Godfrey Gao

Godfrey Gao's story sits with me in a way few do. Breaking through as the first Asian male model fronting a Louis Vuitton campaign, often called Asia's first male supermodel, he carried a kind of representation that opens doors quietly for people who come after. Then his death in 2019 while filming a Chinese reality competition turned him into a painful symbol of how punishing that industry can be. I find myself admiring the elegance and ambition he projected, and unsettled by how his career ended. He deserved a much longer arc than he got.

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Name (English)

Godfrey Gao

Name (Japanese)

ゴッドフリー・ガオ

Reading

ごっどふりー・がお

Born

September 22, 1984 – November 27, 2019

Origin

Taipei, Taiwan

Occupation

actor / model / film actor / television actor / male model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

University

Capilano University

• Official sitehttp://godfreygao.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/godfreygao/
• Xhttps://x.com/godfreygao
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey%20Gao
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5576440

Tags

• actor
• model
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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