon
Released: May 4, 2019
Type: TV
During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, a Korean surgeon who was raised by a Japanese family becomes a spy for the Korean government.
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Title: The Banker
Character: Lee Hae-Gon
Released: March 27, 2019
Type: TV
It’s tell the story of a bank auditor pursues justice and policy changes at a time when an economic bubble is collapsing. No Dae Ho is an honest and sincere man. He works as a branch manager of Daehan Bank which is located in a small city. The branch is on a soon to be shutdown list. Surprisingly, No Dae Ho is promoted to an auditor at the bank’s headquarters in Seoul. No Dae Ho then faces corruption at the bank.
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Title: Romance Is a Bonus Book
Character: Kim Jae-min
Released: January 26, 2019
Type: TV
A gifted writer who's the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company gets enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.
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Rampant
Title: Rampant
Character: Crown Prince Lee Yeong
Released: October 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels of a merchant ship and the exiled Prince Lee Cheung returns to the royal court, ignoring that he will have to lead the few capable of defeating the ambitious humans and the bloody monsters who threaten to destroy the kingdom.
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Title: Secret Mother
Character: Han Jae-Yeol
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: TV
Story of a mysterious surrogate mother who enters the home of a woman holding the secret behind her child's death.
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Mothers
Title: Mothers
Character: Kyeong-soo
Released: April 19, 2018
Type: Movie
The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband’s teenage son by herself.
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Title: The Most Beautiful Goodbye
Character: Young-Suk
Released: December 9, 2017
Type: TV
An ordinary middle-aged woman has devoted her life to her family. She is diagnosed with terminal cancer and must prepare her goodbye to her family.
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Decades Apart
Title: Decades Apart
Character: Nam Sung-shik
Released: May 30, 2017
Type: Movie
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience.
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The Tooth and the Nail
Title: The Tooth and the Nail
Released: May 9, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1947, a magician, Seok-jin plans the most elaborate trick to find out hidden conspiracy in his fiance's death.
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Title: Queen of Mystery
Character: Ha Ji-Seung
Released: April 5, 2017
Type: TV
Yoo Seol-Ok liked mystery novels and wanted to become a detective, but she gave up her dream after marrying. Now, she is a housewife with a husband who works as a prosecutor. She meets Ha Wan-Seung. He is a passionate detective and they decide to collaborate to solve cases.
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Title: The Good Wife
Character: Choi Sang-il
Released: July 8, 2016
Type: TV
A husband works as a successful prosecutor and his future appears bright, but he gets arrested for corruption in a political scandal. His wife worked as an attorney prior to their marriage, now resumes her career after a 13 year hiatus. She begins to find her true identity. An adaptation of the American TV series aired on CBS of the same title.
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Title: Goodbye Mr. Black
Character: Kim Ji-ryoon
Released: March 16, 2016
Type: TV
Cha Ji-Won is a UDT officer of the Navy Special Operations Force. He is positive and has personal charm, but he falls into a desperate situation due to a friend's betrayal. He goes through numerous life or death situations. Cha Ji-Won then enters into a fake marriage with Swan to hide his identity. Through the bright persona of Swan, Cha Ji-Won falls in love and regains his trust of others.
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Memories of the Sword
Title: Memories of the Sword
Character: Jon-bok
Released: August 13, 2015
Type: Movie
While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryeo Dynasty.
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Title: The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War
Character: King Seonjo
Released: February 14, 2015
Type: TV
Jingbirok, the name of a book written by real-life Joseon historian and scholar Ryu Seong Ryong (Kim Sang Joong),detailing the Imjin War (1592-1598). The drama will be a telling of historical events with the scholar as the central character, in the samevein as “Jung Do Jun”(who influenced the founding of the Joseon dynasty). Ryu Seong Ryong was an official who served during King Seonjo’s reign in the late 16th century. He was a brilliant Confucian scholar who was put in charge of military operations during the Imjin War, and greatly influenced AdmiralLee Soon Shin.
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Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies
Title: Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies
Character: Koo Gang-sung
Released: January 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Beautiful, workaholic Bo-hee is a successful marketing executive at the number one toy company in Korea. Respected by her colleagues and in line for a promotion, she makes an irrevocable mistake that gets her fired from her job. Bo-hee's life further spins out of control when her husband Gang-sung leaves her soon after. Bo-hee is befriended by her neighbor Nan-hee, an amateur sex expert who runs a sex shop on the brink of bankruptcy called "Casa Amor." Nan-hee's predicament inspires Bo-hee's creativity, and using her background in children's toys, she is determined to save the shop by making its ambiance more refined and by promoting better sex toys.
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A Matter of Interpretation
Title: A Matter of Interpretation
Character: Taxi Passenger
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: Movie
One winter day, nobody comes to see a play. One of the drama’s actresses becomes angry and leaves the theater. She goes to a park, drinks and meets people.
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The Pirates
Title: The Pirates
Character: Mo Hong-Gab
Released: August 6, 2014
Type: Movie
At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?
