Stranger Things season 5 cast and characters guide opens with Netflix confirmed finale ensemble — core six kids, adult guardians, Vecna, and Linda Hamilton per Tudum ahead of the three-part late-2025 rollout.

Brown anchors the farewell season as Jane Hopper. Duffer interviews and Netflix marketing positioned Eleven restored powers and Vecna rematch as the action spine of any Stranger Things season 5 cast guide.

Wolfhard, Matarazzo, McLaughlin, Schnapp, and Sink rejoin Brown as Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will, and Max. Rotten Tomatoes grouped them as essential returning players across every season of Hawkins history.

Ryder and Harbour return as Joyce and Hopper alongside Keery, Dyer, Heaton, and Hawke. Netflix Tudum lists each with full character names — co-leads in the Stranger Things season 5 cast and characters guide.

Jamie Campbell Bower returns as Vecna. Linda Hamilton debuts as Dr. Kay and Nell Fisher plays Holly Wheeler per Netflix official billing — highest-profile additions in this cast guide.