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Yoo Seung-mok

Yoo Seung-mok

Actor · Born September 14, 1969 (57) · Seoul, South Korea

Seung-mok Yoo is a South Korean actor, known for The Host (2006), Memories of Murder (2003) and A Werewolf Boy (2012).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 14, 1969 (57)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 7% in 30 days

What are Yoo Seung-mok's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Bonds
24%
Self
19%
Survival
15%
Power
7%
Ideas
3%
Society
3%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 5 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 7

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Melancholic
11
Thrilling
7
Dread
5
Romantic
5
Other
22

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yoo Seung-mok's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 46 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (25).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yoo Seung-mok's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page.

  • 동네의 명장들 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

  • The Scarecrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · as Cha Mu-jin

  • The Dream Life of Mr. Kim(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Baek Jung-tae

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Confidence Queen(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lee Seong-min

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • I Kill U (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Han Beom-su

  • Mary Kills People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as MP Baek

  • I Kill U (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Hi-Five(2025)

    as Song Horim, Chief of Medical Clinic

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Lobby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Director

  • The Potato Lab(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Bu Jae-jung

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • 감자세끼 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Moon's Walking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Geon-seok

  • Family Plan(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jo Hae-pal

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Dirty Money(2024)

    as Kwak

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Dauren's Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Crash(2024)

    Show 12 episodes · as Min Yong-gun

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Chicken Nugget(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dr. Yoo In-won

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • The Bequeathed(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tae-sung

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • A Good Day to be a Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 14 episodes · as Vice Principal

  • Moving(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jo Rae-hyuk

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Ransomed(2023)

    as Vice-minister Lee

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Deal(2021)

    as Ahn Gyu-hwan

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Shadow Detective(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Bae Yeong-du

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Decision to Leave(2022)

    as Ki Do-soo

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • One Ordinary Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jung Sang-Soo

  • Spiritwalker(2020)

    as Mr. Lee

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Miracle: Letters to the President(2021)

    as Driver Park

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Pipeline(2021)

    as Chief Na Choon-shik

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • So I Married My Anti-Fan(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Director of the Commercial

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Taxi Driver(2021)

    Show 19 episodes · as Jo Jin-woo

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Amanza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil(2019)

    as Ahn Ho-bong

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Idol(2019)

    as Attorney Hwang

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Trade Your Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Coach

  • Kingdom(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dongnae civil servant

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Son: The Guest(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as Hwa-pyung's Father

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • You Quiz on the Block(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Psychokinesis(2018)

    as Mr. Kim

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Cross(2018)

    Show 16 episodes · as Baek Ji-Nam

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • 1987: When the Day Comes(2017)

    as Yoo Jung-bang

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Man of Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Lee Young-dal

  • Voice(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · as Na Hong-Soo

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Pandora(2016)

    as Mr. Kam

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The K2(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Congressman Kim

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Tunnel(2016)

    as Reporter Jo

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Pied Piper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kong Ji Man

  • Hwajung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 50 episodes · as Yu Hui-bun

  • Five Senses of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Gangnam 1970(2015)

    as Suh Tae-gon

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Yong Pal(2015)

    Show as Detective Lee

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Sea Fog(2014)

    as Kyung-ku

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Han Gong-ju(2013)

    as Han Gong-ju's Father

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Cheo Yong: The Paranormal Detective(2014)

    Show 20 episodes · as Byun Gook-jin

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • The Plan Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Writer Lee

  • Montage(2013)

    as Chief Detective Kwak

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Boomerang Family(2013)

    as Drug Peddler

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Gifted Hands(2013)

    as Restaurant boss

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A Werewolf Boy(2012)

    as Professor Kang Tae-shik

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • S.I.U. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Quick(2011)

    as Lee Do-hyeong

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Dangerously Excited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Lee Je-soon

  • End of Animal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Man on Bicycle

  • It's Okay, Daddy's Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 17 episodes · as Heo Man-soo

  • The Recipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Kim Deuk-goo

  • Closer to Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Kim Eun-ho

  • My Girlfriend Is an Agent(2009)

    as Officer Jang

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Private Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as One-Armed Man

  • The Scam(2009)

    as Prof. Yun Sang-Tae

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jae-gon

  • Black House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Ma Yong-sik

  • Enemy's Apple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Laborer

  • The Host(2006)

    as Taxi Driver

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Utterances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Detective

  • Bewitching Attraction(2006)

    as Mr. Yoo

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • April Snow(2005)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Dongmakgol(2005)

    as Soo

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Memories of Murder(2003)

    as Journalist

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Peppermint Candy(1999)

    as Private Lim

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

Tunnel (2016)

$52M worldwide

Highest rated

Taxi Driver (2021)

Midcredits 96th

Film career

20002026

Peak 2022 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 78: 78 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

By decade

2000s14 · acting2010s32 · acting2020s32 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 27 roles
030818

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Yoo Seung-mok's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 30; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Bewitching Attraction (2006)

88th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Memories of Murder (2003)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Yoo Seung-mok's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 64 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles2–60 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 61 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Yoo Seung-mok work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yoo Seung-mok's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jang Won-seok shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers