Godfrey Gao

Godfrey Gao
高以翔
Gao in 2017
Born
Tsao Chih-hsiang (曹志翔)

(1984-09-22)22 September 1984
Taipei, Taiwan
Died27 November 2019(2019-11-27) (aged 35)
Ningbo, China
Cause of deathCardiac arrest
Resting placeChin Pao San, Jinshan District, New Taipei City
Other namesGodfrey Tsao
Gao Yixiang
Kao Yi-hsiang
Alma materCapilano University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2004–2019
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāo Yǐxiáng
IPA[kǎʊ ì.ɕjǎŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKo Í-siông
Birth name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCáo Zhìxiáng
Wade–GilesTsʻao2 Chih4-hsiang2
IPA[tsʰǎʊ ʈʂî.ɕjǎŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChô Chì-siông

Godfrey Gao (Chinese: 高以翔; pinyin: Gāo Yǐxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko Í-siông; 22 September 1984 – 27 November 2019), born Tsao Chih-hsiang (Chinese: 曹志翔; pinyin: Cáo Zhìxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chô Chì-siông), was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor. Described as Asia's first male supermodel, Gao was the first Asian male model featured in a Louis Vuitton campaign. As an actor, he was known for his roles as Magnus Bane in the film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) and as Wang Lichuan in the Chinese television series Remembering Lichuan (2016).