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. The 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 volumes between November and December 2025. This series features an ensemble cast including 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 had recurring roles 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 cast in the third season, and Priah Ferguson was promoted to the main cast. Brett Gelman had recurring roles in the second and third seasons, before being promoted to the main cast in the fourth, with Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco, and Joseph Quinn also joining. Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher, Alex Breaux, and Jake Connelly joined the main cast for the fifth season. This list includes the series' main cast, all guest stars deemed to have had recurring roles throughout the series, and any other guest who is otherwise notable.