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William Gao

William Gao

Actor · Born February 20, 2003 · London, England, UK

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Biography

William Gao (Chinese: 高鑫; pinyin: Gāo Xīn; born 20 February 2003) is an English actor and musician. He is known for his debut role as Tao Xu in the Netflix series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which he was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance. Gao and his younger sister Olivia Hardy formed a music duo called Wasia Project in 2019.

Acted in 7

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025

    Breakwater

    Matt

  3. 2024

    Isotope

    Isotope

  4. 2023

    Dead Cat Film

    Alex

  5. 2022
  6. 2021

    Crescendo

    Pianist

Sound 1

2020s

  1. 2021

    Crescendo

    Music

Wrote 1

2020s

  1. 2024

    Isotope

    Writer

Appearances5