Can players join gta online heists with their own character?

Grand Theft Auto Online is the multiplayer component of Grand Theft Auto V, allowing players to create and customize a silent protagonist who explores the open world of San Andreas. While the game features cooperative missions known as heists, the Wikipedia excerpt supplied does not detail the mechanics of how characters join these missions, nor does it mention whether a player can bring a character from the single‑player mode or from a different account into a heist. Because the source lacks specific information on this topic, we cannot confirm whether players are able to participate in heists using their own character.