



曹操
Acting1973Torrance, 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
Acting History
2025
You are the Best
as Holmes
2023
2022
Snipers
as John
From Love to Happiness
TVas Cao Cao [Xiao Wei's friend]
2020
Electromagnetic King Pili Family
as Bai Jiage
A Day Deal
as Flok
Young Ip Man: Crisis Time
as Principal Stewart
2018
Wait Here
as Lorenzo
2017
2016
Xuan Zang
as Cunningham
The Bodyguard
as Ding's Son-in-law
Dad's Cabin
as Davy
My Uncle Zhou Enlai
TVas 李克
Mother's Romance
TVas 瑞尼
2015
Mojin: The Lost Legend
as Mark
The Vanished Murderer
as Foreign official
Ever Since We Love
as Dick
Ip Man 3
as Edward
2013
The Twins' Code
as Daniel
2011
Cold Steel
as John
2010
Super Player
as Gai Te
2009
Empire of Silver
as Pastor Landdeck
My Chief and My Regiment
TVas Alger Collins• 43 eps
2008
A Hundred Years of Life
TVas 伊万• 40 eps
2004
Romantic Life
TVas 欧文• 32 eps
2003
For the Sake of the Republic
TVas 莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison• 68 eps
1992
Confessions of a Male Prostitute
as Jamie, the hustler







