Charlie Ross Heaton was born on 6 February 1994, in Bridlington, East Yorkshire England, and is best known as an actor who plays Jonathan Byers, one of the main characters in the Netflix hit series ‘’Stranger Things’’.
So just how rich is Charlie Heaton as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, this actor has net worth of over $1 million, accumulated from his career in the previously mentioned field, which began in 2012.
Charlie Heaton Net Worth $1 Million
Heaton moved to London as a teenager, and became a member of the band called Comanechi, touring with them for a year. In 2015, he made his acting debut with the role of Gary McCready in two episodes of ‘’DCI Banks’’, and during the same year played a prominent role in the short drama film ‘’The Schoolboy’’; Charlie continued with minor parts on television during the following period. He played one of the main characters in ‘’Urban & the Shed Crew’’, a critically acclaimed drama movie, acting alongside Fraser Kelly and Richard Armitage. In 2016, he had another notable project, landing the role of Mark in ‘’As You Are’’., which subsequently achieved positive reviews from the critics and the audience, winning a Special Jury Prize award, and Jury Prize award given by Queer Lisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer, in addition to being nominated for several more awards. His net worth was now well established.
During the same year, he co-starred in ‘’Shut In’’ alongside Naomi Watts and Oliver Platt, which attracted mixed to negative responses, and grossed just over $13.1 million at the box office. However, it is safe to say that during 2016, Heaton began working on his most notable project so far, being cast to play Jonathan Byers in ‘’Stranger Things’’, alongside Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin among others. The worldwide popular horror drama series four seasons to date have achieved vast success with audiences, and been nominated for over 100 awards, including four Golden Globes. ‘’Stranger Things’’ is rated #33 on the list of the best television series, and has actually won Primetime Emmy awards in numerous categories, Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series in addition to winning the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
When it comes to his future projects, Heaton will be starring as Sam Guthrie / Cannonball in ‘’The New Mutants’’, which is in post-production.
Speaking about his private life, Charlie shares a fair amount of information with his fans through his social media, such as Instagram on which he’s followed by almost three million people. Heaton is in a relationship with his ‘’Stranger Things’’ co-star, Natalie Dyer, which began in early 2017. Prior to that, he dated Akiko Matsuura and from that relationship, he has a son named Archie. He was the subject of a controversy in late 2017, when he was sent back to the UK after traces of cocaine were found on him, and he was barred from entering the US. However, Heaton has denied using the drug.
