Joe Keery Profile, Age, Height, Family, Girlfriend, Affairs, Biography & More

Joe Keery is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing Steve Harrington in the science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–present) and for his role in the comedy film Free Guy (2021). Keery releases music under the stage name Djo. He is a former member of the psychedelic rock band Post Animal.

Keery was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His father is an architect and his mother is an English professor. He is the second of five children.

Keery was raised in Newburyport and attended River Valley Charter School, a local Montessori elementary and middle school, and Newburyport High School. When he was young, he participated in Theater in the Open, a performing arts camp at Maudslay State Park, but ultimately began acting in high school, initially performing there at his older sister’s insistence.

Keery went on to study at The Theater School at DePaul University and graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.

Keery has criticized the online obsession over his hair, calling it “really ridiculous”. In a 2021 interview with GQ, he said he feared an environmental apocalypse, “especially after the fires last year and the storms that are destroying the central south of our country”.

He has been in a relationship with Maika Monroe since 2017.

After graduating from DePaul, Keery went to over a hundred auditions. Before his breakout role in Stranger Things, Keery appeared in a KFC, Domino’s, and amiibo commercial, and had roles in Empire and Chicago Fire. His first appearance in a full-length film was in Stephen Cone’s indie, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party.