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My Take
Charlie Heaton strikes me as the quiet engine of Stranger Things. Jonathan Byers is an unglamorous part, the broke and awkward older brother, yet Heaton gives him a wounded watchfulness that grounds the whole show's supernatural noise. I suspect his past as a drummer in rock bands matters here: he has a musician's sense of timing and does his best acting in the pauses. His film choices, from Marrowbone to The Souvenir Part II, lean toward mood and melancholy rather than star vehicles, which tells me he is building a career on texture, not fame. That kind of patience usually pays off.
Overview
Charles Ross Heaton (born 6 February 1994) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Jonathan Byers in the science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He has also starred in films such as As You Are (2016), Marrowbone (2017), The New Mutants (2020), No Future (2021), and The Souvenir Part II (2021). Prior to his acting career, he was the drummer in a number of rock bands.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charlie Heaton
- Name (Japanese)
- チャーリー・ヒートン
- Reading
- ちゃーりー・ひーとん
- Born
- February 6, 1994 (age 32)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dog
- Origin
- Bridlington, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / musician / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Actor Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Stranger Things | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Musician — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.