Um Tae-goo

Um Tae-goo

1983-11-09 Seoul, South Korea 47 Credits

Biography

Um Tae-goo is a South Korean actor who made his acting debut in 2007. He graduated from the Film Department of Konkuk University in Seoul. He has been a supporting actor in many movies and has won awards for his performance in films "The Age of Shadows", "The Great Battle", and "My Punch-Drunk Boxer". He is the younger brother of film director/screenwriter, Um Tae-hwa.

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KARMA

KARMA

2023

as The god of death

Acting

Bong-sik dies after committing a heinous crime. Yet, even before the god of the underworld, he remains unrepentant and earns a hundred years of the se...

Cobweb

Cobweb

2023

as Yu-rim's Boyfriend

6.6
Acting

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with inte...

Concrete Utopia

Concrete Utopia

2023

as Homeless 1

7.0
Acting

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthqua...

Faith

Faith

2023

6.6
Acting

A short film about an armed man in a secret location.

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

2022

as Mart

7.3
Acting

A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl ove...

Night in Paradise

Night in Paradise

2020

as Park Tae-goo

6.9
Acting

An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that res...

My Punch-Drunk Boxer

My Punch-Drunk Boxer

2019

as Byung-gu

6.8
Acting

Byung-gu, a once-famous former professional boxer, makes ends meet doing odd jobs at the gym. While eager to start boxing again, he gets diagnosed wit...

The Great Battle

The Great Battle

2018

as Horse Commanding General Pa-so

6.8
Acting

Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving ...

Adulthood

Adulthood

2018

as Jae-min

6.5
Acting

At her dad's funeral, Kyungun meets her uncle Jaemin, a complete stranger. He bilks her father's insurance money. She demands her money back, but he u...

A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

2017

as Illegal checkpoint Sergeant First Class Park

8.1
Acting

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreig...

Trivial Matters

Trivial Matters

2017

as Do-hwan

6.5
Acting

The prospective director ,Do-hwan, is suffering from a past love affair. He goes to a freelance meeting and finds a strange and charming Eun-ha. With ...

Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned

Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned

2016

as Tae-sik

7.2
Acting

Days after her friends disappear during a trip to a mysterious cave, a girl is approached by a grown man claiming to be one of her missing pals.

The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows

2016

as Hashimoto

7.2
Acting

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explos...

Veteran

Veteran

2015

as Hand-to-hand Fight Entourage

6.9
Acting

When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor...

The Unfair

The Unfair

2015

as Lee Seung-joon

7.3
Acting

Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the...

Coin Locker Girl

Coin Locker Girl

2015

as Woo-gon

7.0
Acting

A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesti...

Barracks

Barracks

2015

as Dong-woo

4.3
Acting

In an old military bus are Myeong-hoon, his girlfriend Yeong-eun, and survival game friends; they are headed to a private camp to experience army life...

The Time of Good Light

The Time of Good Light

2015

Acting

2009 Intermediate Narrative Workshop, Film Dept.

Obsessed

Obsessed

2014

as Warrant Officer Kim

6.7
Acting

A secret, passionate affair happens in the summer of 1969 between Colonel Jin Pyeong, trapped in a loveless marriage with Soo Jin, and Jong Ga Heun, t...

18 Years

18 Years

2014

Acting

A short drama about Seok-joo who doesn't want to live like his brother.

INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls

INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls

2013

as Tae-sik

7.4
Acting

An online feud evolves into something more real when two keyboard warriors take their battle offline in a mixed martial arts matchup.

Commitment

Commitment

2013

as Troubled Kid

7.2
Acting

The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.

Secretly, Greatly

Secretly, Greatly

2013

as Hwang Jae-oh

7.0
Acting

Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked...

Incomplete Life: Prequel

Incomplete Life: Prequel

2013

as Hwan-young

Acting

Grae, who failed to be a professional Baduk player, Young-i, who always has been lonely because of changing schools frequently, Oh Deputy department h...

Azooma

Azooma

2013

as Police

6.4
Acting

A mother goes to extreme measures against her daughter's attacker after after feeling that the local law enforcement have failed her.

Horror Stories

Horror Stories

2012

as Deliveryman

5.9
Acting

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 sieg...

Forest

Forest

2012

as Tae-sik

6.0
Acting

A little action puts my friend in danger. I want to believe that my actions are not intended.

Keep quiet

Keep quiet

2012

as Dong-woo

Acting

At the library Sung-mo picks up the ringing phone of a person on the opposite side of his desk in an unguarded moment while the person is out. A woman...

Spellbound

Spellbound

2011

as PD

7.5
Acting

A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally an...

S.I.U.

S.I.U.

2011

as Thai

5.6
Acting

Sung-Bum is a hot-tempered detective who relies on his intuition to crack cases. He rarely comes across a case that he cannot solve. The body of a pol...

Choked

Choked

2011

as Kwon Youn-ho

6.0
Acting

In a recession-battered Seoul, a young man in the dodgy relocation business must deal with loan sharks and aggrieved parties owed large sums by his va...

Heart Vibrator

2011

as Tae-goo

Acting

When I'm with you, my heart vibrates.

Nice Shorts! 2011

Nice Shorts! 2011

2011

Acting

Home Sweet Home

2010

as Man-shik

Acting

Homeless Man-sik has a home. He arrived at home after begging all day. He shaved his head and took a shower at home. Getting in the bed, he heard sudd...

Texas Hit

Texas Hit

2010

4.0
Acting

Jae-Hun (Son Hyun-Joo) is separated from his wife and two daughters. He struggles to make ends meet, while working as a grocery deliveryman. Seung-Hye...

Midnight FM

Midnight FM

2010

as Detective Uhm

6.9
Acting

Popular TV anchorwoman & late night DJ Ko Sun-young set to host her final radio program. During the show, she receives a startling text message instru...

Oki's Movie

Oki's Movie

2010

as Student

6.6
Acting

Oki, a film student, gets involved in two relationships as she navigates the advances of a fellow student and grapples with her feelings for her much ...

Anyang, Paradise City

Anyang, Paradise City

2010

as STAFF 3

Acting

Set in Anyang, South Korea, crew members for an upcoming documentary research the devastating fire that took occurred in a factory prior to the 1988 O...

I Saw the Devil

I Saw the Devil

2010

as Detective

7.8
Acting

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises hi...

The Servant

The Servant

2010

as Man (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.

Secret

Secret

2009

as Man on phone (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A detective suspects that his wife murdered a gangster's brother. As he tries to misdirect the police and the bloodthirsty gangster while independentl...

No Charge Airline Ticket

No Charge Airline Ticket

2009

as Donghwan

Acting

Donghwan is unemployed. One day, he applies for a quiz for a no charge airline ticket on the Internet. The next day, he receives a phone call asking h...

Insadong Scandal

Insadong Scandal

2009

as Manager

6.0
Acting

A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international a...

I Am Happy

I Am Happy

2008

as bartender

5.8
Acting

A man suffers from mental illness after having lived with a mother suffering from dementia and a brother addicted to gambling. Now institutionalized, ...

Epitaph

Epitaph

2007

as Japanese Soldier

6.5
Acting

A traumatized girl sees visions of her dead mother in one of three tales set in a 1942 South Korean hospital.

Like a season

Like a season

2007

Acting

This is a short film I made for my graduation work in 2007. - Excellence Award at the Korea University Film Festival.

Wild Thing

Wild Thing

N/A

Acting