Person

Gaten Matarazzo

Acting · Born 2002-09-08 · New London, Connecticut, USA

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.

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  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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  Late Night with Seth Meyers

  Self - Guest

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  Stranger Things

  Dustin Henderson

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  The Blacklist

  Finn

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  The Daily Show

  Self - Guest

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  The Kelly Clarkson Show

  Self

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  Saturday Night Live

  Self - Cameo (uncredited)

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  The Late Late Show with James Corden

  Self - Guest

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  Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  Self - Guest

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  LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  Self - Guest

• 2026Animal FarmLucky (voice)
• 2026Stranger Things: Tales from '85Thanks
• 2026Pizza MovieJack
• 2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5Self - Dustin Henderson
• 2025LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the PastSig Greebling (voice)
• 2025Haunted HotelRandy (Voice)
• 2024LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the GalaxySig Greebling (voice)
• 2024Hot Ones VersusSelf
• 2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy MountainGaten Matarazzo
• 2023Foul PlayKevin Kindness
• 2022My Father's DragonBoris the Dragon (voice)
• 2022Honor SocietyMichael Dipnicky
• 2021Last MealsSelf
• 2021Waffles + MochiCasey The Electrician
• 2019Prank EncountersSelf - Host
• 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
• 2019The Angry Birds Movie 2Bubba (voice)
• 2017Beyond Stranger ThingsSelf
• 2017Drop the MicSelf
• 2017Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelf
• 2016QuotidienSelf - Guest
• 2016Geeking OutSelf
• 2016Stranger ThingsDustin Henderson
• 2016ChelseaSelf
• 2016WIRED's Autocomplete InterviewsSelf - Guest
• 2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
• 2015Lip Sync BattleSelf
• 2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest
• 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
• 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
• 2013The BlacklistFinn
• 2011Halloween WarsSelf - Guest Judge
• 2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf
• 2007Young HollywoodSelf - Guest
• 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
• 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
• 1998TRLSelf - Guest
• 1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
• 1994ExtraSelf - Guest
• 1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf - Presenter
• 1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
• 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
• 1975Good Morning AmericaSelf - Guest
• 1952TodaySelf - Guest
• 1949The Emmy AwardsSelf - Performer
• —Zach's LieDarrell Gill
• —HumpRami (voice)
• —OctetToby