Does Enzo die in Stranger Things​?

Last Modified Apr 29, 2025 15:32 EDT
Does Enzo die in Stranger Things​?
Enzo in Stranger Things (Source: Screengrab from the series)


No, Enzo (played by Tom Wlaschiha) does not die in Stranger Things.


Stranger Things is an American science fiction OTT series that was released on July 15, 2016, and has a total of 4 seasons aired to date. The series has a total of 34 episodes across its 4 seasons and has a runtime of 40 to 60 minutes per episode. The series is active on the streaming platform Netflix and is exclusive to the platform.


Stranger Things is set in Hawkins back in the 1980s, where a group of friends - Mike, Lucas, Will, Dustan, Eleven, and Max - come together to stop the paranormal incidents occurring in their city, through an alternate dimension called “Upside Down”. The series shows how the group, with Eleven’s telekinetic powers, set their minds to stop the creatures from the Upside Down including the mastermind Vecna, who is the one who created the creatures there.


Does Enzo die in Stranger Things?


No, the character of Enzo aka Dmitri "Enzo" Antonov does not die in Stranger Things. In the series, Enzo plays a crucial role in helping Murry and Joyce Byers to get Hopper out of a Russian base. Enzo was introduced as a Soviet prison guard in the military facility of Kamchatka. As the series went ahead, Enzo developed a good relationship with Jim Hopper who was a prisoner there and was trying to escape.


Right before their escape, Enzo was charged with treason and was locked up with Hooper where the two were sentenced to fight a Russian Demogorgan. After having a tough battle with the creature, Hopper and Enzo were able to escape alive with the help of Joyce and Murry who had seized the control room to open their escape route. The group later defeated all the demodogs and the Russian Demogorgan and made their escape with the help of Yuri, who is one of Enzo’s contacts. At the end of the season, it was revealed that Joyce and Hopper make it back to the United States, but the whereabouts of Enzo have not been revealed.


Does Enzo die in Stranger Things​?
Enzo (Source: Screengrab from the series)


Who plays the role of Enzo in Stranger Things?


The character of Dmitri "Enzo" Antonov is played by German actor Thomas Wlaschiha, Born and brought up in the city of Dohna, Bezirk Dresden in Germany, Thomas had traveled to the United States as an exchange student at the young age of 17, right around the time when the Berlin Bridge had fallen. Since then the actor has made his way to acting in theater plays, simultaneously learning to speak in English.

Among various projects, Thomas Wlaschiha has received high praise for his role as Enzo in Stranger Things, as Sebastian Berger in the police drama series Crossing Lines, and as Jaqen H'ghar in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. Apart from working in television, the actor is also credited for working on movies like Brideshead Revisited (2006), Anonymous (2011), Rush (2013), and Berlin Falling (2017), among many others.


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FAQs about Enzo from Stranger Things

A. Yes, the character of Enzo will return in Stranger Things 5.

A. Enzo is known to be a Soviet prison guard in the military facility of Kamchatka in Stranger Things.

A. Yes, Enzo and Hopper become allies in their escape mission from the Russian prison.

A. As of April 2025, Tom Wlaschiha, the actor who plays Enzo, is 51 years old.

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