Caleb McLaughlin's Net Worth

Caleb McLaughlin is an American actor who has a net worth of $3 million. Caleb McLaughlin is best known for portraying Lucas Sinclair's character in the Netflix series, "Stranger Things."

Caleb McLaughlin's Early Life

McLaughlin was born on October 13, 2001, in New York City, New York, and grew up in Carmel, New York. He attended Kent Primary School and then went to George Fischer Middle school for a year. During this time, he was already going for auditions and trying to pursue a career in acting. He also decided to study dance for a year at Happy Feet Dance School in Carmel, New York. He also attended the Seven Star School of Performing Arts in Brewster for a year. After that, he enrolled at The Harlem School of the Arts, where he studied with Audrey Lynch, a former producer of "Lion King."

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Caleb McLaughlin's Career

McLaughlin's first acting role was in the opera, "Lost in the Stars," which played in Cooperstown, New York, at the Glimmerglass Opera House. In 2012, McLaughlin landed a role in a short film called "Noah Dreams of Origami Fortunes." He also played the role of Young Simba in "The Lion King" from 2012 to 2014 at the Minskoff Theater on Broadway. He also began auditioning for television shows and landed several guest roles in series like "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," "Unforgettable," "Forever," "What Would You Do?" and "Shades of Blue."

In 2016, McLaughlin landed his breakout role in "Stranger Things", playing the character of Lucas Sinclair. The show is a comedic horror science fiction drama set in a small town in the 1980s. It follows the adventures of a small group of friends, of which McLaughlin's character is one, who seeks to understand the disappearance of one of the town's local high school students and the mysterious events that keep happening afterward. The show's first season was massively successful and broke a number of Netflix viewership records. The show's cast won the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. 

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McLaughlin was nominated for the Best Performance in a Digital TV Series or Film Teen Actor award at the Young Artists Awards and the YoungStars Award at the BET Awards. Resuming the role for the subsequent seasons of "Stranger Things," McLaughlin continued receiving praise for his performance. In 2018, he won the NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Performance by a Youth category. He was also nominated for the Favorite Male Actor award at the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and the 2019 Choice Summer TV Actor award at the Teen Choice Awards. The fourth season of "Stranger Things" was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and was rescheduled for release in 2022.

While in "Stranger Things," McLaughlin continued auditioning for other roles. He landed roles in "Blue Bloods" in 2016, three episodes of "The New Edition Story" in 2017, and appeared in an episode of "Lip Sync Battle" in 2017 along with the rest of the cast of "Stranger Things." In 2018, he appeared in "Final Space" and lent his voice to four "Summer Camp Island" episodes from 2018 to 2021. In 2019, he landed a film role in "High Flying Bird" and another role in "Concrete Cowboy" in 2020 alongside Idris Elba and Jharrel Jerome. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2020 and was highly reviewed.

In December 2020, McLaughlin was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2021 as an honoree in the field of Hollywood and Entertainment.

Caleb McLaughlin's Personal Life

McLaughlin prefers to keep his personal and dating life private. In 2021, he revealed in an interview that he was single but also confessed he likely would not reveal it even if he were in a relationship. Some fans have speculated that he may have once had a relationship with his onscreen girlfriend, Sadie Sink, though the two have said they are just friends in real life. The two shared their first kiss, both onscreen and in real life, during the last episode of the second season of "Stranger Things."

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Caleb McLaughlin's Salary

Each child actor's salary was $10,000 per episode in the first season. That worked out to $80,000 for the season.

Caleb McLaughlin's salary in the second season of Stranger Things was $30,000 per episode. In March 2018, it was revealed that his per-episode salary for season three had been bumped to $250,000! Eight episodes of the third season worked out to around $2 million before taxes and fees. He was paid $2.25 million for the 9-episode fourth season.

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Caleb McLaughlin's Social Media Handler

Instagram: @therealcalebmclaughlin

FAQ’s 

Q: Who did Caleb McLaughlin play in The Lion King?

A: Caleb McLaughlin play Young Simba in The Lion King.

Q: What is Caleb McLaughlin known for?

A: Caleb McLaughlin is known for his role as Lucas Sinclair on the hit Netflix Original series, Stranger Things.

Q: Who is rumored to play Miles Morales?

A: Shameik Moore is a familiar name for MCU fans.

Q: When did Sadie and Caleb kiss?

A: In his new Teen Vogue Ranked interview, the 2022 New Hollywood inductee revealed that his kiss with co-star Sadie Sink at the end of Season 2 was in fact, his first kiss ever.

Q: Does Caleb kiss Mona?

A: Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) was forced to kiss Mona (Janel Parrish).