Gaten Matarazzo
Known for: Acting
Born: September 8, 2002
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
9 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
6.4
Animal Farm
2026
7.6
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
2026
6.4
Pizza Movie
2026
7.2
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
6.6
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025
8.1
Haunted Hotel
2025
7.0
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
8.8
Hot Ones Versus
2024
6.2
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
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Foul Play
2023
7.0
My Father's Dragon
2022
7.4
Honor Society
2022
5.5
Last Meals
2021
6.9
Waffles + Mochi
2021
7.1
Prank Encounters
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
7.1
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
7.5
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
6.5
Drop the Mic
2017
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
5.2
Quotidien
2016
5.3
Geeking Out
2016
8.6
Stranger Things
2016
5.1
Chelsea
2016
7.7
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.6
The Blacklist
2013
6.4
Halloween Wars
2011
5.2
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
6.0
Young Hollywood
2007
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.2
TRL
1998
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
3.8
Extra
1994
8.1
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
4.9
Good Morning America
1975
5.6
Today
1952
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
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