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Charlie Heaton vs Joe Keery: Height, Weight, and Body Stats Compared

Charlie Heaton vs Joe Keery: How Do They Compare?

Jonathan Byers and Steve Harrington spent the better part of a decade circling each other on Stranger Things — first as romantic rivals, later as reluctant allies, and eventually as the two guys fans argue about hardest in comment sections. With the show’s final chapter pulling huge streaming numbers, searches for Charlie Heaton and Joe Keery have spiked again, and the same questions keep coming up: who’s actually taller, who’s bigger, and how much did either of them change between 2016 and now?

Short answer — they’re closer than the camera makes them look. Heaton has about an inch on Keery, and both sit in the lean-and-wiry category rather than the gym-bulked one. Here’s the full breakdown.

Charlie Heaton

Image: JoshPopov / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born February 6, 1994, in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, Heaton moved to London at 16 and drummed for the noise-rock band Comanechi before acting ever paid a bill. He’s 6’0″ and carries about 154 lbs — a frame that reads thinner on camera than it is in person, partly because Jonathan Byers spent five seasons in oversized flannel and a parka.

Joe Keery

Keery was born April 24, 1992, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the middle of five kids, and trained at DePaul University’s Theatre School in Chicago. He’s 5’11” and sits at a similar 154 lbs. Steve’s leather jacket, high-waisted jeans and that hair add visual height — and the show frequently shot him in hero-stance framing once the character turned into the group’s unofficial bodyguard.

Side-by-Side Stats

Stat	Charlie Heaton	Joe Keery
Height	6’0″ (183 cm)	5’11” (180 cm)
Weight	~154 lbs (70 kg)	~154 lbs (70 kg)
Age	31	33
Date of Birth	February 6, 1994	April 24, 1992
Build	Slim, lean	Slim, athletic
Eye Color	Blue	Dark brown
Hair Color	Dark brown	Dark brown
Net Worth (est.)	~$3 million	~$4 million

Height Comparison

Stand them shoulder to shoulder and you’re looking at a one-inch gap, with Heaton edging it at 6’0″ to Keery’s 5’11”. That’s close enough that footwear decides it. In most Stranger Things press photos and panel appearances, the two look essentially level — and in a few shots Keery looks taller, which is almost entirely the hair.

Both land above average. The mean adult male height in the US is about 5’9″, and in the UK it’s about 5’9″ as well. So Heaton is around three inches over average and Keery about two. Neither is tall enough to tower in an ensemble cast — for reference, they’re both comfortably shorter than David Harbour, who’s 6’3″.

Where they differ is proportion. Heaton has longer limbs and narrower shoulders, which is why he photographs lanky. Keery is shorter but broader through the chest and back, so he reads sturdier at the same bodyweight.

Career Comparison

Heaton booked Jonathan Byers in 2015 after small UK TV roles, and Stranger Things premiered July 15, 2016. Film work followed fast: As You Are and Shut In in 2016, the Spanish-shot horror Marrowbone in 2017, Sam Guthrie (Cannonball) in The New Mutants in 2020, the indie drama No Future, and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II in 2021. He also shares a son, Archie, born in 2014, with former Comanechi bandmate Akiko Matsuura.

Keery has run the widest lane of anyone in the cast. Steve Harrington started as a throwaway jerk boyfriend and became the show’s breakout fan favorite. On film he’s done Molly’s Game (2017), the satirical horror Spree (2020), Free Guy (2021), and he played Gator Tillman in season five of Fargo in 2023. Then there’s the music. Keery played guitar in Post Animal before releasing solo records as Djo — Twenty Twenty (2019), Decide (2022), and The Crux (2025). “End of Beginning” blew up on TikTok in early 2024, nearly two years after its release, and turned him into a legitimate charting artist.

Fitness and Body Approach

Neither guy has ever done a superhero bulk, and neither has gone public with a structured training program — which is unusual for actors on a show this big.

Heaton’s background is music, not athletics. Years behind a drum kit built decent shoulder and forearm conditioning, but he’s stayed in the same 150-pound range across the entire series run. His most noticeable change over a decade isn’t muscle, it’s maturity — the 22-year-old in season one had baby-face softness that’s long gone, replaced by sharper cheekbones and more defined jawline. He’s also become a regular on fashion front rows, where sample sizing rewards exactly the frame he has.

Keery has filled out a little more. Compare Steve in 1983 to Steve in the later seasons and there’s extra thickness through the chest and arms, consistent with normal adult development between 24 and 33 rather than any dramatic transformation. He’s been a basketball player since his Massachusetts school days, and touring as Djo means long nights on stage — which is cardio whether you count it or not.

Bottom line: both maintain, neither transforms.

Key Differences

Height: Heaton is taller by about one inch (6’0″ vs 5’11”).
Age: Keery is about two years older, born in 1992 to Heaton’s 1994.
Build: Heaton is longer-limbed and leaner; Keery is more compact and broader through the shoulders.
Eyes: Blue for Heaton, dark brown for Keery.
Nationality: Heaton is English (Yorkshire); Keery is American (Massachusetts).
Music: Heaton drummed in Comanechi; Keery records and tours as Djo with three albums out.
Training: Keery plays basketball and tours live; Heaton has no publicly documented gym routine.