[2][3] Kos-Read began studying Mandarin Chinese at New York University, and re-located to China in 1997.
[2] Kos-Read's roles have included: Kevin White in Princess Der Ling (2006), a cameo in Fit Lover (2008, also starring Nie Bing), Babi in My Fair Gentleman (2009, co-starring Kelly Lin and Sun Honglei), Pastor Landdeck in Empire of Silver (2009, also starring Aaron Kwok and Jennifer Tilly), Mark in Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015) and Alexander Cunningham in Xuanzang (2016).
[citation needed] As a Caucasian who is fully fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Kos-Read frequently appears as the foreign love interest or villain, in roles that sometimes present stereotypical images of non-Chinese people.
[8] Kos-Read is married to a Chinese citizen, Li Zhiyin, with whom he has two daughters, Roxanne and Persephone.
[9] While continuing to work in the Chinese film industry, he has relocated to Barcelona, Spain with his family.