Jonathan Kos-Read

Jonathan Kos-Read

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1973 (age 53)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2026
Operation Black-Ops poster

Operation Black-Ops

Movie

2026
Operation Hummingbird poster

Operation Hummingbird

Movie · as Casa

2025
You are the Best poster

You are the Best

Movie · as Holmes

2023
The Abyss Rescue poster

The Abyss Rescue

Movie

2023
怒海浩劫 poster

怒海浩劫

Movie

2022
Snipers poster

Snipers

Movie · as John

2022
From Love to Happiness poster

From Love to Happiness

TV · as Cao Cao [Xiao Wei's friend] · 36 eps

2020
Electromagnetic King Pili Family poster

Electromagnetic King Pili Family

Movie · as Bai Jiage

2020
Young Ip Man: Crisis Time poster

Young Ip Man: Crisis Time

Movie · as Principal Stewart

2020
A Day Deal poster

A Day Deal

Movie · as Flok

2018
Wait Here poster

Wait Here

Movie · as Lorenzo

2017
Mr. Made poster

Mr. Made

Movie · as Made

2017
The Game Changer poster

The Game Changer

Movie · as Owen

2017
Eternal Wave poster

Eternal Wave

Movie · as Pierre

2016
Dad's Cabin poster

Dad's Cabin

Movie · as Davy

2016
The Bodyguard poster

The Bodyguard

Movie · as Ding's Son-in-law

2016
Xuan Zang poster

Xuan Zang

Movie · as Cunningham

2016
Mother's Romance poster

Mother's Romance

TV · as 瑞尼 · 42 eps

2016
My Uncle Zhou Enlai poster

My Uncle Zhou Enlai

TV · as 李克 · 41 eps

2015
Ever Since We Love poster

Ever Since We Love

Movie · as Dick

2015
The Vanished Murderer poster

The Vanished Murderer

Movie · as Foreign official

2015
Ip Man 3 poster

Ip Man 3

Movie · as Edward

2015
Mojin: The Lost Legend poster

Mojin: The Lost Legend

Movie · as Mark

2015
Guardians of Ancient Magic poster

Guardians of Ancient Magic

TV · 32 eps

2013
The Twins' Code poster

The Twins' Code

Movie · as Daniel

2011
Cold Steel poster

Cold Steel

Movie · as John

2011
Shangri-la poster

Shangri-la

TV · 36 eps

2010
Super Player poster

Super Player

Movie · as Gai Te

2009
Empire of Silver poster

Empire of Silver

Movie · as Pastor Landdeck

2009
My Fair Gentleman poster

My Fair Gentleman

Movie

2009
My Chief and My Regiment poster

My Chief and My Regiment

TV · as Alger Collins · 43 eps

2008
Fit Lover poster

Fit Lover

Movie

2008
A Hundred Years of Life poster

A Hundred Years of Life

TV · as 伊万 · 40 eps

2004
Romantic Life poster

Romantic Life

TV · as 欧文 · 32 eps

2003
For the Sake of the Republic poster

For the Sake of the Republic

TV · as 莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison · 68 eps

2002
青春不解风情 poster

青春不解风情

TV · 21 eps

2002
青春的童话 poster

青春的童话

TV · 17 eps

2001
都市丽人行 poster

都市丽人行

TV · 20 eps

1992
Confessions of a Male Prostitute poster

Confessions of a Male Prostitute

Movie · as Jamie, the hustler