Joe Keery
ABOUT JOE KEERY
Actor and musician who landed his breakout role as Steve Harrington on the Netflix original series Stranger Things .
He studied at The Theatre School at DePaul University and graduated in 2014.
He previously performed in a band called Post Animal. He plays the character Kurt Kunkle in the 2020 film Spree and he launched a TikTok account under the username kurtsworld to promote the film, posting videos while in character as Kurt Kunkle. He also releases solo music under the name Djo.
He has lived in Chicago, Illinois, although he grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The second oldest of five children, he grew up with four sisters. He dated actress Maika Monroe . They broke up in 2022.
He and Nadine Velazquez were cast in leading roles of the 2016 thriller The Charnel House.
