Charlie Heaton
Charlie Ross Heaton (born 6 February 1994)[1] is an English actor and musician.[2] He is best known for his starring role as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things.
In 2014, Heaton played a role in Life Needs Courage, a short film. In 2015, he made his acting debut with the ITV crime drama series DCI Banks, playing the role of Gary McCready.[7] He appeared as Riley in ITV’s detective series Vera.[8] He guest-starred in BBC One’s medical drama series Casualty as Jason Waycott.[9] In 2016, he appeared in the thriller film Shut In, co-starring Naomi Watts and Oliver Platt, and directed by Farren Blackburn.[10][11] Heaton also plays Jonathan Byers in the Netflix supernatural drama series Stranger Things.[12][13] In 2016, he starred in the drama film As You Are.
In May 2017, Heaton was cast to star as Samuel “Sam” Guthrie / Cannonball in The New Mutants, a 2020 film based on the Marvel Comics comic book of the same name.[14] In August 2018, the BBC announced that Heaton would be playing Joseph Merrick, commonly known as the “Elephant Man”, in a new two-part drama.[15] The casting drew criticism from a disability charity group, the group’s head saying that not using a disabled actor was a missed opportunity
