Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 8, 2002 (age 24)
Place of Birth
New London, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
- Gaten John Matarazzo III
- Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III
Gaten Matarazzo
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 - Movies
Pizza Movie
as Jack
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Bubba (voice)
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
as Self - Dustin Henderson
Honor Society
as Michael Dipnicky
Animal Farm
as Lucky (voice)
My Father's Dragon
as Boris the Dragon (voice)
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
as Gaten Matarazzo
Zach's Lie
as Darrell Gill
Octet
as Toby
Hump
as Rami (voice)
Known For - TV Shows
Stranger Things
as Dustin Henderson
The Blacklist
as Finn
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Quotidien
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest