“My parents never told me I couldn't do anything, I remember watching superhero movies and saying, 'I wish I had superpowers.' And my dad said, 'You do. You just have to find them.'”

American actor, born 2001

Caleb Reginald McLaughlin is an American actor born in 2001. He is best known for playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series Stranger Things, a role that brought him international recognition. He began on Broadway as young Simba in The Lion King, then took smaller television parts before Stranger Things made him widely known. He later appeared in the films High Flying Bird and Concrete Cowboy, his first lead role in a feature film, and also acted in the miniseries The New Edition Story and several television voice roles.