what is the name of the security guard at hawkins lab when hopper first arrives to investigate will’s disappearance?

The show never gives that security guard a proper, spoken name, and no official source currently confirms one, so the character is effectively unnamed.

On-screen details

When Hopper first arrives at Hawkins National Laboratory to ask about Will, he is stopped and checked by a uniformed guard at the front security checkpoint.

The guard runs a basic ID-style check and then lets Hopper in, but the episode does not include any dialogue or credits that state the guard’s name.

Official sources and credits

Episode guides and official character lists for the early “Stranger Things” episodes list Joyce, Hopper, Brenner, various agents, and “Hawkins security” personnel generically, but they do not attach a specific personal name to the front-desk guard in that scene.

Fan wikis focus on named figures like Dr. Brenner and the later “Hawkins Head of Security,” again treating the early checkpoint guard as an anonymous extra.

Fandom and headcanon

Some fans refer to him loosely as “Hawkins security guard” or roll him into the broader “Hawkins lab security” group, but these are descriptive labels, not canon names.

Unless the creators retroactively name him in a future guide or season, the most accurate answer is that the guard at the checkpoint when Hopper first investigates Will’s disappearance is unnamed in canon.

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