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Stranger Things

Stranger Things

Netflix 2016

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Stranger Things (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Winona Ryder

#1 - Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers)

Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She is the recipient of several awards, including a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. She is known for taking on quirky roles in her earlier films, later playing more prominent roles in the 1990s. After Ryder's film debut in Lucas (1986), she gained attention with her performance in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). She further rose to prominence with major roles in Heathers (1989), Mermaids (1990), Edward Scissorhands (1990), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). She garnered critical acclaim and two consecutive Academy Award nominations for her portrayals of socialite May Welland in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993) and Jo March in the fifth film adaptation of Little Women (1994). Her other films during this period were Reality Bites (1994), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), The Crucible (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Celebrity (1998), and Girl, Interrupted (1999), which she also executive-produced. In 2002, Ryder starred in the critically panned box office hit Mr. Deeds, after which her career declined and she took a break from films. In 2009, she returned in the high-profile film Star Trek. In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards: as the lead actress in the television film When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story and as part of the cast of Black Swan. She also reunited with Burton for Frankenweenie (2012). She has starred as Joyce Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present), for which she has received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations; and in 2020, she starred in the HBO drama miniseries The Plot Against America. Her relationship with Johnny Depp in the early 1990s and a 2001 arrest for shoplifting were both subjects of tabloid journalism. She has been open about her personal struggles with anxiety and depression. In 2000, Ryder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Winona Ryder plays as Joyce Byers in Stranger Things.
Winona Ryder is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

David Harbour

#2 - David Harbour (Jim Hopper)

David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He gained recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016–present), for which he earned a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2018. For the role, he also received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Harbour had supporting roles in films such as Brokeback Mountain (2005), Quantum of Solace (2008), The Green Hornet (2011), End of Watch (2012), The Equalizer (2014), Black Mass (2015), Suicide Squad (2016) and Black Widow (2021). He portrayed the title character in the superhero film Hellboy (2019).

David Harbour plays as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things.
David Harbour is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

Finn Wolfhard

#3 - Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler)

Finn Wolfhard (born December 23, 2002) is a Canadian actor and musician. He gained recognition for playing Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). His film roles include Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel It (2017) and its sequel It: Chapter Two (2019), Boris Pavlikovsky in the drama film The Goldfinch (2019), the voice of Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family (2019), and Trevor in the supernatural film Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). Wolfhard made his directorial debut with the comedy short film Night Shifts (2020).

Finn Wolfhard plays as Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things.
Finn Wolfhard is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

Millie Bobby Brown

#4 - Millie Bobby Brown (Jane “Eleven” Hopper)

Millie Bobby Brown (born 19 February 2004) is a British actress and producer. She gained recognition for playing Eleven in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–present), for which she received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Brown has starred in the adventure film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and its sequel Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). She also starred in and produced the Netflix mystery film Enola Holmes (2020) and its 2022 sequel. In 2018, Brown was featured in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people, and was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, the then youngest person selected for this position.

Millie Bobby Brown plays as Jane “Eleven” Hopper in Stranger Things.
Millie Bobby Brown is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

Gaten Matarazzo

#5 - Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson)

Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (born September 8, 2002) is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and as Gavroche in Les Misérables. He stars as Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series Stranger Things, and hosts the short lived Netflix show Prank Encounters.

Gaten Matarazzo plays as Dustin Henderson in Stranger Things.
Gaten Matarazzo is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

Caleb McLaughlin

#6 - Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair)

Caleb Reginald McLaughlin (born October 13, 2001) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series Stranger Things. McLaughlin began his career when he appeared in an opera called Lost in the Stars in Cooperstown, New York at the Glimmerglass Opera House. He then played on the Broadway stage as Young Simba in the musical The Lion King. In 2017, McLaughlin appeared in the BET miniseries The New Edition Story as young Ricky Bell.

Caleb McLaughlin plays as Lucas Sinclair in Stranger Things.
Caleb McLaughlin is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

Charlie Heaton

#7 - Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers)

Charlie Ross Heaton (born 6 February 1994) is an English actor. He first gained recognition for starring as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present). Beginning his career as a musician, Heaton appeared on British television before starring in Stranger Things and feature films like the 2016 indie thriller Shut In; he has since starred in the thriller films Marrowbone (2017) and The New Mutants (2020), among others.

Charlie Heaton plays as Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things.
Charlie Heaton is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 34 episodes.

Sadie Sink

#8 - Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield)

Sadie Elizabeth Sink (born April 16, 2002) is an American actress. She began acting at age seven in local theater productions, and played the title role in Annie (2012–14) and young Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience (2015) on Broadway. Sink made her television debut in a 2013 episode of The Americans and her film debut in the sports drama film Chuck (2016). She had her breakthrough portraying Max Mayfield in the science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2017–present). In 2021, she played Ziggy Berman in the horror film trilogy Fear Street and the lead role in Taylor Swift's romantic drama All Too Well: The Short Film. She portrayed Ellie in Darren Aronofsky's psychological drama film The Whale (2022).

Sadie Sink plays as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things.
Sadie Sink is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 26 episodes.

#9 - Noah Schnapp (Will Byers)

Noah Schnapp (born October 3, 2004) is a Canadian-American actor. He played Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror web television series Stranger Things, for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. His film roles include Roger Donovan in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) and the voice of Charlie Brown in the animated The Peanuts Movie (2015).

Noah Schnapp plays as Will Byers in Stranger Things.
Noah Schnapp is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 26 episodes.

#10 - Joe Keery (Steve Harrington)

Joseph David Keery (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Steve Harrington in the American science-fiction horror TV series, Stranger Things.

Joe Keery plays as Steve Harrington in Stranger Things.
Joe Keery is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 26 episodes.

Last updated: feb 12, 2023

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