McLaughlin was born in New York City, New York on October 13, 2001, and grew up in Carmel, New York. He attended Kent Primary School for a year before moving on to George Fischer Middle School. During this time, he was already attending auditions and attempting to pursue a career as an actor. He also opted to spend a year studying dancing at Happy Feet Dancing School in Carmel, New York. He also spent a year at the Seven Star School of Performing Arts in Brewster. He then joined The Harlem School of the Arts, where he trained under Audrey Lynch, a former producer of “Lion King.”
Personal Life
McLaughlin wants to keep his personal and romantic relationships secret. In 2021, he claimed in an interview that he was single, but also said that even if he was in a relationship, he would not announce it. Some fans believe he had a relationship with his onscreen girlfriend Sadie Sink, though the two have stated that they are just friends in real life. During the final episode of the second season of “Stranger Things,” the two shared their first kiss both onscreen and in real life.
Career
McLaughlin’s first performing role was in the opera “Lost in the Stars,” which premiered at the Glimmerglass Opera House in Cooperstown, New York. McLaughlin won a role in the 2012 short film “Noah Dreams of Origami Fortunes.” He also played Young Simba in “The Lion King” at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway from 2012 to 2014. He also began auditioning for television shows, landing guest spots on shows such as “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Unforgettable,” “Forever,” “What Would You Do?” and “Shades of Blue.”
McLaughlin made his breakthrough role as Lucas Sinclair in “Stranger Things” in 2016. The show is a comedy horror science fiction drama set in a 1980s tiny village. It chronicles the exploits of a small group of friends, one of whom is McLaughlin’s character, as they attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of one of the town’s local high school students and the subsequent unexplained happenings. The first season of the programme was enormously popular, breaking several Netflix audience records.
The ensemble of the show earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2017. McLaughlin was nominated for the Young Artists Awards’ Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film – Teen Actor award, as well as the BET Awards’ YoungStars Award. When McLaughlin returned to the character for the future seasons of “Stranger Things,” he was praised for his portrayal. In 2018, he received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth.
He was also nominated for Favourite Male Actor at the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards and for Teen Choice Awards’ 2019 Choice Summer TV Actor. The fourth season of “Stranger Things” was postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak and will now be released in 2022.
While on “Stranger Things,” McLaughlin continued to audition for other parts. He appeared in “Blue Bloods” in 2016, three episodes of “The New Edition Story” in 2017, and an episode of “Lip Sync Battle” in 2017 alongside the rest of the cast of “Stranger Things.” He starred in “Final Space” in 2018 and provided the voice for four episodes of “Summer Camp Island” from 2018 to 2021. He won a film part in “High Flying Bird” in 2019 and another in “Concrete Cowboy” in 2020, both with Idris Elba and Jharrel Jerome. The film premiered in September 2020 at the Toronto Film Festival and received rave reviews.
McLaughlin was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2021 as an honoree in the category of Hollywood and Entertainment in December 2020.
Net Worth
Each young actor earned $10,000 for each episode throughout the first season. That amounted to $80,000 for the season. Caleb McLaughlin was paid $30,000 for every episode in the second season of Stranger Things. In March 2018, it was disclosed that his season three per episode compensation had been increased to $250,000! The third season included eight episodes, therefore the cost was roughly $2 million before taxes and fees. He was paid $2.25 million for the ninth season’s nine episodes. Caleb McLaughlin is a $3 million net-worth American actor. Caleb McLaughlin is best known for playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Facts
| Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Salary | $250 Thousand Per Episode |
| Date of Birth | Oct 13, 2001 (21 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Carmel, New York, U.S. |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | Actor |
| Nationality | United States of America |
