1. Charles Ross Heaton was born on 6 February 1994 and is an English actor.
14 Facts About Charlie Heaton
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Charlie Heaton is known for starring as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things and for his roles in feature films like As You Are, Marrowbone, The New Mutants, No Future, and The Souvenir Part II.
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Charlie Heaton was born on 6 February 1994 in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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Charlie Heaton was raised by his mother on a council estate in Bridlington, a small coastal town in Yorkshire.
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Charlie Heaton has an older sister, Levi Charlie Heaton, an actor and a member of Self Esteem's live band.
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Charlie Heaton played in a number of bands before joining the noise-rock band Comanechi as the drummer.
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Charlie Heaton has no formal acting training, first considering an acting career while working for extras and commercial agencies to supplement his income as a musician and bartender.
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The year 2015 proved to be a pivotal time for Charlie Heaton; he had guest roles on a string of British television dramas and was cast in three major projects, including Stranger Things.
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Charlie Heaton first appeared in the ITV crime drama series DCI Banks and Vera and then guest-starred in BBC One's medical drama series Casualty.
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In 2017, Charlie Heaton had a main role in the psychological horror film Marrowbone.
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Charlie Heaton has a son with former band mate Akiko Matsuura, Archie, who was born in 2014.
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In October 2017, Charlie Heaton was detained at LAX Airport in Los Angeles for possession of small amounts of cocaine.
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Charlie Heaton was not charged with a crime and was instead sent back to London.
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Charlie Heaton was later allowed to return to the US to shoot the third season of Stranger Things.