Caleb McLaughlin

Biography

Caleb Reginald McLaughlin (born October 13, 2001) is an American actor. He gained international recognition playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He began his career playing young Simba in the Broadway musical The Lion King, and then had small roles in television. After finding success in Stranger Things, he appeared in the drama films High Flying Bird (2019) and Concrete Cowboy (2020), the latter being his first lead role in a feature film. He was also in the miniseries The New Edition Story (2017) and has had several television voice-over roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Caleb McLaughlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Stranger Things

Blue Bloods

GOAT

Saturday Night Live

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Steve

All Movies (9)

• GOAT2026 · as Will Harris (voice)
• One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 52026 · as Self - Lucas Sinclair
• The Deliverance2024 · as Nate Jackson
• The Book of Clarence2024 · as Zeke
• American Dream: The 21 Savage Story2024 · as Young 21 Savage
• Shooting Stars2023 · as Dru 'Lil Dru' Joyce III
• Concrete Cowboy2020 · as Cole
• High Flying Bird2019 · as Darius
• 2034—

All TV Shows (49)

• Hot Ones Versus2024 · as Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self - Guest
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical2022 · as Mo-Slo (voice)
• Ultra City Smiths2021 · as Trevor Johnson (voice)
• Snacked2021 · as Self
• Becoming2020 · as Self
• Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices2020
• A Little Late with Lilly Singh2019 · as Self
• Summer Camp Island2018 · as Ghost (voice)
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction2018 · as Self
• Final Space2018 · as (voice)
• Beyond Stranger Things2017 · as Self
• Steve2017 · as Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017 · as Self
• The New Edition Story2017 · as Young Ricky Bell
• Harry2016 · as Self - Guest
• Quotidien2016 · as Self - Guest
• Geeking Out2016 · as Self
• Stranger Things2016 · as Lucas Sinclair
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Shades of Blue2016 · as Jay-Jay
• Lip Sync Battle2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Forever2014 · as Alejandro
• The Real2014 · as Self - Guest
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Junior On The Job2012 · as Theo
• Halloween Wars2011 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Unforgettable2011 · as Older Brother
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• Blue Bloods2010 · as ToneLane
• What Would You Do?2008 · as Foster Child
• Young Hollywood2007 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Boy
• TRL1998 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• Extra1994 · as Self - Guest
• This Morning1988 · as Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Kids' Choice Awards1987 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Good Morning America1975 · as Self - Guest
• Today1952 · as Self - Guest
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self - Performer