Jonathan Kos-Read

Biography

Jonathan Kos-Read (born 1973), also known as Cao Cao (Chinese: 曹操; pinyin: Cáo Cāo), is an American film and television actor based in the People's Republic of China. While well known in China, his work is little-known in the United States. Kos-Read uses the stage name Cao Cao, which is also the name of the penultimate chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a historical figure well-known to most Chinese people.

Known For

For the Sake of the Republic

莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison

青春不解风情

My Uncle Zhou Enlai

李克

Romantic Life

Ou Wen

My Chief and My Regiment

全民协助/阿尔杰·柯林斯

Mother's Romance

瑞尼

青春的童话

Ip Man 3

Edward

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	The Abyss Rescue
2023	怒海浩劫
2022	Snipers	John
2020	Electromagnetic King Pili Family	Bai Jiage
2020	Young Ip Man: Crisis Time	Principal Stewart
2020	A Day Deal	Flok
2017	Mr. Made	Made
2017	The Game Changer	Owen
2017	Eternal Wave	Pierre
2016	Dad's Cabin	Davy
2016	The Bodyguard	Ding's Son-in-law
2016	Xuan Zang	Cunningham
2015	The Vanished Murderer	Foreign official
2015	Ever Since We Love	Dick
2015	Ip Man 3	Edward
2015	Mojin: The Lost Legend	Mark
2015	寻龙诀
2013	The Twins' Code	Daniel
2011	Cold Steel	John
2010	Super Player	Gai Te
2009	Empire of Silver	Pastor Landdeck
2009	My Fair Gentleman
2008	Fit Lover
1992	Confessions of a Male Prostitute	Jamie, the hustler

Year	TV Show	Role
2016	Mother's Romance	瑞尼
2016	My Uncle Zhou Enlai	李克
2015	Guardians of Ancient Magic
2011	Shangri-la
2009	My Chief and My Regiment	全民协助/阿尔杰·柯林斯
2004	Romantic Life	Ou Wen
2003	For the Sake of the Republic	莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison
2002	青春不解风情
2002	青春的童话