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Title: God's Gift - 14 Days
Character: Han Ji-hoon
Released: March 3, 2014
Type: TV
Kim Soo Hyun experiences the unfathomable when her daughter is kidnapped and murdered. Discovering a miraculous ability to go back in time exactly two weeks before the event, Soo Hyun races against the clock to unravel the plot and save her daughter. But when a private investigator sheds new light on the crime, Soo Hyun uncovers a secret far more treacherous than she could have ever imagined.
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The Face Reader
Title: The Face Reader
Character: King Mun-jong
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
An exceptionally talented face reader becomes entangled in a bloody power struggle between a child king and his uncle who plans to usurp the throne.
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Title: That Winter, the Wind Blows
Character: Jo Moo-chul
Released: February 13, 2013
Type: TV
Circumstances condemn Oh Soo and Oh Young to loveless lives. After the untimely death of his first love, Oh Soo turns to an ambitionless life as a derelict gambler. The gorgeous Oh Young should be leading the perfect life as an heiress, but when her parents’ divorce crumbles the family, she faces the reality of living life alone—particularly in light of her increasingly impaired vision. When these two heavy souls cross paths, fate delivers a chance meeting that will change their lives forever.
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The Winter of the Year Was Warm
Title: The Winter of the Year Was Warm
Character: In-seong
Released: November 15, 2012
Type: Movie
A movie director who also produces films, goes to Gangneung on the weekends to get away from his tiring Seoul life. Meanwhile, a woman who works as a home health nurse in Gangneung travels to Seoul on the weekends for its culture. These two people then meet.
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Lady Furious
Title: Lady Furious
Released: October 17, 2012
Type: Movie
A female detective does everything she can to mop up the mess brought into Korea by Hong Kong drugs lords.
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Horror Stories
Title: Horror Stories
Character: Unit Commander
Released: July 25, 2012
Type: Movie
A teenager is abducted and forced to tell the scariest tales she knows, leading to this anthology of four stories: a brother and sister are under siege while home alone; a killer escapes police custody mid-flight; step-sisters take plastic surgery to nightmarishly macabre extremes; a paramedic and mother standoff over her infected young daughter.
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Title: Dummy Mommy
Character: Park Jung-do
Released: March 17, 2012
Type: TV
Kim Young-joo is a genius with an IQ of 200 and the youngest editor of a fashion magazine. Constantly embarrassed and ashamed of her mother's developmental disability and suffocated by her affection, Young-joo leaves home and runs away to get married. But after she gives birth to her own daughter and becomes a mother herself, Young-joo begins to see her life and family differently.
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Title: 장비록
Released: February 14, 2012
Type: TV
Drama aired on KBS 1TV from February 14, 2015 to August 2, 2015
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Quick
Title: Quick
Character: Wanatabe Junichi
Released: July 20, 2011
Type: Movie
A biker is forced to deliver a ticking time bomb by a mysterious caller who has put an explosive helmet on his ex-girlfriend.
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A Friend In Need
Title: A Friend In Need
Character: Hwang Woo-jin
Released: December 2, 2010
Type: Movie
In bleak Yeouido, crowded by the political world, press and stock companies, section chief Hwang Woo-Jin works in a stock trading firm. He is a hard-working salaryman, but is the first to be laid off. With an outstanding private loan to pay for, hospital bills for his father and consistent conflicts with his devoted wife, stress gradually suffocates Hwang Woo-Jin. Finally, a junior staff member and a boss, who he trusts, conspire to kick him out. After finding about their scheme, Hwang Woo-Jin becomes desperate. In front of him, his friend Jung-Hoon, who does do anything for justice, appears. Under the influence of alcohol, Woo-Jin tells Jung-Hoon that he wants to kill them. The next day the junior staff member is found dead.
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No Doubt
Title: No Doubt
Character: No Choong-sik
Released: November 4, 2010
Type: Movie
A young girl goes missing just as a convicted sex offender moves into town. The girl's father, the inhabitants of the towns and even law enforcement believe he is responsible for the disappearance.
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The Influence
Title: The Influence
Character: Choi Dong-hoon
Released: March 3, 2010
Type: Movie
To keep their values, characters are at a critical juncture to act upon their promises throughout time.
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Like You Know It All
Title: Like You Know It All
Character: Ku Kyung-nam
Released: May 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.
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The Naked Kitchen
Title: The Naked Kitchen
Character: Han Sang-In
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
Mo-rae struggles to remain loyal to her husband while living with a handsome and exciting stranger. Her husband is her childhood best friend, but the seductive stranger is imaginative and adventurous. Whom will she choose?
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Sorry Apple
Title: Sorry Apple
Character: Sang-hoon
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: Movie
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...
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Title: Tokyo Shower
Character: Jeong Hyeon-soo
Released: June 2, 2008
Type: TV
A young actress, Soo-jin, runs away while filming a commercial shoot in Tokyo. She meets and falls in love with Hyun-soo, a sushi chef from Korea living in Japan. Seven years later and now a famous actress, she still cannot forget him.
