Portrait of Jack Kao

Acting

Jack Kao

Career

Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 2016 and 2025 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jack Kao Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Wonder
    2.4, average 3.4
  • Biographical
    0.1, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Taiwanese Cinema 9
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Fast-Paced 6
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Taiwanese Gangster Film 3
  • Contemporary Setting 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Hong Kong Cinema 3
  • Crime Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

97
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Undertaker
Undertaker

TV show

2020s

22 titles · average score 60
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After (2026)

as Lin Jung Hai

Amoeba
Amoeba (2026)

as Uncle Phoon

GATAO: Big Brothers
GATAO: Big Brothers (2025)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kuei

Demon Hunters
Demon Hunters (2025)

as Tie Xiong

Reckoning Day
Reckoning Day (2025)

as Wu Long

A Perfect Blossom
A Perfect Blossom (2024)

TV show · as Lai-Da

Untouchable
Untouchable (2024)

as Huang Chaojin

GATAO: Like Father Like Son
GATAO: Like Father Like Son (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kui Tung

Seven Killings
Seven Killings (2023)

as Yu Zhiren

Song of the Assassins
Song of the Assassins (2022)
GoodWatch score 55

as Chai Kang

Gatao: The Last Stray
Gatao: The Last Stray (2021)
GoodWatch score 56

as President Gui

Daily Fantasy
Daily Fantasy (2021)

as Hei Ge

2010s

38 titles · average score 54
Cities of Last Things
Cities of Last Things (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

as Adult Zhang Dongling

Gatao 2: Rise of the King
Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

as President Gui

The Scoundrels
The Scoundrels (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

as Chen Mu

The Gangster's Daughter
The Gangster's Daughter (2017)

as Keigo

Pegasus: On the Brink
Pegasus: On the Brink (2016)

as Mai Zhongren

Wild City
Wild City (2015)
GoodWatch score 46

as King

Zombie Fight Club
Zombie Fight Club (2014)
GoodWatch score 41

as Wu Ming

Unbeatable
Unbeatable (2013)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lin Yuan Xiang

Zombie 108
Zombie 108 (2012)
GoodWatch score 34

as SWAT Commander

Bad Girls
Bad Girls (2012)
GoodWatch score 43

as Justin's uncle Matthew and Manager

Witness
Witness (2012)

as Lao Song

Red Nights
Red Nights (2011)
GoodWatch score 39

as Mister Ko

2000s

19 titles · average score 63
Crazy Racer
Crazy Racer (2009)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ah Jie

A Place of One's Own
A Place of One's Own (2009)

as Mr. Lin

Prince of Tears
Prince of Tears (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

as Ah-Chang

Ghosted
Ghosted (2009)
GoodWatch score 43

as Chen Fu

Shinjuku Incident
Shinjuku Incident (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

as Gao Jie

Parking
Parking (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as Barber

God Man Dog
God Man Dog (2007)
GoodWatch score 63

as Yellow Bull

Reflections
Reflections (2007)

as Jack

Dangerous Mind
Dangerous Mind (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

Millennium Mambo
Millennium Mambo (2001)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jack

Time and Tide
Time and Tide (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

as SDU Commander

A Chance to Die
A Chance to Die (2000)

as Jie

1990s

14 titles · average score 68
Moonlight Express
Moonlight Express (1999)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gene

Goodbye South, Goodbye
Goodbye South, Goodbye (1998)
GoodWatch score 87

as Kao

Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
GoodWatch score 78

as Luo

The Conman
The Conman (1998)
GoodWatch score 52

as Macau Mon

Full Alert
Full Alert (1997)
GoodWatch score 71

as Zang

Good Men, Good Women
Good Men, Good Women (1995)
GoodWatch score 85

as Ah Wei

In the Heat of Summer
In the Heat of Summer (1994)

as Chan Wei-Cheng

What Price Survival
What Price Survival (1994)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jie

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1993)

as Mr. Chiu

Dust of Angels
Dust of Angels (1992)
GoodWatch score 75

as Hsiao Kao

Requital
Requital (1992)

as Fan Yat Wai

Island of Fire
Island of Fire (1991)
GoodWatch score 52

as Lin

1980s

3 titles · average score 88
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness (1989)
GoodWatch score 90

as Wen Leung

Rouge of the North
Rouge of the North (1988)

as Lecherous brother-in-law

Daughter of the Nile
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lin Hsiao-Fang