Michael David Faist (born January 5, 1992) is an American actor, dancer, and singer. He is known for starring in the original Broadway productions of Newsies and Dear Evan Hansen, and in movies such as West Side Story (2021), Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2022), and Challengers (2024).
“Stranger Things: Fractured Paths” follows a hidden side of the Stranger Things universe, revealing the stories that unfolded far beyond Hawkins’ main timeline. When strange disappearances, corrupted gates, and unexplained psychic signals begin spreading across Indiana, a new group of teens and young adults—along with characters pulled from the most popular Wattpad Stranger Things stories—are forced together by fate.