Personal Info
Birth date
1971-04-15 (54 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Seoul, South Korea
Also known as
Gim Tae-u
Tae-woo Kim
김태우
金太祐
کیم تای-وو
Kim Tae-woo
Biography
Kim Tae-woo (김태우) is a South Korean actor.
Filmography
Twinkling Watermelon
8.801
Overview:
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.Mr. Queen
8.6
Overview:
A modern chef suddenly becomes trapped inside the body of a queen from the Joseon era, which causes chaos for everyone involved.Pachinko
7.887
Overview:
This sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.Project Silence
6.925
Overview:
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.Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies
5.75
Overview:
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.Romance Is a Bonus Book
7.5
Overview:
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.The Pirates
7.011
Overview:
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?Joint Security Area
7.8
Overview:
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.Rampant
6.847
Overview:
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.The Tale of Nokdu
7
Overview:
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.Quick
6
Overview:
A biker is forced to deliver a ticking time bomb by a mysterious caller who has put an explosive helmet on his ex-girlfriend.A Matter of Interpretation
5.3
Overview:
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.Hypnotized
5.8
Overview:
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.L′Abri
5.8
Overview:
A thirty-two year old man falls in love with a seventeen year-old highschool student whom he sees at the bus stop everyday.Woman Is the Future of Man
6.2
Overview:
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.Like You Know It All
5.9
Overview:
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.The Winter of the Year Was Warm
6.5
Overview:
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.Horror Stories
6
Overview:
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.The Tooth and the Nail
7.3
Overview:
Seok-jin, a magician at a club, meets a mysterious woman, Ha-yeon, who soon becomes his assistant and fiance. Things take a turn when she is found dead and he must find out what happened.The Naked Kitchen
5.4
Overview:
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?Forbidden Dream
7
Overview:
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.If You Were Me 3
NYR
Overview:
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.The Face Reader
6.9
Overview:
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.No Doubt
6.4
Overview:
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.Return
6.4
Overview:
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.The Contact
7.3
Overview:
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.The Coast Guard
6.3
Overview:
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.Don't Look Back
6.4
Overview:
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.Acting
TBAHuman From Today (12 Episodes) as Unknown
2025Mary Kills People (12 Episodes) as Ahn Tae-seong
2024Project Silence as Jeong Hyeon-baek
2024Love Song for Illusion (16 Episodes) as Sa Jo-seung
2023Twinkling Watermelon (16 Episodes) as Yoon Gun-hyung
2022Bad Prosecutor (12 Episodes) as Kim Tae-ho
2022Motherland as Unknown
2022Cleaning Up (16 Episodes) as Jin Seong-wu
2022Pachinko (1 Episode) as Eel vendor #2
2021Bossam: Steal the Fate (20 Episodes) as Prince Gwanghae
2020Mr. Queen (20 Episodes) as Kim Jwa-geun
2020Awaken (16 Episodes) as Oh Jung Hwan
2020The Spies Who Loved Me (16 Episodes) as Ban Jin-Min
2019Forbidden Dream as Jeong Nam-son
2019The Tale of Nokdu (32 Episodes) as Heo Yoon
2019Different Dreams (40 Episodes) as Yoo Tae Joon
2019The Banker (32 Episodes) as Lee Hae-Gon
2019Romance Is a Bonus Book (16 Episodes) as Kim Jae-min
2018Rampant as Crown Prince Lee Yeong
2018Secret Mother (32 Episodes) as Han Jae-Yeol
2018Mothers as Kyeong-soo
2017The Most Beautiful Goodbye (4 Episodes) as Young-Suk
2017Decades Apart as Nam Sung-shik
2017The Tooth and the Nail as Jang Ji-ho
2017Queen of Mystery (16 Episodes) as Ha Ji-Seung
2016Noodle House Girl (1 Episode) as 도근 역
2016The Good Wife (16 Episodes) as Choi Sang-il
2016Goodbye Mr. Black (20 Episodes) as Kim Ji-ryoon
2015Memories of the Sword as Jon-bok
2015The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War (50 Episodes) as King Seon-jo
2015Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies as Koo Gang-sung
2014A Matter of Interpretation as Taxi Passenger
2014The Pirates as Mo Hong-Gab
2014God's Gift - 14 Days (16 Episodes) as Han Ji-hoon
2013The Face Reader as King Mun-jong
2013That Winter, the Wind Blows (16 Episodes) as Jo Moocheol
2012The Winter of the Year Was Warm as In-seong
2012Lady Furious as Unknown
2012Horror Stories as Unit Commander
2012Dummy Mommy (20 Episodes) as Park Jung-do
2012장비록 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2011Quick as Wanatabe Junichi
2010A Friend In Need as Hwang Woo-jin
2010No Doubt as No Choong-sik
2010The Influence as Choi Dong-hoon
2009Like You Know It All as Ku Kyung-nam
2009The Naked Kitchen as Han Sang-In
2008Sorry Apple as Sang-hoon
2008Tokyo Shower (4 Episodes) as Jeong Hyeon-soo
2007Return as Oh Ji-hoon
2007Epitaph as Kim Dong-won
2006If You Were Me 3 as Unknown
2006Woman on the Beach as Won Chang-wook
2006Don't Look Back as Sgt. Kim In-Ho
2004Hypnotized as Seok-won
2004Woman Is the Future of Man as Kim Hyun-joon
2002The Coast Guard as Private Jo
2002Saving My Hubby as Han Ju-tae
2002그 여자 사람잡네 (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002L′Abri as Jae-Sup
2001Legend (16 Episodes) as Kang Dae Woong
2001푸른안개 (20 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Joint Security Area as Pvt. Nam Sung-shik
1999Love Story (2 Episodes) as Young-suk
1999Should My Tears Show (16 Episodes) as Cho Soo-hyun
1999Should My Tears Show (16 Episodes) as Unknown
1998A Mystery of the Cube as Yong-min
1997뉴욕 스토리 (19 Episodes) as Unknown
1997The Contact as Ki-chul
1996First Love (66 Episodes) as Hyung Ki
1992SBS Drama Awards (3 Episodes) as Self