Acting
Gaten Matarazzo
Born September 8, 2002 New London, Connecticut, USA
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.
Filmography
6.5
Animal Farm
2026·Animation
6.5
Pizza Movie
2026·Comedy
7.3
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026·Documentary
6.2
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
2023·Comedy
7.0
My Father's Dragon
2022·Animation
7.4
Honor Society
2022·Comedy
7.1
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019·Animation
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Hump
·Animation
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Octet
·Music