Gaten Matarazzo

Actor

Gaetano John “Gaten” Matarazzo III (/ˈɡeɪtənˌmætəˈræzoʊ/ GAY-tən MAT-ə-RAZ-oh, Italian:[ɡaeˈtaːno mataˈrattso]; 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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Known For

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Stranger Things

2016

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The Blacklist

2013

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The Angry Birds Movie 2

2019

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Saturday Night Live

1975

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Honor Society

2022

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

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Prank Encounters

2019

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

Acting

2026 Animal Farm as Lucky (voice) In Library

2026 Pizza Movie as Jack In Library

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

2025 LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past as Sig Greebling (voice) (4 episodes)

2025 Haunted Hotel as Randy (Voice) (1 episode)

2024 LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy as Sig Greebling (voice) (4 episodes)

2024 Hot Ones Versus as Self (1 episode)

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

2023 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Tobias Ragg

2023 Foul Play as Kevin Kindness (1 episode)

2022 Honor Society as Michael Dipnicky

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

2021 Waffles + Mochi as Casey The Electrician (1 episode)

2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Bubba (voice)

2019 Prank Encounters as Self - Host (15 episodes)

2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)

2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2017 Drop the Mic as Self (1 episode)

2017 Beyond Stranger Things as Self (3 episodes)

2016 Stranger Things as Dustin Henderson (42 episodes)

2016 Geeking Out as Self (1 episode)

2016 Chelsea as Self (1 episode)

2016 Quotidien as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2015 Lip Sync Battle as Self (1 episode)

2015 Celebrity Family Feud as Self (1 episode)

2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (3 episodes)

2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (4 episodes)

2013 The Blacklist as Finn (1 episode)

2011 The Jonathan Ross Show as Self (1 episode)

2011 Halloween Wars as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)

2007 Young Hollywood as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)

1998 TRL as Self - Guest (1 episode)

1994 Extra as Self - Guest (1 episode)

1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)

1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (3 episodes)

1975 Good Morning America as Self - Guest (2 episodes)

1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 episode)

1952 Today as Self - Guest (1 episode)

1949 The Emmy Awards as Self - Performer (1 episode)

— Zach's Lie as Darrell Gill

— Hump as Rami (voice)

Production

2026 Pizza Movie Executive Producer In Library