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Return
Title: Return
Character: Oh Ji-hoon
Released: August 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Sang-woo receives painful surgery when he is ten, and murders another kid from trauma. After he receives hypnosis treatment, he disappears with his family. After 25 years, a successful doctor meets his old friend one day, and everything changes.
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Epitaph
Title: Epitaph
Character: Kim Dong-won
Released: August 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A traumatized girl sees visions of her dead mother in one of three tales set in a 1942 South Korean hospital.
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If You Were Me 3
Title: If You Were Me 3
Released: November 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.
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Woman on the Beach
Title: Woman on the Beach
Character: Won Chang-wook
Released: August 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Stymied by writer's block while crafting his latest script, director Kim Jung-rae persuades his friend Won Chang-wook to drive him to a beach resort where he promptly becomes involved with Chang-wook's girlfriend. Abandoning her and taking up with another woman, Jung-rae winds up creating enough drama to inspire his writing.
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Don't Look Back
Title: Don't Look Back
Character: Sgt. Kim In-Ho
Released: May 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Jung-Hee (Kim Hye-Na) is a 21-year-old dancer who struggles with insecurities and other problems after her father abandoned her family 15 years ago. One day, Jung-Hee's brings back their father. Keun-Woo (Lee Sang-Woo) is a 25-year-old low level telephone technician. One day, his friend shows him a picture of a woman he is trying to extort money from. The woman is having an affair with a married man. Keun-Woo taps into the woman's telephone line and begins to eavesdrop on her conversations. After a few evenings, Keun-Woo falls in love with the woman, but the woman doesn't even know he exits. In-Ho (Kim Tae-Woo) is a 30-year-old soldier. He is about to be discharged from the military after serving for 2 years. In-Ho then gets his last leave of absence and decides to give his wife a surprise visit. When he arrives his wife isn't home. When he does finally see her his wife has changed and seems distant.
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Hypnotized
Title: Hypnotized
Character: Seok-won
Released: August 6, 2004
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. The doctor becomes obsessed with his former patient, seeks her on the outside and uses hypnosis to fulfill his sexual desires.
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Woman Is the Future of Man
Title: Woman Is the Future of Man
Character: Kim Hyun-joon
Released: May 5, 2004
Type: Movie
As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.
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The Coast Guard
Title: The Coast Guard
Character: Private Jo
Released: November 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
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Saving My Hubby
Title: Saving My Hubby
Character: Han Ju-Tae
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Geum-sun, a former volleyball star, is married to a clumsy husband and has a baby daughter. She struggles to adjust to her boring life until kidnappers call claiming they have her husband and demand money.
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Title: 그 여자 사람잡네
Released: April 27, 2002
Type: TV
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L′Abri
Title: L′Abri
Character: Jae-Sup
Released: March 8, 2002
Type: Movie
A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.
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Title: Legend
Character: Kang Dae Woong
Released: September 26, 2001
Type: TV
Shinhwa is an SBS drama special that aired from September 9, 2001, to November 26, 2001.
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Title: Blue Mist
Released: March 24, 2001
Type: TV
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Joint Security Area
Title: Joint Security Area
Character: Pvt. Nam Sung-shik
Released: September 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.
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Title: Love Story
Character: Young-suk
Released: December 1, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: 눈물이 보일까봐
Character: 조수현
Released: July 7, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Should My Tears Show
Released: June 1, 1999
Type: TV
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A Mystery of the Cube
Title: A Mystery of the Cube
Character: Yong-min
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A group of people are drawn together to face the supernatural while they try to figure out a 60-year-old mystery.
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Title: 뉴욕 스토리
Released: October 25, 1997
Type: TV
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The Contact
Title: The Contact
Character: Ki-chul
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: Movie
The male radio presenter Dong-hyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soo-hyun are both lonely. While Dong-hyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Young-hae who has sent him a special LP, Soo-hyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soo-hyun and Dong-hyun get together in a special way.
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Title: First Love
Character: Hyung Ki
Released: September 7, 1996
Type: TV
First Love is a South Korean television series starring Bae Yong-joon, Choi Soo-jong and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from September 7, 1996 to April 20, 1997 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes. It is currently the number one highest-rated Korean drama of all time based on single episode viewership ratings, reaching 65.8% on its April 10, 1997 episode. Its average rating for its entire run was 52.6%.
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Title: SBS Drama Awards
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1992
Type: TV
The hottest actors, producers, and writers gather together to celebrate the end of the year at the 2017 SBS Drama Awards. In 2017, there were many dramas that captured the heart of the viewers. What will be the show that has been loved the most by viewers? And who will be the best actor of 2017?
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Title: That Woman Catches People
Character: Oh Cheon-soo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The story of two women, Baek Sang Ah and Han Bok Nyeo, who both grab into same man, Oh Cheon Soo. This leads them into love and betrayal relationship.