Charlie Heaton

Charlie Heaton
Cast Member
Birth name	Charlie R. Heaton
Born	February 6, 1994
Nationality	British
Years Active	2012-present
Character Information
Season	1, 2, 3, 4
Portrays	Jonathan Byers
First Appearance	"The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Latest Appearance	"The Battle of Starcourt"

Charlie Heaton (born February 6, 1994) is an British actor known for playing Jonathan Byers in the Netflix supernatural drama series Stranger Things.

Early Life

Heaton was born in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England before moving to London at the age of sixteen. There, he joined the London noise-rock band Comanechi as a drummer and toured with them for over a year.

Career

Heaton made his acting debut in 2015 with the ITV crime drama series DCI Banks, playing the role of Gary McCready. He also appeared as Riley in ITV's detective series Vera.

He starred in BBC One's medical drama series Casualty as Jason Waycott. In 2016, he appeared in the thriller film Shut In, co-starring Naomi Watts and Oliver Platt and directed by Farren Blackburn. However, playing Jonathan Byers as one of the lead roles in the critically acclaimed Netflix series Stranger Things earned him much popularity.

Heaton was also be starring as Samuel "Sam" Guthrie/Cannonball in New Mutants, a 2019 film based on the Marvel Comics comic book of the same name.

Filmography

Film

	Title	Role
2015	The Schoolboy	Michael Stevens
2015	Rise of the Footsoldier Part II	Dealer
2015	Urban & the Shed Crew	Frank
2016	Shut In	Stephen Portman
2016	As You Are	Mark
2017	Marrowbone	Billy
2019	New Mutants	Sam Guthurie / Cannonball
TBA	The Souvenir Part II	TBA

Television

Year	Title	Role
2015	DCI Banks	Gary McCready
2015	Vera	Riley
2015	Casualty	Jason Waycott, Luke Dickinson
2016	Stranger Things	Jonathan Byers

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Stranger Things	Won
	Gold Derby Awards	Best Ensemble of the Year		Nominated
2018	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Scene Stealer		Nominated

Official Media

• Charlie Heaton Instagram
• Charlie Heaton Facebook
• Charlie Heaton Twitter
• Charlie Heaton on Insstar
• Charlie Heaton on Insstars
• Charlie Heaton on Instagweb
• Charlie Heaton on Buzzcent

Trivia

• He is also a musician and played as a drummer of a noise-rock band called Comanechi.
• Charlie Heaton is dating his Stranger Things co-star, Natalia Dyer in real life.
• He has a son who was born in 2014. His Name is Archie Heaton.