“People that are the same colour as me say, 'You give me inspiration,' like there could be people like them onscreen. That's how I used to feel. I never thought any African-American people or people of colour could be on TV.”

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.