Heaton has a child with Akiko Matsuura, a former bandmate. In 2021, he starred opposite Catherine Keener in the independent film No Future and was part of the cast of the critically acclaimed drama The Souvenir Part II. The casting drew criticism from a disability charity group, the group's head saying that not using a disabled actor was a missed opportunity. In August 2018, the BBC announced that Heaton would be playing Joseph Merrick, commonly known as the "Elephant Man", in a new two-part drama. Filmed in 2017, the film was released in 2020. In May of that year, Heaton was cast to star as Samuel "Sam" Guthrie / Cannonball in the film The New Mutants based on the Marvel Comics comic book of the same name. In 2017, Heaton had a main role in the psychological horror film Marrowbone. The first season premiered in July 2016 to critical acclaim the most recent season, its fourth, was released in 2022.
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Heaton's breakthrough role was as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix supernatural drama series Stranger Things. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. Concurrently, he filmed the coming-of-age film As You Are in late 2015. The film was produced in early 2015, prior to being cast in Stranger Things, but was released following the show's premiere. In his first feature film role, he appeared in the 2016 thriller film Shut In, co-starring Naomi Watts and Oliver Platt, and directed by Farren Blackburn. He first appeared in the ITV crime drama series DCI Banks and Vera and then guest-starred in BBC One's medical drama series Casualty. Ģ015 proved to be a pivotal year for Heaton he had guest roles on a string of British television dramas and was cast in three major projects, including Stranger Things. 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.
Heaton then joined London-based psychedelic band Half Loon. During his tenure, the band released an album in 2013 and toured for a year and a half. He played in a number of bands before joining the noise-rock band Comanechi as the drummer. Heaton has an older sister, Levi Heaton, also an actor and a member of Self Esteem's live band. He was raised by his mother on a council estate in Bridlington, a small coastal town in Yorkshire. Heaton was born on 6 February 1994 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Prior to his acting career, Heaton played in a number of London-based bands. He is known for starring as Jonathan Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–present) and for his roles in feature films like As You Are (2016), Marrowbone (2017), The New Mutants (2020), No Future (2021), and The Souvenir Part II (2021). Charles Ross Heaton (born 6 February 1994) is an English actor and musician.
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