Charlie Heaton

Charlie Ross Heaton is an actor and musician from England. He is most known for his lead role in the Netflix science fiction-horror series Stranger Things as Jonathan Byers.

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Biography and Early Life

Heaton was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, as Charlie Ross Heaton on the 6^th of February in 1994. Charlie is the son of Crispy Heaton and Shelly Lowe and has a sibling named Levi Heaton. He is happy to be born and raised in a family where they loved and valued each other.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Charlie Heaton in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Charlie Heaton’s age is 27 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 6 February 1994. Though, he is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 173 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 152 lbs in Pound and 69kg in Kilograms.

Education

Charlie was educated by his mother on a council estate in Bridlington. Charlie Heaton is also an alumnus of City and Islington College.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

From his relationship with Akiko Matsuura, Heaton has a sibling, Archie Heaton Matsuura (born May 19, 2014). He’s been dating his Stranger Things co-star Natalia Dyer, who plays Jonathan’s girlfriend Nancy Wheeler on the show, since early 2016. Heaton is a passionate football lover who cheers on Arsenal F.C.

Heaton was unable to attend the Stranger Things 2 premiere on October 21, 2017. This is because, he was arrested in October at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of possessing trace quantities of cocaine, according to sources. He was not detained and returned to London right away. He said in a statement more than a week later that his intended trip to the United States had been “interrupted by a problem at US immigration” and that he “was not convicted or charged with a crime.” He however didn’t come out openly to discuss about it.

Is Charlie Heaton Gay?

No, he is not gay. His relationship with Akiko Matsuura is enough to prove that he has no interest in men.

Professional Career

Heaton moved to London when he was 16 and became the drummer for the London noise-rock band Comanechi. Noise rock (also known as noise punk) is a noise-oriented experimental rock genre that emerged in the 1980s from punk rock. Using acoustic instruments and, less often, electronic instrumentation, bands employ intense amounts of distortion to include percussive effects or add to the final composition, drawing on trends such as minimalism, industrial rock, and New York hardcore. He spent over a year on the road with them. Heaton then formed the acid band Half Loon, based in London.

Heaton appeared in the short film “Life Requires Courage” in 2014. He made his acting debut in 2015, playing Gary McCready in the ITV crime thriller series DCI Banks. After that, he played Riley in the ITV detective series Vera. He played Jason Waycott in the BBC One medical drama series Casualty.

In 2016, he starred alongside Naomi Watts and Oliver Platt in the thriller Shut In, directed by Farren Blackburn. In the Netflix horror-thriller series Stranger Things, Heaton plays Jonathan Byers. He appeared in the drama film As You Are in 2016. As You Are is a 2016 American drama film starring Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, and Amandla Stenberg, directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte.

Stranger Things is a Netflix-exclusive American science-fiction horror television series produced by the Duffer Brothers. Along with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen, the brothers work as show-runners and executive producers. On July 15, 2016, Netflix released the series. Hawkins, Indiana is a fictitious town set in the 1980s.

The first season centres on the search for a young boy (Will Byers) who vanished amid supernatural events in the area, including the emergence of a girl with psychokinetic abilities. Will’s side effects from being in the Upside Down, and its beings crawling into the physical world, are the highlight of the second season. As the kids continue their fight against the Upside Down powers, the third season focuses on Eleven and Mike’s friendship.

Heaton was cast in New Mutants, a 2020 film based on the Marvel Comics comic book of the same name, as Samuel “Sam” Guthrie / Cannonball, in May 2017. The BBC revealed in August 2018 that Heaton will portray Joseph Merrick, also known as the “Elephant Man,” in a new two-part drama. A disabilities charity organization slammed the casting, with the president of the organization claiming that not casting a disabled performer was a wasted opportunity.

Awards

Over the course of his career, Charlie Heaton is the recipient of one award and three nominations especially because of his work on Stranger Things. They are as follows:

1. He won the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
2. He was nominated for the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
3. He was nominated for the 2018 Teen Choice Award for Best Choice Scene Stealer.
4. He was nominated for the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Charlie Heaton in 2021

As of 2021, Charlie Heaton currently has an estimated net worth of $5 Million. He has earned all this wealth from his career in both the music and the film industry.

Charlie Heaton is an amazing actor and musician who has done really well for his career, so far. He has blessed the world with a number of great performances and we look forward to more of these performances.