Portrait of Jonathan Kos-Read

Jonathan Kos-Read

Acting

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.

Born: February 17, 1973

Place of Birth: Torrance, California, USA

Filmography

2025
2022
Snipers

as John

2020
A Day Deal

as Flok

2020
Young Ip Man: Crisis Time

as Principal Stewart

2018
Wait Here

as Lorenzo

2017
Eternal Wave

as Pierre

2017
Mr. Made

as Made

2017
2016
2016
2016
2016
Xuan Zang

as Cunningham

2016
The Bodyguard

as Ding's Son-in-law

2015
Ip Man 3

as Edward

2015
The Vanished Murderer

as Foreign official

2013
2011
Cold Steel

as John

2010
Super Player

as Gai Te

2009
My Chief and My Regiment

as Alger Collins

2009
Empire of Silver

as Pastor Landdeck

2004
Romantic Life

as 欧文

2003
For the Sake of the Republic

as 莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison

1992