
Active for a year and a half, he primarily created vlogs and lifestyle videos. In 2019, he launched a YouTube channel under his own name. In April 2022, Schnapp joined the cast of The Tutor. He appeared in the 2020 Halloween comedy film Hubie Halloween. Schnapp also starred in independent films like Abe (2019) and Waiting for Anya (2020).


He was promoted to series regular for the second season of the series, which premiered on October 27, 2017. His breakthrough came in July 2016, when he began starring as Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror television series Stranger Things. He also voiced the character for the video game The Peanuts Movie: Snoopy's Grand Adventure. Concurrently, Schnapp voiced the lead character, Charlie Brown, in the animated movie The Peanuts Movie. He played Roger, the son of character James B. Schnapp's acting debut was in the Academy Award-winning 2015 film Bridge of Spies, directed by Steven Spielberg. Schnapp attends the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in entrepreneurship and innovation. Schnapp's parents enrolled him in an acting program at Westchester's Star Kidz with coach Alyson Isbrandtsen who soon referred him to MKS&D Talent Management for career opportunities. When he was 8, his acting teacher suggested he attempt a professional career. He performed acting roles in school and community plays. Schnapp's desire to act started when he was about five years old after watching the Broadway production of Annie. His father is of Russian Jewish descent, while his mother is of Moroccan Jewish descent. He is Jewish and had his Bar Mitzvah in Israel.

Schnapp was born in New York City to Mitchell and Karine Schnapp ( née Perez), and was raised in Scarsdale, New York. His film roles include Roger Donovan in Steven Spielberg's historical drama Bridge of Spies (2015) and the voice of Charlie Brown in the animated The Peanuts Movie (2015). He gained recognition for playing Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things. Noah Cameron Schnapp (born October 3, 2004) is an American actor.
