William Gao

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.9739

Gender

Male

Birthday

20-Feb-2003

Age

(23 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As
  • William Gao Hardy
  • Gāo Xīn

William Gao

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.


Credits

Dead Cat Film Dead Cat Film (2023) Character: Alex
A short film about Florence, a young lady having difficulty letting go of her housemate’s dead cat.
Crescendo Crescendo (2021) Character: Pianist
A teenage pianist delivers a chilling performance.
Sunrise Sunrise (2024) Character: Edward
When an ex-cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town soon discover that this dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear. After he is befriended by a kind immigrant family, the instinctive killer is faced with a choice between revenge and redemption.
Heartstopper Forever Heartstopper Forever (2026) Character: Tao Xu
It's a new school year for the Truham-Higgs gang. As Nick and Charlie's relationship deepens, their thoughts turn to life after the last bell rings.
Isotope Isotope (2024) Character: Isotope
Accompanying short film for Wasia Project's EP of the same name.
Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party (2022) Character: Self
Joe Lycett, Mawaan Rizwan and Rosie Jones are in Birmingham to celebrate 50 years of Pride with a party full of mischief and mayhem! With Boy George, Dame Kelly Holmes, Danny Dyer and many more.
Breakwater Breakwater (2025) Character: Matt
Set between the sandstone colleges of Oxford and the salt-encrusted Suffolk coast, Breakwater follows the tentative romance between university student, Otto, and retired angler, John. Their lives fuse irreversibly over the shared trauma of losing a loved one, however, their relationship darkens when the past exhumes itself in the form of guilt, grief, and ghosts.



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