Finn Wolfhard Shaves Off Signature Long Hair, Debuts Buzz Cut Before Final “Stranger Things” Season — See His Transformation

Finn Wolfhard is successful a play of alteration arsenic he approaches nan final play of Stranger Things!

The actor, 22, stepped retired astatine nan 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards successful Tokyo connected Sunday, May 25, pinch a caller buzz trim and walked nan event's carpet alongside Stranger Things costar and friend Gaten Matarazzo, 22.

Known for his lengthier hair, nan "Choose nan Latter" vocalist put his caller look connected afloat show arsenic he smiled for snaps pinch Matarazzo. He paired nan caller trim pinch a sparkly black-and-white suit overgarment and trousers, arsenic good arsenic achromatic boots.

The brace presented nan Best Continuing Series grant to Demon Slayer.

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Wolfhard and Matarazzo's quality successful Tokyo comes earlier nan 5th and last play of Stranger Things hits Netflix sometime this year. Wolfhard has appeared connected nan bid arsenic Mike Wheeler since nan show premiered successful July 2016.

As he explained to PEOPLE successful April, completing filming "was decidedly a lot." He and Matarazzo prima successful nan sci-fi deed alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery and Maya Hawke.

"I was truthful happy pinch my character's ending," Wolfhard said. "I was satisfied, but I was besides very confused and sad, but besides very happy."

"I felt for illustration I was successful a dream aliases something. None of it felt real. I don't know, it felt perfect," he added of nan last season.

Wolfhard explained astatine nan clip that he "couldn't judge it astatine all" erstwhile filming nan past segment for Stranger Things' last season, sharing that it "didn't really commencement to spell into attraction until nan adjacent day."

"It was for illustration an affectional hangover," he said. "But it ended really well, and I conscionable person specified affirmative things to opportunity astir everyone."

Wolfhard added: "The formed each stayed for nan past day, we were each location together. It was really awesome to beryllium astir each other."

Aside from hairsbreadth transformations and nan forthcoming closing section of nan bid that put him connected nan map, he precocious released his directorial debut, Hell of a Summer, and is group to stock his debut solo euphony project, Happy Birthday, successful June.

As for buzz cuts, he isn't nan only prima opting to ditch longer hairsbreadth for nan summertime, either. Brad Pitt was besides photographed this week successful Los Angeles sporting a cleanable buzz cut, reminiscent of nan shaved-head look he rocked successful nan early aughts. Austin Butler was besides snapped pinch a caller buzz trim successful December.