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Joo Young-ho

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Joo Young-ho
Leo Joo left a lasting impression on audiences with his performance in the 2014 film, Late Spring (Bom), which won the award for Best Film at the 14th Milan International Film Festival and Best Foreign Feature Film at the 23rd Arizona International Film Festival. He played the role of Geun-soo, an abusive husband who becomes addicted to gambling after returning from the Vietnam War with an injury. Also, Joo played a Doona Bae's prison doctor on the first season of the Netflix original series SENSE8.

Joo has also recently been making a bigger name for himself on stage. In 2019, he brought the character of Raymond to life in a play adaptation of Albert Camus' novel, The Stranger. The performance garnered him a Best New Actor award from the Seoul Theater Association, the most influential theatre organization in South Korea.
BornMay 21, 1980
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    Known for

    Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
    Sense8
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Prison Doctor
    Jang Dong-gun and Brian Tee in No Tears for the Dead (2014)
    No Tears for the Dead
    6.7
    • Explosives Demolition Team Leader
    • 2014
    Sung Yu-ri and Kang Ji-hwan in Runway Cop (2012)
    Runway Cop
    5.8
    • Detective Joo
    • 2012
    Long Live the King (2019)
    Long Live the King
    6.0
    • Prosecutor Park
    • 2019

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    • Hymn to Love
      • Kwak-Chan
      • Post-production



    • The American (2025)
      The American
      7.5
      Short
      • President Richard Liu
      • 2025
    • Talisman (2022)
      Talisman
      • 2022
    • Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Eun-sung, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Kim Kang-hoon, and Minha Kim in Pachinko (2022)
      Pachinko
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Byung Ho Song (as Leo Joo)
      • 2022
    • Long Live the King (2019)
      Long Live the King
      6.0
      • Prosecutor Park
      • 2019
    • Kim Ju-hyuk, Jung Jin-young, Jung Woo, and Jung Hae-in in Heung-boo: The Revolutionist (2018)
      Heung-boo: The Revolutionist
      5.5
      • Choi Gwang Yol
      • 2018
    • Min Nam-koong, Kang Ye-won, Jo Jae-yoon, Han Chae-ah, and Deok-Soo Kim in Part-Time Spy (2017)
      Part-Time Spy
      5.5
      • Drunk taxi passenger
      • 2017
    • Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Yoon-seok in The Classified File (2015)
      The Classified File
      6.4
      • Seoul Detective #2
      • 2015
    • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
      Sense8
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Prison Doctor
      • 2015
    • Yun Ji-hye, Gang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, and Ma Dong-seok in Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014)
      Kundo: Age of the Rampant
      6.8
      • Bad Detective
      • 2014
    • Jang Dong-gun and Brian Tee in No Tears for the Dead (2014)
      No Tears for the Dead
      6.7
      • Explosives Demolition Team Leader
      • 2014
    • Alive (2014)
      Alive
      6.7
      • Jin-seong
      • 2014
    • Three Days (2014)
      Three Days
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Presidential Bodyguard (as Young-ho Joo)
      • 2014
    • Late Spring (2014)
      Late Spring
      6.5
      • Geun-soo (as Young-ho Joo)
      • 2014
    • Lee Byung-hun in Masquerade (2012)
      Masquerade
      7.8
      • Gwang-hae's Man (as Young-ho Joo)
      • 2012
    • Sung Yu-ri and Kang Ji-hwan in Runway Cop (2012)
      Runway Cop
      5.8
      • Detective Joo
      • 2012

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    • Alternative names
      • Leo Joo
    • Born
      • May 21, 1980
      • South Korea

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