Additional Facts

• Noah has a twin sister, Chloe.
• Is the godfather of Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobbie Brown’s daughter.
• Both of Noah’s parents are from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Noah’s extended family still lives there. He is of Russian Jewish (father) and Moroccan Jewish (mother) descent.
• Is 4 minutes older than sister Chloe.
• Noah was inspired to become an actor at the age of 5 after seeing the Broadway production of Annie.
• He attended various theater and dance classes in the following years to grow his craft.
• He first appeared on television in commercials for Coco Pebbles cereal.
• He made his animated and live-action film debut in the same year, 2015, starring in The Peanuts Movie as Charlie Brown and in Steven Speilberg’s “Bridge of Spies”
• He originally auditioned for the role of Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things before landing the part of Will Byers.
• He learned that he had been cast as Will Byers while at summer camp and filmed his first video for Instagram thanking all his new fans
• In 2016, he made an appearance in Panic at the Disco’s music video for “LA Devotee” and was later invited on stage during a live performance
• He auditioned for and scored a role in The Greatest Showman but had to back out due to filming Stranger Things
• Outside of Stranger Things, Noah had a separate life as an online influencer. He once had his own YouTube channel and ran a very popular TikTok channel, being one of the first major celebrities to use the app
• He also had a separate job as a lifeguard the summer before he started college
• In 2021, he co-founded and launched To Be Honest (TBH), a sustainability-driven snack company that sold a hazelnut spread similar to Nutella
• In 2023, he also launched TenderFix, a virtual restaurant operated by IHOP, which sold chicken tenders
• He attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in entrepreneurship, and graduated in May 2026 with his degree in Cinema and Media Studies. He is the only member of the child Stranger Things cast to have graduated college
• He has been nominated for and won several accolades for his performance as Will Byers. Wins include the MTV Movie and TV Award for Best Frightened Performance, People’s Choice Award for Male TV Star of 2022, the Queerty Awards in 2023, Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Television Series in 2017, the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Actor in 2019, and the Breakthrough Performance Award in 2026