See Finn Wolfhard's BFF Moments with His "Stranger Things" Costars, on His 23rd Birthday Brendan LeDecember 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM 0 Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown Finn Wolfhard has grown up alongside his Stranger Things castmates. Wolfhard began starring as Mike Wheeler on the hit Netflix series in 2016, at age 13, and over the last decade, viewers have watched him and his costars become established actors (and in Wolfhard's case, also a musician and a director).
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Brendan LeDecember 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Sadie Sink, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown
Finn Wolfhard has grown up alongside his Stranger Things castmates.
Wolfhard began starring as Mike Wheeler on the hit Netflix series in 2016, at age 13, and over the last decade, viewers have watched him and his costars become established actors (and in Wolfhard's case, also a musician and a director). Through it all, he has created lifelong friendships with his Stranger Things squad.
As for how the cast will stay connected after the series finale airs on New Year's Eve, Wolfhard told Entertainment Tonight simply: "Through texting."
He continued, "Just trying to keep in contact as much as possible. A lot of the cast actually live in the same city. ... We try to see each other every time we're [in New York]."
To celebrate his 23rd birthday on Dec. 23, 2025, see Wolfhard's sweetest friendship moments with his Hawkins crew.
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Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo
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Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo
Gaten Matarazzo, who portrays Dustin Henderson, and Wolfhard are so close, they were roommates for a year while filming the series' last season. In fact, they were so comfortable with each other that they let their shared space fall into disarray.
"We match each other's energy a little bit," Matarazzo explained of rooming with his "best friend" on Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Dinner's on Me podcast. "We got along so well and had been so close for so long that we didn't really hold each other to a standard."
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Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown
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Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown
Millie Bobby Brown plays Wolfhard's love interest Eleven on screen, but off-screen, they love to poke fun at each other. After Eleven and Mike shared their first kiss, Brown affirmed that Wolfhard was a "lousy kisser" during a Vanity Fair lie detector test.
On The Drew Barrymore Show, the actor agreed with her assessment.
"The romantic way of putting it is I head-butted her," Wolfhard explained. "I was 12, so I'll excuse it. I'd probably have done the same thing if I was not on screen in front of the entire world."
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Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin
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Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin
In an interview with GQ, Wolfhard recalled having a panic attack while filming with Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin, who plays Lucas Sinclair. They stopped filming the scene, and his two friends embraced him.
"Gaten and Caleb, we're for life. Bonded for life," Wolfhard said. "They were like, 'Dude, we're the only people that know what it's really like."
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Finn Wolfhard and Noah Schnapp
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Noah Schnapp and Finn Wolfhard
After Noah Schnapp — who plays opposite Mike as Will Byers — came out, Wolfhard told GQ that he was "really proud" of his costar. Though they don't keep in touch 24/7, he explained that the cast functions like family.
"Do you text your cousins every day? Probably not. They're our family. We'll talk on each other's birthdays. We'll talk once in a while," he said. "But in the same way that family works, if I ever needed anything, they're there."
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Finn Wolfhard and Sadie Sink
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Finn Wolfhard and Sadie Sink
Sadie Sink, who plays Max Mayfield, linked up with her Stranger Things castmate for a conversation on The A24 Podcast in 2022 to promote their films The Whale and When You Finish Saving the World. Then, in 2025, Wolfhard and Matarazzo showed up to support Sink at the opening night of her Broadway play John Proctor Is the Villain.
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Finn Wolfhard and Maya Hawke
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Maya Hawke and Finn Wolfhard
Maya Hawke and Wolfhard spent time with each other when the cameras weren't rolling. During season 3, Wolfhard filmed the Do Revenge actress rehearsing her character Robin's coming out scene, sharing the clip a few days after the premiere.
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Finn Wolfhard and Natalia Dyer
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Finn Wolfhard and Natalia Dyer
Natalia Dyer, who portrays Mike's sister Nancy Wheeler, grew close to her on-screen sibling over their decade on the show. After they wrapped the final season in 2023, Dyer personally gifted Wolfhard a Rolex with a "very personal and sweet letter," he revealed to GQ.
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Finn Wolfhard and Charlie Heaton
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Finn Wolfhard and Charlie Heaton
In a GQ interview alongside McLaughlin, Matarazzo and Schnapp, Wolfhard recounted emotional moments during season 5's production when he'd "just walk around crying."
Charlie Heaton and Dyer, who are dating — on-screen as Jonathan Byers and Nancy as well as off-screen) — lived down the street from Matarazzo and Wolfhard. He revealed that in his turbulent state, he would head to their place.
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Finn Wolfhard and Joe Keery
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Finn Wolfhard and Joe Keery
On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Wolfhard reflected on his bond with Joe Keery, who plays Nancy's ex-boyfriend Steve Harrington. The Hell of a Summer star called Keery a "huge influence" and a "cool older brother." He's even followed in Keery's musical footsteps, starting his own band The Aubreys in 2019.
"I wouldn't be here without Joe," he said.
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Finn Wolfhard and Cara Buono
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Cara Buono and Finn Wolfhard
Wolfhard's on-screen mom, Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), has seen the young star grow up. She gushed about Wolfhard to the , calling him "an amazing actor, an amazing musician and an amazing human."
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