William Gao
Birthday: Born in 2003-02-20 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Heartstopper
Character: Tao Xu
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love....
Heartstopper: The Official Podcast
Character: Self - Guest
Heartstopper: The Official Podcast is a companion podcast for the Netflix Original Series Heartstopper. It is hosted by Tia Kofi....
Later... with Jools Holland
Character: Self - Performer
Later... with Jools Holland is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland....
Movie Credits
Sunrise
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....
Crescendo
Character: Pianist
A teenage pianist delivers a chilling performance....
Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party
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....
Isotope
Character: Isotope
Accompanying short film for Wasia Project's EP of the same name....
Dead Cat Film
Character: Alex
A short film about Florence, a young lady having difficulty letting go of her housemate’s dead cat....
Breakwater
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....
Heartstopper Forever
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....