Gaten Matarazzo

Gaten Matarazzo

Known for
Acting
Born
September 8, 2002 (age 24)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Hump poster

Hump

Movie · as Rami (voice)

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Octet poster

Octet

Movie · as Toby

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Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

Movie

2026
Animal Farm poster

Animal Farm

Movie · as Lucky (voice)

2026
Pizza Movie poster

Pizza Movie

Movie · as Jack

2026
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 poster

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

Movie · as Self - Dustin Henderson

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

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past

TV · as Sig Greebling (voice) · 4 eps

2025
Haunted Hotel poster

Haunted Hotel

TV · as Randy (Voice) · 1 ep

2025
Adults poster

Adults

TV · as Alex Able · 1 ep

2024
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy poster

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

TV · as Sig Greebling (voice) · 4 eps

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

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

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

Movie · as Gaten Matarazzo

2023
Foul Play poster

Foul Play

TV · as Kevin Kindness · 1 ep

2022
Honor Society poster

Honor Society

Movie · as Michael Dipnicky

2022
My Father's Dragon poster

My Father's Dragon

Movie · as Boris the Dragon (voice)

2021
Waffles + Mochi poster

Waffles + Mochi

TV · as Casey The Electrician · 1 ep

2021
Last Meals poster

Last Meals

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2 poster

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Movie · as Bubba (voice)

2019
Prank Encounters poster

Prank Encounters

TV · as Self - Host · 15 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Drop the Mic poster

Drop the Mic

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Beyond Stranger Things poster

Beyond Stranger Things

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2016
Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things

TV · as Dustin Henderson · 42 eps

2016
Geeking Out poster

Geeking Out

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Quotidien poster

Quotidien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Finn · 1 ep

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Halloween Wars poster

Halloween Wars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2007
Young Hollywood poster

Young Hollywood

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
TRL poster

TRL

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1994
Extra poster

Extra

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1975
Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep