Stranger Things
TV Series

Stranger Things (2016-2025)

5 seasons

Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryAction & Adventure

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Cast Age Comparison by Season

Actor Character Actor Age Char Age Conf Diff Source/Hints
Season 5 (2025)
Winona Ryder Winona Ryder Joyce Byers 54 45-46 C2 +8 Stranger Things Wiki: Born 1941 or 1942 (stub article needing verification). S5 set in 1987 = 45-46 years old.
David Harbour David Harbour Jim Hopper 50 45-46 C2 +4 Stranger Things Wiki: Born 1941/1942, age derived from contextual information. S5 in 1987 = 45-46 years old.
Millie Bobby Brown Millie Bobby Brown Eleven / Jane Hopper 21 16 C3 +5 Stranger Things Wiki: Born June 7, 1971 (cited from Instagram post and Season 5 Episode 1). S5 in 1987 = 16 years old.
Finn Wolfhard Finn Wolfhard Mike Wheeler 22 16 C3 +6 Stranger Things Wiki: Born April 7, 1971. S5 in 1987 = 16 years old.
Gaten Matarazzo Gaten Matarazzo Dustin Henderson 23 16 C3 +7 Stranger Things Wiki: Born May 29, 1971 (cited from Season 4, Episode 6). S5 in 1987 = 16 years old.
Caleb McLaughlin Caleb McLaughlin Lucas Sinclair 24 16 C3 +8 Stranger Things Wiki: Born between Nov 1970 and Aug 1971. S5 in 1987 = 16 years old.
Noah Schnapp Noah Schnapp Will Byers 21 16 C3 +5 Stranger Things Wiki: Born March 22, 1971. S5 in 1987 = 16 years old.
Sadie Sink Sadie Sink Max Mayfield 23 16 C3 +7 Stranger Things Wiki: Born between Nov 1970 and Sep 1971. S5 in 1987 = 16 years old.
Natalia Dyer Natalia Dyer Nancy Wheeler 30 20 C3 +10 Stranger Things Wiki: Born between June and November 1967 (cited from S1E1 teleplay). S5 in 1987 = 20 years old.
Charlie Heaton Charlie Heaton Jonathan Byers 31 20 C3 +11 Stranger Things Wiki: Born between June and November 1967. S5 in 1987 = 20 years old.
Joe Keery Joe Keery Steve Harrington 33 21 C3 +12 Stranger Things Wiki: Born June 1966. S5 in 1987 = 21 years old.
Maya Hawke Maya Hawke Robin Buckley 27 19 C3 +8 Stranger Things Wiki: Born around March 1968. S5 in 1987 = 19 years old.
Brett Gelman Brett Gelman Murray 49 43 C3 +6 Stranger Things Wiki: Born 1943/1944, explicitly states age 43 in Season 5.
Priah Ferguson Priah Ferguson Erica Sinclair 19 13 C3 +6 Stranger Things Wiki: Born between July and November 1974. S5 in 1987 = 13 years old.
Cara Buono Cara Buono Karen Wheeler 54 46 C3 +8 Stranger Things Wiki: Born between August and November 1941. S5 in 1987 = 46 years old.
Actor Age Actor’s real age when the production was filmed or released
Char Age The character’s age as stated or implied in the story
Diff Difference between actor age and character age (green = close, red = far apart)
Source/Hints Where the character age was found or how it was inferred
Confidence Scale
C5 Canonical — age explicitly stated in the production
C4 Canonical — derived from dates or events in the story
C3 Strong secondary source (script, novelization, creator interview)
C2 Inferred range — estimated from context clues
C1 Unknown — no reliable age information found