Gaten Matarazzo
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.
45 acting credits
Acting · 45
The Blacklist
2013
Stranger Things
2016
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Quotidien
2016
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Animal Farm
2026
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Chelsea
2016
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Good Morning America
1975
TRL
1998
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
Drop the Mic
2017
Halloween Wars
2011
Pizza Movie
2026
Today
1952
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
Haunted Hotel
2025
Geeking Out
2016
Extra
1994
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
The Emmy Awards
1949
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023
Waffles + Mochi
2021
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
Prank Encounters
2019
Honor Society
2022
Young Hollywood
2007
My Father's Dragon
2022
Foul Play
2023
Zach's Lie
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Hump
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Octet
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