Acting credits
37
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jonathan Kos-Read
Acting
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1.1
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Movies: 25Series: 12
TMDB ID: 1076327
IMDb ID: nm0466883
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Torrance, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1992 - 2025
Years active: 34
Average TMDB rating: 6.03
Wikidata: Q982875
Also known as
Cao Cao • 曹操 • 乔纳森·科斯·瑞德
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Jonathan Kos-Read.
7.2
You are the Best
as Holmes
2025 Movie
8.0
怒海浩劫
2023 Movie
7.0
The Abyss Rescue
2023 Movie
6.9
Snipers
as John
2022 Movie
A Day Deal
as Flok
2020 Movie
5.6
Young Ip Man: Crisis Time
as Principal Stewart
2020 Movie
Electromagnetic King Pili Family
as Bai Jiage
2020 Movie
Wait Here
as Lorenzo
2018 Movie
5.8
Eternal Wave
as Pierre
2017 Movie
Mr. Made
as Made
2017 Movie
5.9
The Game Changer
as Owen
2017 Movie
Dad's Cabin
as Davy
2016 Movie
6.8
Xuan Zang
as Cunningham
2016 Movie
5.8
The Bodyguard
as Ding's Son-in-law
2016 Movie
7.0
Ip Man 3
as Edward
2015 Movie
6.2
Mojin: The Lost Legend
as Mark
2015 Movie
5.4
The Vanished Murderer
as Foreign official
2015 Movie
5.2
Ever Since We Love
as Dick
2015 Movie
10.0
The Twins' Code
as Daniel
2013 Movie
6.9
Cold Steel
as John
2011 Movie
Super Player
as Gai Te
2010 Movie
4.8
My Fair Gentleman
2009 Movie
5.5
Empire of Silver
as Pastor Landdeck
2009 Movie
3.7
Fit Lover
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jonathan Kos-Read.
10.0
Youth in the Flames of War
as [US military instructor] • 39 eps
2023 Series
From Love to Happiness
as Cao Cao [Xiao Wei's friend] • 36 eps
2022 Series
9.5
My Uncle Zhou Enlai
as 李克 • 41 eps
2016 Series
Mother's Romance
as 瑞尼 • 42 eps
2016 Series
Guardians of Ancient Magic
15 eps
2015 Series
Shangri-la
36 eps
2011 Series
9.0
My Chief and My Regiment
as Alger Collins • 43 eps
2009 Series
9.0
Romantic Life
as 欧文 • 32 eps
2004 Series
9.3
For the Sake of the Republic
as 莫里逊 George Ernest Morrison • 68 eps
2003 Series
青春不解风情
21 eps
2002 Series
青春的童话
17 eps
2002 Series
都市丽人行
20 eps
2001 Series