Joe Keery
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Joseph David Keery, also known by his musical stage name Djo, is an American actor, singer, musician, and songwriter. He rose to international prominence for his role as Steve Harrington in the sci-fi horror series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He has also starred in films such as Spree (2020) and Free Guy (2021) and the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023–2024).
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Joseph David Keery, known professionally as Joe Keery, is an American film and television actor and musician. Born on April 24, 1992, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, he is a male citizen of the United States. He began his work period in 2015 and is educated at DePaul University.
Keery performs under the pseudonym Djo and is associated with the record label AWAL. His professional activities include acting and music, with his birth name recorded as Joseph David Keery.
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Film & TV
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Joseph David Keery, also known professionally as Djo, is an American actor, singer, and musician. He first gained international recognition for playing Steve Harrington in the science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), and has since starred in the comedy horror film Spree (2020), the comedy film Free Guy (2021), and in the fifth season of the crime comedy-drama series Fargo (2023–2024).…
Known for
- Cold Storage — Teacake2026
- One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self (uncredited)2026
- Djo - Rock en Seine 2026 — Djo2026
- Pavements — Stephen Malkmus2025
- Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow — Self - 'Stranger Things' Steve Harrington2025
- Fly — Voice2025
- The American Revolution — John Greenwood (voice)2025
- Marmalade — Baron2024
- Finally Dawn — Sean Lockwood2024
- Death to 2021 — Duke Goolies2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1992
Discography
- I’m Not Smart2013
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph David Keery , April 1992 (age 34), Newburyport, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- DePaul University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor singer musician songwriter
- Years active
- 2015–present
- Also known as
- Djo Cool Cool Cool (formerly)
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Genres
- Neo-psychedelia indie rock psychedelic rock synth-pop
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar keyboards drums
- Label
- AWAL
- Member of
- Post Animal
- Website
- djomusic .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newburyport
- Occupation
- musician
- Record label
- AWAL
- Official website
- www.djomusic.com
- Image
- Joe Keery by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- social media followers
- 478000
- date of birth
- 1992-04-24
- Commons category
- Joe Keery
- start of work period
- 2015-00-00
- pseudonym
- Djo
- birth name
- Joseph David Keery
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph David Keery (born April 1992), also known by his musical stage name Djo, is an American actor, singer, musician, and songwriter. He rose to international prominence for his role as Steve Harrington in the sci-fi horror series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He has also starred in films such as Spree (2020) and Free Guy (2021) and the fifth season of the crime drama series Fargo (2023–2024).
As a musician, Keery was a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Post Animal, which he left in 2018 due to acting commitments. Following the departure, he took on the stage name Djo (pronounced "Joe") for his solo musical projects and released the albums Twenty Twenty (2019), Decide (2022), The Crux (2025) and The Crux Deluxe (2025). Decide featured "End of Beginning", which became a sleeper hit and his first Billboard Hot 100 entry after it went viral on TikTok in 2024. He rejoined Post Animal in 2025, during which time he also headlined his solo Back on You World Tour with Post Animal as a supporting act.
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