Cast & creator
Jonathan Kos-Read
Best known for For the Sake of the Republic, My Chief and My Regiment, Romantic Life
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.
Also known as: Cao Cao, 曹操, 乔纳森·科斯·瑞德
27
film credits
12
television credits
39
1992–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (39)
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For the Sake of the Republic
莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison
2003
My Chief and My Regiment
Alger Collins
2009
Romantic Life
欧文
2004
My Uncle Zhou Enlai
李克
2016
Ip Man 3
Edward
2015
From Love to Happiness
Cao Cao [Xiao Wei's friend]
2022
The Bodyguard
Ding's Son-in-law
2016
Mojin: The Lost Legend
Mark
2015
Shangri-la
2011
A Hundred Years of Life
伊万
2008
Operation Hummingbird
Casa
2026
Mother's Romance
瑞尼
2016
Guardians of Ancient Magic
2015
青春不解风情
2002
Empire of Silver
Pastor Landdeck
2009
青春的童话
2002
You are the Best
Holmes
2025
Operation Black-Ops
2026
The Game Changer
Owen
2017
Snipers
John
2022
Young Ip Man: Crisis Time
Principal Stewart
2020
The Vanished Murderer
Foreign official
2015
Xuan Zang
Cunningham
2016
Confessions of a Male Prostitute
Jamie, the hustler
1992
Eternal Wave
Pierre
2017
都市丽人行
2001
The Abyss Rescue
2023
Fit Lover
2008
Ever Since We Love
Dick
2015
Cold Steel
John
2011
Super Player
Gai Te
2010
The Twins' Code
Daniel
2013
My Fair Gentleman
2009
怒海浩劫
2023
Mr. Made
Made
2017
Wait Here
Lorenzo
2018
A Day Deal
Flok
2020
Dad's Cabin
Davy
2016
Electromagnetic King Pili Family
Bai Jiage
2020