Gaten Matarazzo

Acting · Born 2002-09-08 · New London, Connecticut, USA

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.

Known for

• Pizza Movie (2026)
• One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026)
• Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023)
• Honor Society (2022)
• Zach's Lie
• Octet
• Hot Ones Versus (2024)
• Foul Play (2023)
• Waffles + Mochi (2021)
• Last Meals (2021)
• Prank Encounters (2019)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
• Drop the Mic (2017)
• Beyond Stranger Things (2017)
• Stranger Things (2016)
• Geeking Out (2016)
• Chelsea (2016)
• Quotidien (2016)
• Lip Sync Battle (2015)
• Celebrity Family Feud (2015)
• The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)