Actor profile

Gaten Matarazzo

8th September 2002 New London, Connecticut, USA Acting

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.

7 Movies 38 TV Shows 47 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Animal Farm poster

Animal Farm 30th April 2026 as Lucky (voice)

Pizza Movie poster

Pizza Movie 13th March 2026 as Jack

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 poster

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 11th January 2026 as Self - Dustin Henderson

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

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 17th November 2023 as Gaten Matarazzo

My Father's Dragon poster

My Father's Dragon 4th November 2022 as Boris the Dragon (voice)

Honor Society poster

Honor Society 23rd July 2022 as Michael Dipnicky

The Angry Birds Movie 2 poster

The Angry Birds Movie 2 2nd August 2019 as Bubba (voice)

Haunted Hotel poster

Haunted Hotel 19th September 2025 as Randy (Voice)

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

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past 19th September 2025 as Sig Greebling (voice)

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy poster

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy 13th September 2024 as Sig Greebling (voice)

Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus 31st January 2024 as Self

Foul Play poster

Foul Play 21st April 2023 as Kevin Kindness

Last Meals poster

Last Meals 28th October 2021 as Self

Waffles + Mochi poster

Waffles + Mochi 16th March 2021 as Casey The Electrician

Prank Encounters poster

Prank Encounters 25th October 2019 as Self - Host

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

Beyond Stranger Things poster

Beyond Stranger Things 27th October 2017 as Self

Drop the Mic poster

Drop the Mic 24th October 2017 as Self

Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series 8th August 2017 as Self

Quotidien poster

Quotidien 12th September 2016 as Self - Guest

Geeking Out poster

Geeking Out 24th July 2016 as Self

Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things 15th July 2016 as Dustin Henderson

Chelsea poster

Chelsea 11th May 2016 as Self

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews poster

WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews 1st March 2016 as Self - Guest

Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud 21st June 2015 as Self

Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle 2nd April 2015 as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self - Guest

The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist 23rd September 2013 as Finn

Halloween Wars poster

Halloween Wars 2nd October 2011 as Self - Guest Judge

The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show 3rd September 2011 as Self

Young Hollywood poster

Young Hollywood 1st January 2007 as Self - Guest

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

TRL poster

TRL 14th September 1998 as Self - Guest

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self - Guest

Extra poster

Extra 5th September 1994 as Self - Guest

MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards 10th June 1992 as Self - Presenter

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America 6th January 1975 as Self - Guest

Today poster

Today 14th January 1952 as Self - Guest

The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards 25th January 1949 as Self - Performer