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Gaten Matarazzo

born 2002 · Acting

64.2avg grm
6titles
#264best rank
1honors
Sbest title · #264 on siteStranger Things2016 · as Dustin Henderson · series69.3

Honors

1
—Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Bio

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.

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

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2020s3 titlesSStranger Things 5: Behind the Episode2025 · as Self · series63.9SStranger Things 5: Behind the Episode2025 · as Self - Dustin Henderson · series63.9LLego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy2024 · as Sig Greebling · series62.4
2010s3 titlesBBeyond Stranger Things2017 · as Self - Guest · series62.8BBeyond Stranger Things2017 · as Self · series62.8SStranger Things2016 · as Dustin Henderson · series69.3

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Gaten Matarazzo

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born2002
known forActing
titles on site6
best title rank#264 · Stranger Things (2016)
avg GRM64.2
honors1 · Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Honors
  • —Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
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

ranked on this site

2020s

3 titles
S63.9Stranger Things 5: Behind the Episode2025 · as Self · seriesS63.9Stranger Things 5: Behind the Episode2025 · as Self - Dustin Henderson · seriesL62.4Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy2024 · as Sig Greebling · series

2010s

3 titles
B62.8Beyond Stranger Things2017 · as Self - Guest · seriesB62.8Beyond Stranger Things2017 · as Self · seriesS69.3Stranger Things2016 · as Dustin Henderson · series

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