"I never thought that I'd be playing Jonathan for ten years... but there are no regrets. If I'm just known for Jonathan, which I probably will be for the rest of my life, that's fine. That's a really nice person to be remembered as."
Charlie R. Heaton (born 6 February 1994) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix supernatural drama series Stranger Things (2016–present) and Cannonball in The New Mutants.
Heaton is also a musician; he played drums in several bands prior to his acting career. He has a son with former bandmate, Akiko Matsuura.
Since 2016, he has been in a relationship with Stranger Things costar Natalia Dyer.
Filmography
Film
- The Schoolboy (2015) as Michael Stevens
- Urban & The Shed Crew (2015) as Frank
- As You Are (2016) as Mark
- Shut In (2016) as Stephen Portman
- Marrowbone (2017) as Billy Marrowbone
- The New Mutants (2020) as Samuel Guthrie/Cannonball
- No Future (2020) as Will
- The Souvenir Part II (2021) as Jim
Television
- DCI Banks (2015) as Gary McCready
- Vera (2015) as Riley
- CASUAL+Y (2015) as Luke Dickinson/Jason Waycott (separate episodes)
- Stranger Things (2016-2025) as Jonathan Byers
- AMCSoulmates (2020) as Kurt Shephard