how old was noah schnapp in season 1

Noah Schnapp was 11 years old when he filmed season 1 of Stranger Things , and he was 12 years old when it premiered on Netflix in July 2016.

How the age works out

• Noah Schnapp was born on October 3, 2004.

• Season 1 of Stranger Things was filmed mainly in late 2015 and early 2016, when he was still 11 for most of the shoot.

• The season premiered on July 15, 2016, so he had turned 12 by the time audiences first saw him as Will Byers.

In-show age vs real life

• In the show’s first season, Will Byers is written as being around 12 years old, matching the age of the core friend group in the story.

• That means Noah was playing a character roughly his own age, just a few months older than he actually was during much of production.

TL;DR: Noah Schnapp was 11 while filming most of Stranger Things season 1 and 12 when it was released.

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