David Harbour has reflected on the end of Stranger Things, his recent Emmy nominations for HBO’s DTF St. Louis, and the personal impact of moving from financial insecurity to major television fame. Speaking on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, he discussed mental health, poverty and the pressures associated with an artistic career, while also previewing future work including a reunion with Millie Bobby Brown.

The 51-year-old actor received two previous supporting-actor Emmy nominations for Stranger Things and gained two further nominations in June as a producer and supporting actor on DTF St. Louis. The limited series co-stars Jason Bateman and follows two friends in middle America facing existential crises; Harbour described it as a darkly comic but moving exploration of modern masculinity.