Joe Chrest

Personal context

Summary

Joe Chrest is an actor and acting teacher known for playing Ted Wheeler in Stranger Things and for supporting roles in films including King of the Hill, 21 Jump Street, The Butler, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. His screen and stage career spans drama, comedy, and character roles; he has also taught film acting at Louisiana State University and helped found the Swine Palace theatre company. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, activism, or party politics are on record.