Tobias Jelinek. Actor: Stranger Things. Tobias Jelinek is an American actor born in Leesburg, Virginia. He grew up in Santa Barbara, California and studied theater at Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, California. He received his professional break at age 15 when a Disney scout spotted him in a stage production. The encounter lead to his first film role as Jay in Disney's classic Hocus Pocus with Bette Midler and...