What is Dacre Montgomery’s net worth? Who is Dacre Montgomery’s girlfriend?
Introduction
Dacre Montgomery is an Australian actor best known for his breakout role as Billy Hargrove in Netflix’s Stranger Things.
Biography
He was born on November 22, 1994, in Perth, Australia, as Dacre Kayd Montgomery-Harvey.
His parents are Scott Montgomery-Harvey and Judith.
“Both my parents work in the film industry, and I grew up on set,” Dacre revealed in 2019. “I fell first in love with the adrenaline of a film set. It’s like a family, 14 hours a day every day, and you just live for that, there is nothing else.”
He has a sister named Saskia.
He is a descendant of Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 1st Baronet.
Montgomery has an acting degree from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
June 28, 2019 – @Getty
In 2017, he appeared in A Few Less Men as well as Jason Scott / Red Ranger in the superhero film Power Rangers.
Billy Hargrove in Stranger Things
Montogomery joined Stranger Things in its second season airing in 2017 as Billy Hargrove.
The show follows a group of kids who battle supernatural forces in the summer of 1985. It stars:
- Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
- David Harbour as Jim Hopper: the chief of police in Hawkins, Indiana
- Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven / Jane Hopper: a girl with psychokinetic abilities
- Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler
- Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
- Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair
- Noah Schnapp as Will Byers
- Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield
In Stranger Things, Billy Hargrove is the step-brother of Max.
Dacre Montgomery, Natalia Dyer and Joe Keery arrives at the 24th Annual Screen Actors-Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles – @Getty
“I do think he loves his little sister,” Montogomery said about Billy. “He’s extremely fond of her.”
As an anti-hero, Billy operates in a gray area.
“I think I am most attracted to those types of characters because they show their flaws,” he told GQ in 2022. “They’re not trying to mask something.”
In season three, Hargrove becomes the main host for the Mind Flayer.
“I did a lot of research on bipolar disorder and split personalities, and how one personality controls the other personalities,” Montogomery revealed about his preparation for the role.
Dacre Montgomery visits the Young Hollywood Studio on October 23, 2017 in Los Angeles – @Getty
In the season 3 finale, Hargrove returns to normal but ultimately dies in the Battle at Starcourt Mall.
He also has a minor role in season 4, when Billy appears as a hallucination when Max is put into a trance by Vecna.
In 2024, Montogomery played in the thriller Went Up the Hill.
In 2025, he portrayed Reece in the drama Spider & Jessie.
Girlfriend
In 2017, Dacre Montgomery started to date Liv Pollock.
Dacre Montgomery and Liv Pollock attend the 2018 MTV Movie And TV Awards at Barker Hangar on June 16, 2018 in Santa Monica – @Getty
The couple made their red carpet debut in 2018 while attending the 9th Annual Thirst Gala.
Liv Pollock is an Australian model who is signed to Vivien’s Model Management in Australia. Pollock is also an ambassador for the Australian Red Cross.
“Modelling for me has been incredible,” Pollock said. “It has allowed me to meet fantastic people and taken me travelling.”
Dacre and his girlfriend share the same hometown of Perth, Western Australia.
The pair first met through mutual contacts and then started to talk through social media. Their relationship “grew from there.” she said for the Daily Telegraph in 2018.
“She’s the emotional support and also the person that allows me to live in the present,” Dacre wrote on his Instagram in 2019 about Liv. “She’s the one that has to deal with me coming home (exhausted) acting like an absolute basket case.”
They are currently engaged.
Dacre Montgomery and Liv Pollock attend The Thirst Project’s 9th Annual Thirst Gala at The Beverly Hills Hotel on April 21, 2018 in Beverly Hills – @Getty
Height
Dacre Montgomery is 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) tall.
Dacre Montgomery – Net Worth
So, how much is Dacre Montgomery worth?
Montgomery earned most of his wealth from playing in 12 movies and TV series, but especially from Stranger Things. In season 3, he was reportedly paid $150,000 per episode.
Dacre Montgomery attends the Premiere Of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 2 at the Regency Bruin Theatre – @Getty
“As a lover of film and television, cinephile, when I look at a product, the best film and TV is something that successfully creates escapism for me, and I think this show is able to do that,” Montgomery – told The Hollywood Reporter about Stranger Things.
He hosts the poetry podcast, DKMH.
On October 27, 2020, Montgomery released a book of poetry — DKMH: Poems. “Each poem investigates our individual driving forces and how experiences shape us into the humans we are,” writes the book description.
DKMH: Poems has over 165 ratings on Amazon — this means about 16K sold copies on the platform. Therefore, Dacre Montgomery has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million.
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