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A coffee shop crew on the North Shore had something to be extra grateful for this Thanksgiving after a famous actor with ties to Massachusetts stopped by. <\/p>\n
Joe Keery, a musician and actor known for portraying Steve Harrington in the hit Netflix series \u201cStranger Things,\u201d popped into Olive\u2019s Coffee & Bakehouse<\/a> in Newburyport over the holiday weekend. <\/p>\n Opened in 2020, Olive\u2019s Coffee & Bakehouse is an acclaimed shop<\/a> that sells baked goods made in house and locally sourced items from neighboring establishments. A Newburyport native himself, Keery\u2019s family has been visiting the coffee shop over the past five years, owner Debra Ball told MassLive. <\/p>\n \u201cMy staff have always been huge fans and Sunday I decided to give them a gift by asking if I could get a picture of them with him,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cHe was happy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n The coffee shop shared a photo of the selfie on Instagram<\/a> Monday with the caption, \u201cWe ended our busy Thanksgiving weekend with a visit from @djotime<\/a>. He was kind enough to take a selfie with my @strangerthingstv<\/a> fans\/staff.”<\/p>\n Keery, 33, started his acting career at Theater in the Open, according to a 2019 article from Boston.com<\/a>. The annual summer performing arts program is held at Maudslay State Park in Newburyport. He attended River Valley Charter School for elementary and middle school and graduated from Newburyport High School, the actor\u2019s IMDb biography states<\/a>. <\/p>\n Keery went on to study at The Theatre School at DePaul University. After graduating in 2014, he auditioned for hundreds of parts before landing his breakout role on \u201cStranger Things\u201d in late 2015. Keery has appeared on the show since 2016, including in its highly anticipated fifth season that premiered on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Keery has also starred in the 2021 comedy film \u201cFree Guy\u201d and in the fifth season of the crime comedy-drama series \u201cFargo\u201d from 2023 to 2024.<\/p>\n Outside of acting, Keery is also a musician and performs under the stage name Djo. He released the albums \u201cTwenty Twenty\u201d in 2019 and \u201cDecide\u201d in 2022. The latter spawned the sleeper hit \u201cEnd of Beginning,\u201d which went viral on TikTok in 2024 and peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. \u201cThe Crux,\u201d his third studio album, arrived this past April and was followed by its deluxe version in September. <\/p>\n