
Gaten Matarazzo
Acting
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.
Filmography

Animal Farm
2026 · Movie

Stranger Things: Tales from '85
2026 · Series

Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Theatrical Preview
2026 · Movie

Pizza Movie
2026 · Movie

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026 · Movie

Haunted Hotel
2025 · Series

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025 · Series

Adults
2025 · Series

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024 · Series

Hot Ones Versus
2024 · Series

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023 · Movie

Foul Play
2023 · Series

My Father's Dragon
2022 · Movie

Honor Society
2022 · Movie

Last Meals
2021 · Series

Waffles + Mochi
2021 · Series

Prank Encounters
2019 · Series

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series

The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019 · Movie

Beyond Stranger Things
2017 · Series

Drop the Mic
2017 · Series

Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 · Series

Quotidien
2016 · Series

Geeking Out
2016 · Series

Stranger Things
2016 · Series

Chelsea
2016 · Series

Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Series

Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Series

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series

The Blacklist
2013 · Series

Halloween Wars
2011 · Series

The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Series

Young Hollywood
2007 · Series

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series

TRL
1998 · Series

The Daily Show
1996 · Series

Extra
1994 · Series

MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series

Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series

Good Morning America
1975 · Series

Today
1952 · Series

The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series

Hump
Movie

Octet
Movie
Out on a Limb
Movie