Biography
Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (Born September 8, 2002) is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2011–12) and Gavroche in Les Misérables (2014–15). Matarazzo gained recognition for playing Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also hosted the Netflix show Prank Encounters (2019–2021). In 2022, he co-starred in the coming-of-age comedy film Honor Society. In the animated fantasy comedy film My Father's Dragon, he voiced Boris the Dragon.
Awards & recognition
- Actor Awards
Filmography30 titles
Stranger Things
Celebrity Family Feud
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
The Blacklist
Beyond Stranger Things
Honor Society
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
My Father's Dragon
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Prank Encounters
Saturday Night Live
Waffles + Mochi
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
Pizza Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Lip Sync Battle
The Daily Show
Animal Farm
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Halloween Wars
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Jonathan Ross Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Geeking Out
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Chelsea
Good Morning America