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James Hopper Sr was a character from Stranger Things: The First Shadow, portrayed by Shane Attwooll. He was Chief of the Hawkins Police Department in 1959, and the father of James Hopper Jr.[1]

History[]

Background[]

James Hopper Sr fathered a son, James Hopper Jr, with an unknown woman.

1950s[]

On one occasion, Hopper Jr lied to his mother about being on the debate team, when he was really having sex with a girl named Chrissy Carpenter in the back of his father's Oldsmobile.[2]

By no later than 1959, James Hopper Sr had become chief of the Hawkins Police Department.[1]

1959 or later[]

When Hopper Jr was informed he had been drafted to fight in Vietnam, he felt obligated to go, to "make [his] old man proud".[3]

Family tree[]

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James Hopper Sr
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bill
 
Diane
 
 
 
Jim Hopper
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diane's second
child

 
 

Sara Hopper
 
 
 
Jane Hopper Jim's Adopted
Daughter

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