TV Line reports that Chase will play Neil Mayfield, the father of a family new to Hawkins, Indiana. It sounds like he's the dad to tomboy Max (Sadie Sink) and bad boy Billy (Dacre Montgomery), who were announced as part of the Season 2 cast last fall.

They join newcomers Sean Astin as a love interest for Winona Ryder; Paul Reiser as a Department of Energy boss in town to do damage control; Brett Gelman as a conspiracy theorist; and Linnea Berthelsen as an emotionally damaged woman tied to the strange events of last season.

Details of Season 2 are being kept under lock and key, with cast members saying the Netflix drama is being stricter than ever about leaks.

"Stranger Things" Season 2 begins streaming Halloween on Netflix.