William Gao

Birthday: 2003-02-20
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
		Becoming Capa
	2026-07-17	Heartstopper Forever	Tao Xu
	2025-06-18	Breakwater	Matt
	2024-08-28	Isotope	Isotope
	2024-01-19	Sunrise	Edward
	2023-01-19	Dead Cat Film	Alex
	2021-05-14	Crescendo	Pianist