
Person
Jonathan Kos-Read
Acting · Born 1973-02-17 · Torrance, California, USA
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

My Chief and My Regiment
Alger Collins

My Uncle Zhou Enlai
李克

Romantic Life
欧文

Ip Man 3
Edward

A Hundred Years of Life
伊万

Mojin: The Lost Legend
Mark

From Love to Happiness
Cao Cao [Xiao Wei's friend]

Operation Black-Ops
2026

The Bodyguard
Ding's Son-in-law
Filmography
- 2026Operation Black-Ops
- 2025You are the BestHolmes
- 2023The Abyss Rescue
- 2023怒海浩劫
- 2022From Love to HappinessCao Cao [Xiao Wei's friend]
- 2022SnipersJohn
- 2020A Day DealFlok
- 2020Young Ip Man: Crisis TimePrincipal Stewart
- 2020Electromagnetic King Pili FamilyBai Jiage
- 2018Wait HereLorenzo
- 2017Eternal WavePierre
- 2017Mr. MadeMade
- 2017The Game ChangerOwen
- 2016Dad's CabinDavy
- 2016My Uncle Zhou Enlai李克
- 2016Mother's Romance瑞尼
- 2016Xuan ZangCunningham
- 2016The BodyguardDing's Son-in-law
- 2015Ip Man 3Edward
- 2015Mojin: The Lost LegendMark
- 2015The Vanished MurdererForeign official
- 2015Guardians of Ancient Magic
- 2015Ever Since We LoveDick
- 2013The Twins' CodeDaniel
- 2011Cold SteelJohn
- 2011Shangri-la
- 2010Super PlayerGai Te
- 2009My Fair Gentleman
- 2009My Chief and My RegimentAlger Collins
- 2009Empire of SilverPastor Landdeck
- 2008Fit Lover
- 2008A Hundred Years of Life伊万
- 2004Romantic Life欧文
- 2003For the Sake of the Republic莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison
- 2002青春不解风情
- 2002青春的童话
- 2001都市丽人行
- 1992Confessions of a Male ProstituteJamie, the hustler
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