Biography
Yoo Hae-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor. After graduating with a Theater degree from Seoul Institute of the Arts, he became a member of Theater troupe The Mokwha Repertoire Company. He has established himself as one of the top actors in the country, playing both supporting and lead roles.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Big Deal
2025
as Pyo Jong-rok
In 1997, when the Asian financial crisis hit Korea, Gukbo, the number one Soju company is on the brink of bankruptcy. In the high-stakes market of M&A...

Yadang: The Snitch
2025
as Koo Gwan-hee
Navigating both the criminal underworld and law enforcement agencies, professional snitches called "yadang" provide covert information about the drug ...

Exhuma
2024
as Ko Young-geun
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the...

Dog Days
2024
as Min-sang
Min-sang, a meticulous planner and tidy single man, is frustrated daily by his tenant, Jin-young, a veterinarian who turns his newly mortgaged buildin...

Honeysweet
2023
as Cha Chi-ho
Chi-ho, a genius confectionery researcher who has developed addictive flavors, experiences a sweet change when he meets Il-yeong, a call center worker...

The Night Owl
2022
as King Injo
A period drama film, depicting Joseon Dynasty in Korea. Kyoung-su is a skilled acupuncturist but a blind who can only see a little at dark. Right afte...

Confidential Assignment 2: International
2022
as Kang Jin-tae
Follows Rim Chul Ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin Tae, who v...

Life Is But a Dream
2022
as Undertaker
An undertaker digs up an abandoned grave to get wood to build a coffin for the savior of his village, but in doing so, he awakens the ghost of an anci...

Hostage: Missing Celebrity
2021
as Self (cameo)
A box office star has to prove his action credentials in the real world when he's kidnapped and held for ransom.

Space Sweepers
2021
as Bubs (voice)
When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destructi...

The Battle: Roar to Victory
2019
as Hwang Hae-chul
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia...

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission
2019
as Kim Pan-su
During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Kor...

Intimate Strangers
2018
as Tae-soo
A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.

Love+Sling
2018
as Gui-bo
A former wrestler bonds with his son over the sport. But then the son's girlfriend falls in love with the father.

1987: When the Day Comes
2017
as Han Byung-yong
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of offic...

A Taxi Driver
2017
as Hwang Tae-sul
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...

Confidential Assignment
2017
as Kang Jin-tae
When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean d...

Luck-Key
2016
as Hyung-wook
A reverse comedy that tells the story of a perfectionist assassin who falls and hits his head in a sauna, giving him amnesia. When a down-and-out acto...

Fatal Intuition
2015
as Pharmacist Min
Desperate for revenge, a young man enlists the aid of a medium to help him track down his sister's killer.

Veteran
2015
as Choi Dae-woong
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
2015
as Jang Dae-seok
Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the...

The Classified File
2015
as Kim Joong-san
A detective and a fortune teller join forces to find a kidnapped child whom no one expects to be alive. Based on a true story.

Tazza: The Hidden Card
2014
as Ko Gwang-ryeol
Dae-gil has been skilled with his hands and has shown a strong desire for winning ever since he was a child. He will succeed his uncle and jump into t...

The Pirates
2014
as Cheol-bong
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 ...

Obsessed
2014
as Lim
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...

The Flu
2013
as Bae Kyung-Ub
A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

The Spies
2012
as Department Head Choi
Kim, a North Korean spy, lives in South Korea for 22 years and is contacted unexpectedly by his superior. His team plans to complete an earlier missio...

Miss Conspirator
2012
as Red Shoes
A woman with a severe anxiety disorder stumbles into a 44 million dollars drug deal gone wrong. Suddenly the mafia, as well as the police, wants to ge...

Mama
2011
as Seung-chul
A mother of a boy with muscular dystrophy is diagnosed with uterine cancer. A daughter of a prima donna decides to chase her dreams, to the ire of her...

In Love and the War
2011
as Jae-choon
In June 1950, soon after the start of the Korean War, a troop of North Korean soldiers enter a small South Korean village. Captain Jeong-woong proclai...

The Unjust
2010
as Jang Seok-gu
An honest cop has to compromise with his principles when he is told to find a scapegoat for a high-profile serial killer case in exchange for a big pr...

Enemy At The Dead End
2010
as Sang-up
A post-traumatic stress disorder patient bound to his bed finds himself sharing his room with a gang looking for a paralyzed amnesia patient. And he m...

Moss
2010
as Kim Deok-cheon
A city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father's strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to s...

A Little Pond
2010
as Refugee
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the ...

Woochi: The Demon Slayer
2009
as Chorangyi
Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.

The Truck
2008
as Jeong Cheol-min
Cheol-min makes a living by working in the shipping business. He has a daughter suffering from a heart condition, and in need of surgery. To save his ...

Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K
2007
as Keun-yeong
Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distribute...

My Son
2007
as Neighbor (voice) (uncredited)
Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one...

Small Town Rivals
2007
as Noh Dae-gyu
Cho Chun-sam and Noh Dae-gyu, now both in their thirties, are old friends who went to the same elementary school. In their school days, Chun-sam was a...

Once in a Summer
2006
as PD Kim
An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear o...

Tazza: The High Rollers
2006
as Ko Gwang-ryeol
Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are ...

Over the Border
2006
as (uncredited)
After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to So...

The King and the Clown
2005
as Yuk-gab
Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened wit...

Lee Dae-ro Can't Die
2005
as Hankal
Lee Dae-ro Can't Die (이대로, 죽을 순 없다, also known as Short Time) is a 2005 South Korean action film about a corrupt police officer who is told he has onl...

Blood Rain
2005
as Dok-gi
In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsib...

Mapado
2005
as Fisherman
A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery t...

Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown In Seoul
2004
as Yong-dae
Following the last wish of an old master, three monks head to Seoul to rest his remains in the Mushim Temple. However, they discover that the heavily ...

The Coast Guard
2002
as Cheol-gu
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 th...

Jail Breakers
2002
as Zap-sae
Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize th...

Break Out
2002
as (uncredited)
How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang ...

Public Enemy
2002
as Yong-man
A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.

The Warrior
2001
as Du-chung
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldi...

Kick the Moon
2001
as Neop-chi
Choi Ki-dong, who becomes a teacher, and Park Young-jun, who becomes a gang member, meet again after 10 years. To compete for Min Ju-ran, they start a...

Attack the Gas Station!
1999
as Gangri Gang Leader
A quartet of disaffected Korean youths have robbed a Seoul gas station. After taking the gas station over, their wacky antics ensue; forcing the manag...

The Spy
1999
as Gangster
A North Korean spy named Lee Chul-jin infiltrates the eastern coast of South Korea. His mission is to steal a Super Pig DNA sample which can be used t...

Blackjack
1997
as Dump 1
Three people are caught in a deadly game of greed, lust, and murder.
The Man Who Lives with the King
N/A
as Village chief
Gimpo
N/A
Still Life
N/A
Remake of the British-Italian movie "Still Life" [2013]
The Assassins
N/A