Peyton Wich

Peyton Wich is best known as Troy, the bullying middle schooler in the critically acclaimed Stranger Things television series on Netflix. Most recently, he re-teamed with Stranger Things executive producer Shawn Levy on the science fiction thriller The Darkest Minds, portraying the super power-enhanced "Hot-Headed Kid." Wich also appears in the upcoming Lifetime thriller River Runs Red, appearing as Ethan, who is on the run with his siblings from those who want to harm his family, and he's Young Bobby in Same Kind of Different as Me, which stars Renee Zellweger, Djimon Hounsou, and Greg Kinnear, and is due in theaters shortly. On the series front, he's Danny Wilcox, a street hockey player in Mr. Mercedes, a thriller created by David E. Kelley and based on the novel by Stephen King. A native of Houma, Louisiana, Wich announced to his parents that he wanted to become an actor when he turned nine. He was soon enrolled in acting classes in New Orleans, working with Debby Gaudet's Young Scr