Portrait of Gaten Matarazzo

Gaten Matarazzo

Acting

Biography

Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III (/ˈɡeɪtənˌmætəˈræzoʊ/ GAY-tən MAT-ə-RAZ-oh, Italian:[ɡaeˈtaːno mataˈrattso]; 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–present). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gaten Matarazzo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: September 8, 2002

Place of Birth: Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2025
2025
Animal Farm

as Lucky (voice)

2024
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

as Sig Greebling (voice)

2022
My Father's Dragon

as Boris the Dragon (voice)

2022
Honor Society

as Michael Dipnicky

2019
Prank Encounters

as Self - Host

2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2

as Bubba (voice)

2018
2017
2016
Stranger Things

as Dustin Henderson

2015
2013
2011
Halloween Wars

as Self - Guest Judge

1988
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Hump

as Rami (voice)