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