Charlie Heaton is probably best known for his role as Jonathan Byers in the global hit Netflix series Stranger Things, but he has done several acting projects in the past.
He started in the entertainment business in 2014 and now has 16 acting credits. With that, he began making a name for himself and building huge net worth.
The Beginning of Charlie Heaton’s Career
The 28-year-old started professional acting in the short film Life Needs Courage in 2014. After a year, he did minor roles in The Schoolboy, Rise of the Footsoldier Part II and Urban & the Shed Crew.
He also made appearances on British TV and did the ITV crime dramas DCI Banks and Vera. He then guest-starred on the BBC One medical drama Casualty and the AMC science-fiction anthology series Soulmates.
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Of course, Charlie Heaton graced the big screen, too. His first major feature film roles came in 2016 with the coming-of-age drama As You Are and the psychological thriller Shut In.
He then did Marrowbone in 2017, followed by the superhero horror movie The New Mutants in 2020. Come 2021, he was seen in the two drama films No Future and The Souvenir Part II.
Charlie Heaton’s Stranger Things Breakthrough Role and Salary
With the many projects the actor did over the years, his real breakthrough came in 2016 when he played the role of Jonathan Byers in the TV series Stranger Things.
The show became a massive hit upon its release, quickly dominating the TV viewing around the globe. It started to receive a number of awards and nominations and its main cast, Millie Bobby Brown, Joe Keery, Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, Caleb McLaughlin, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, himself and more, instantly gained traction.
In fact, the cast won the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
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So, how much money did this show bring Charlie Heaton? According to reports, just like other child actors’ salaries, his was also $10,000 per episode, totaling $80,000 for the eight-episode first season.
It then grew to $30,000 per episode in the second season, earning him $270,000 for the full season. With the show’s continued fame and success, his paycheck dramatically increased to $250,000 per episode, amounting to a whopping $2 million for another set of eight episodes.
Charlie Heaton’s Personal Life and Net Worth
For everyone who doesn’t know, Charlie Heaton is dating Natalia Dyer in real life. Their romance started in 2016, the same year Stranger Things premiered.
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She’s also his on-screen partner in the show. But before the 27-year-old actress, he was in a relationship with the Japanese drummer and singer Akiko Matsuura, with whom he has one child, Archie.
Today, in his eight years in the business, Charlie Heaton has already amassed a net worth of $4 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
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