- Born
- Birth nameDacre Kayd Montgomery-Harvey
- Height5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
- Dacre was born in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. His mother is Australian-Canadian and his father is a New Zealander. At the time of his birth both of his parents were working in the film industry and he spent many hours during his childhood on film sets where he developed a love of acting. Dacre was accepted into WAAPA to undertake his 3 year Bachelor of Arts in Acting.
- IMDb mini biography by: JH
- ParentsJudith Barrett-LennardScott Montgomery
- RelativesSibling(Sibling)Portia Leslie(Cousin)Olivia Wilde(Cousin)Rose Leslie(Cousin)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Based some of his performance as Billy in Stranger Things (2016 - ) on his own experiences being bullied in school.
- Even though it was filmed in his homeland of Australia, Better Watch Out (2016) marked his acting debut in an American film, as well as his first major film credit.
- First name pronounced ''day-ker''.
- Is descended from Charles II of England (1630-1685), who was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, from 1660 to 1685, and King of Scotland, from 1649 to 1651. This descent is through Charles' daughter, Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex. Actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are also descended from Charles II.
- His name, Dacre, is after his descent, on his mother's side, from the Barons Dacre of England (a Baronship that traces back to 1321, when Ralph Dacre became Lord Dacre).
- We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.
- I was really fat in school.
- My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.
- I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.
- I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
- Stranger Things (2016) - $150,000 per episode (Season 3)
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