Gaten Matarazzo
Acting
Born 2002-09-08 · New London, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known for
Stranger Things
2016 · TV
Prank Encounters
2019 · TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV
The Blacklist
2013 · TV
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024 · TV
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025 · TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV
Beyond Stranger Things
2017 · TV
Good Morning America
1975 · TV
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · TV
Haunted Hotel
2025 · TV
The Emmy Awards
1949 · TV
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 · TV
Waffles + Mochi
2021 · TV
TRL
1998 · TV
Foul Play
2023 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
Hot Ones Versus
2024 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · TV
Quotidien
2016 · TV
Chelsea
2016 · TV
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · TV
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · TV
Drop the Mic
2017 · TV
Halloween Wars
2011 · TV
Today
1952 · TV
Young Hollywood
2007 · TV
Geeking Out
2016 · TV
Extra
1994 · TV