William Gao

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