About Charlie Heaton
Charles Ross Heaton 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 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. With no formal acting training, Heaton first considered an acting career while working as an extra and taking on other commercial work to supplement his income as a musician. In his first feature film role, he appeared in the thriller film Shut In (2016), which was filmed just prior to Heaton being cast in Stranger Things but was not released until after the show premiered. In 2015, he had guest roles on a string of British television dramas: he first appeared in the ITV crime drama series DCI Banks and Vera, then guest-starred in BBC One's medical drama series Casualty.
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