Jack Kao

Jack Kao is a veteran Taiwanese actor known for his long-standing collaboration with filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien and his extensive work across Taiwanese and Hong Kong cinema.

He is widely recognized for his roles in acclaimed films such as A City of Sadness, Goodbye South, Goodbye, Millennium Mambo, and Flowers of Shanghai.

He primarily works in East Asian drama and crime thrillers, frequently playing complex, hardened figures in both arthouse and mainstream commercial productions.