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.

[2] Gao and his younger sister Olivia Hardy formed a music duo called Wasia Project in 2019.

[5][6] He is the son of an English father and a Chinese mother who moved to England in her 20s.

[7] He attended Trinity School,[8] where he completed A Levels in Chinese, music and drama in 2022.