William Gao
Birthday: Born in 2003-02-20 in London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
William Gao Hardy (高鑫) is a British actor, singer, and model. He plays Tao Xu in the Netflix adaptation of Heartstopper. He is from South Croydon. He is the son of an British father and a Chinese mother who moved to England in her 20s. He attended the Trinity School, where he completed A Levels in Chinese, music and drama in 2022. He took up classical piano at the age of 11 and was a member of Trinity Boys Choir. He joined the National Youth Theatre in May 2019.
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Heartstopper
Character: Tao Xu
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series....
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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....