List of Stranger Things characters
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This is a list of characters from the American science fiction horror television series Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers, and its animated spin-off Stranger Things: Tales from '85.
The original series is set in the 1980s and follows a group of children in the town of Hawkins, Indiana, as they confront supernatural forces tied to the disappearance of a young boy named Will Byers. Each season advances chronologically from 1983 to 1987, depicting the group’s maturation while they face escalating threats connected to an alternate dimension. The first season premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2016, followed by the second on October 27, 2017, and the third on July 4, 2019. The fourth season was released in two volumes in May and July 2022. The fifth and final season was released in three segments between November and December 2025.
The ensemble cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, and Matthew Modine. Noah Schnapp and Joe Keery recurred in the first season before being promoted to the main cast for the second, with Sadie Sink, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin, and Paul Reiser also joining. Maya Hawke joined the main cast in the third season while Priah Ferguson was promoted after recurring in the second season. Brett Gelman recurred in the second and third seasons before being promoted to the main cast in the fourth.
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