Joseph David Keery was born on 24th April 1992, in Boston, Massachusetts USA, and is an actor and musician, who gained international fame when he landed the role of Steve Harrington in the sci-fi mystery series “Stranger Things”, broadcast on Netflix. He also plays the guitar and sings in a band called Post Animal. Keery has been active in the entertainment industry since 2009.
How much is the net worth of Joe Keery? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is over $1 million, as of the data given at the start of 2018. Television, film and music are the main sources of Keery’s modest fortune, including a reputed $30,000 for each episode of “Stranger Things”.
Joe Keery Net Worth $1 million
To begin with, the boy grew up in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the second of five children in his family. He matriculated from Newbury High School in 2010, in which he started acting. Afterwards, he entered The Theatre School of DePaul University in Chicago, from where he graduated in 2014.
Concerning his professional career, Joe started it auditioning for over a hundred of roles, and was selected for a number of them, such as for television series “Sirens”, “Chicago Fire” and “Empire”, all aired in 2015. The same year, he landed the role of Gabe in the drama film “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party” (2015) directed and written by Stephen Cone. In 2016, he created the character of Scott in the film “The Charnel House”, and more importantly was also selected for the Netflix series “Stranger Things” (2016 – present), in which he appeared as Steve Harrington throughout the first season, and for the second season Joe/Steve was promoted into a lead role, airing as of late 2017. In 2017, he and his co-stars were honoured with a Screen Actors Guild Award for the Best Drama Ensemble.
In 2017, he starred in two feature films, interpreting Jackson in the film “Slice” as well as appearing as Cole in the film “Molly’s Game”, which was Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut. In 2018, Joe Keery will be seen in the film “Shotgun”, in which he creates the role of Chris.
In addition to being an actor, Keery is also active as a musician. He is a guitarist and singer with “Post Animal” which is a Chicago garage and psych rock band. Prior to Post Animal, Keery was known under the name Cool Cool Cool.
To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements, now well into double figures in his relatively short career, have added sums to the total size of Joe Keery’s net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor and musician, he is in relationship with Maika Monroe. Keery lives in Ravenswood.
