Joe Keery has established himself as a highly sought-after actor in film and television. Keery most notably starred as Steve Harrington in Netflix’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award-nominated series Stranger Things, which was named AFI’s TV Program of the Year in 2018. The cast was awarded Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the Actor Awards and for his individual role Keery received a Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series – Drama. Also in television, Keery starred alongside Jon Hamm and Juno Temple in the fifth season of FX’s crime drama series Fargo which received 15 Emmy nominations. Fargo also received a Golden Globe nomination for Outstanding Miniseries. On the film side, Keery can be seen in Finally Dawn, which was written and directed by Saverio Costanzo, alongside Lily James and Willem Dafoe. Keery also starred in the romantic drama Marmalade alongside Camila Morrone and Aldis Hodge. Keery appeared in Disney/20th Century Fox’s action/adventure comedy Free Guy opposite Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, and Lil Rel Howery. He also starred in comedy horror Spree, directed by Eugene Kotylyarenko, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. In tandem with his acting career, Keery has performed as a musician under the stage name Djo since 2019. Alongside his debut album Twenty Twenty, Keery gained widespread attention from his song “End of Beginning” in 2022. The song hit #1 on Billboard’s Global 200 in January 2026. Keery is currently the opening act for Tame Impala, playing his album The Crux, which was nominated for Best Album Cover in the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.
(Joe Keery, photo courtesy of O&M)