Actor

Matt Duffer

Writing

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Acting credits

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 11Series: 7Crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 1179419

IMDb ID: nm1819972

Known for: Writing

Born: February 15, 1984

Age: 42

Place of birth: Durham, North Carolina, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2026

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.95

Wikidata: Q28830394

Also known as

Duffer Brothers • The Duffer Brothers • Matthew Ross Duffer

Other jobs

Executive Producer (4)Thanks (3)Writer (3)Director (1)Screenplay (1)Story (1)

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Biography

Matt Duffer and his twin brother Ross Duffer (born 1984), known professionally as the Duffer Brothers, are American twin brothers and filmmakers. The brothers are identical twins and work on all their projects together. They are best known as the creators, showrunners, and executive producers of the Netflix supernatural science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2016–2025), and have also written and directed the horror film Hidden (2015) and written and produced episodes of the Fox science fiction series Wayward Pines (2015–2016). The Duffer Brothers founded the production company Upside Down Pictures, which is in an overall deal with Netflix.