Noah Schnapp

Noah Schnapp
Born/Date of Birth: October 3, 2004
Date of Birth: Scarsdale, New York, United States
Citizenship: Canadian, American
Occupation: Actor
Siblings: Chloe Schnapp
Parents: Karine Schnapp, Mitchell Schnapp
Noah Schnapp (born October 3, 2004) is a Canadian-American actor. He played Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror web television series Stranger Things, for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. His film roles include Roger Donovan in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) and the voice of Charlie Brown in the animated The Peanuts Movie (2015).

Early life
Schnapp was born in Scarsdale, New York to Mitchell and Karine Schnapp (née Perez). He has a twin sister named Chloe. Schnapp is Jewish, and had his Bar Mitzvah in Israel. Schnapp has Canadian citizenship; his family is from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and he visits the city often. His mother is of Moroccan Jewish descent.

Schnapp's desire for acting started when he was about 5 years old after watching the Broadway production of Annie. He performed acting roles in school and community plays. When he was eight years old, his acting teacher suggested he go professional. Schnapp's parents enrolled him in an acting program at Westchester's Star Kidz with Coach Alyson Isbrandtsen who soon referred him to MKS&D Talent Management for career opportunities.

Career
Schnapp voiced the lead character, Charlie Brown, in 2015's The Peanuts Movie. Schnapp's first onscreen role was in Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Bridge of Spies, along with Tom Hanks. In 2016 Schnapp was cast as Will Byers in the first season of Netflix science fiction horror web television series Stranger Things. He and co-stars Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin competed against one another in a 2017 episode of Spike's Lip Sync Battle. He was promoted to series regular for the second season of Stranger Things, which premiered on October 27, 2017.