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.
TV credits
Rated 6.4 out of 10
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past
2025
Rated 8.1 out of 10
Haunted Hotel
2025
Rated 6.8 out of 10
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024
Rated 8.8 out of 10
Hot Ones Versus
2024
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Foul Play
2023
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Last Meals
2021
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Waffles + Mochi
2021
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Prank Encounters
2019
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Beyond Stranger Things
2017
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Drop the Mic
2017
Rated 6.1 out of 10
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Rated 5.3 out of 10
Quotidien
2016
Rated 5.3 out of 10
Geeking Out
2016
Rated 8.6 out of 10
Stranger Things
2016
Rated 5.1 out of 10
Chelsea
2016
Rated 1.0 out of 10
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016
Rated 7.7 out of 10
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Rated 6.4 out of 10
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Rated 5.1 out of 10
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Rated 5.1 out of 10
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Rated 5.8 out of 10
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Blacklist
2013
Rated 6.0 out of 10
Halloween Wars
2011